Alex Ballingall 🫨

Deputy Ottawa Bureau Chief for the @TorontoStar. Reach me here: [email protected]

[Alex Ballingall 🫨 @aballinga]

I'm about to do an AMA about the budget (but also, anything) on Reddit's r/CanadaPolitics. Join me? https://t.co/HqsTsOK7GH

[Tonda MacCharles @TondaMacC]

@TorontoStar's politics bureau coverage starts here, and dives into a bunch of elements of budget 2026:
From @aballinga and me:
https://t.co/C4OafTvnAV

[Alex Ballingall 🫨 @aballinga]

@TondaMacC @RyanTumilty @R_SPatel And our man @markramzyy takes a look at how the budget earmarks a major increase in funding for Canada's spy agency https://t.co/JXfJysBLi5

[Alex Ballingall 🫨 @aballinga]

Here's our main story from Ottawa today: Mark Carney's big-spending budget pours billions into housing, business and benefits as deficits persist https://t.co/SHzbb1T46x via @torontostar

[Alex Ballingall 🫨 @aballinga]

@TondaMacC @RyanTumilty @R_SPatel Here's @R_SPatel again, with a look at how the budget is pumping around $4b in new money to Canadian culture https://t.co/flzjtdS98L

[Alex Ballingall 🫨 @aballinga]

Mark Carney's Major Projects Office won't disclose firms supplying staff, lacks independent conflict oversight https://t.co/9cvGzERTuO via @torontostar

[Mark Ramzy @markramzyy]

Mark Carney was threatened almost daily throughout 2025, documents reveal https://t.co/tkiOKNf696 @aballinga via @torontostar

[Alex Ballingall 🫨 @aballinga]

A confidential Canadian government document reveals Ottawa's growing concern over the EU's carbon border tax, exposing a potential fault line in the emerging EU-Canada strategic partnership, according to a document seen by Euronews. https://t.co/z5J6ksOFWE

[Alex Ballingall 🫨 @aballinga]

Carney's government tilts policy toward business as critics question who benefits https://t.co/iH8HOITyUH via @torontostar

[Tonda MacCharles @TondaMacC]

Canada and EU sign deals charting path to 'associate member' status. My story here: https://t.co/7iPo3zs1UL via @torontostar

[Alex Ballingall 🫨 @aballinga]

The federal Liberals secretly halted a promised ban on thermal coal exports https://t.co/AZviKcv03k via @torontostar

[Tonda MacCharles @TondaMacC]

EU chief von der Leyen pushes Canada as 'associate member'. My latest from Montreal summit talks. https://t.co/7ppZ2ZEsso via @torontostar

[Mark Ramzy @markramzyy]

Canada's updated national security strategy considers new spy, intelligence gathering measures https://t.co/mC1a4rPbfp via @torontostar

[Alex Ballingall 🫨 @aballinga]

Mark Carney vows $3.5 billion for Indigenous communities in push for major projects https://t.co/UgQ2nlTGZJ via @torontostar

[MostlyDylan @dylan_mostly]

'76 Rolling Thunder was pretty epic wasn't it.

[Alex Ballingall 🫨 @aballinga]

Ukraine says Starlink speed curbs remain despite Trump assurance https://t.co/KQidfyf5e2

[Alex Ballingall 🫨 @aballinga]

Shoutout to @MarcCossette and @CPAC_TV for their new show Open Question. Love the long form interviews. Learned a lot in each episode so far. https://t.co/YEoO5xKZlX