Trade tensions, digital safety legislation, and Alberta's separatist debate were in the headlines this week. Federally, questions remain about the future of CUSMA with Premier Ford's Washington visit highlighting strains with the Trump administration. At home, both Premier Ford and Premier Smith saw their standing slip in the polls. New West's Weekly Roundup has everything you need to know about the stories shaping the week across Canada.

This week: Ottawa launches a $2.3 billion AI strategy, Canada's job market surprises to the upside, Alberta puts a price tag on separation, and Ontario's legislature heads into one of its longest breaks in recent memory.

AI for All launched in Toronto by Prime Minister Mark Carney and AI Minister Evan Solomon. It is the federal government's blueprint for Canada's place in an AI-driven economy.

The strategy attaches more than $2.3 billion to a set of priorities: adopting AI, building the workforce around it, and scaling and empowering Canadian companies. New West dug into the new strategy to understand what organizations need to know to ensure their objectives align with how the government's goals.

Kerry-Lynne Findlay delivered a surprise win in the BC Conservative leadership race this weekend, leading every round of voting before defeating Caroline Elliott on the fourth and final ballot with 51 percent of the final vote.

Cabinet resignations, separation referendums, leadership races and trade deals. New West's Weekly Roundup covers the stories shaping the political landscape from Ottawa to Victoria, and unpacks what it means for you.

Premier Smith announced Albertans will vote this fall on separation, setting the stage for a tense Western Premiers' Conference. Across the country, Ontario's Ford government is under fire for a secret settlement, while south of the border the U.S. suspends a decades-old defence partnership with Canada.

Premier Danielle Smith unveiled a cabinet shuffle Thursday morning ahead of a major evening announcement on a separation referendum question. The shuffle, which touches roughly a quarter of cabinet, resets key files heading into the government’s final full year before the 2027 election, while also managing growing political pressures around affordability and health care reform.

The week was dominated by a major Alberta-Ottawa energy agreement that could pave the way for a new West Coast pipeline, while Alberta’s government wrapped a contentious legislative session amid rising separatist tensions. In Ontario, the Auditor General raised concerns about government AI use, truck driver training, and special education funding as Honda indefinitely suspended its major EV project.

This week: PM Carney courts Europe, Premier Ford faces mounting headaches, and Alberta's data breach scandal deepens. Get into the details of this week's top stories with New West's Weekly Roundup.

Despite Ontario and Alberta's legislatures out on constituency break, this week was anything but quiet. A freshly empowered Liberal majority released its first major economic address, a massive voter data breach rattled Alberta, and new polling told opposite stories for Premiers Ford and Smith. New West has your cross-country recap in the Weekly Roundup.