This article was originally published before the Liberal Party announced the results of its election. It was the summer of 2007. Deep inside Canada’s finance ministry, high-ranking officials were staring down the barrel of a global financial meltdown. They weren’t sure exactly when, or how, the market would crash, but as Mark Carney tells it,…
Ruby Dhalla, an India-origin leader of Canada’s Liberal Party, recently made headlines with a bold statement outlining her plan to deport illegal immigrants if elected. Dhalla, a candidate for the Liberal Party leadership, is aiming to replace Justin Trudeau as Canadian Prime Minister. This promise has placed immigration at the heart of her campaign and…
When Justin Trudeau became Canada’s prime minister in 2015, his relentless promise to improve life for the middle class resonated so strongly with Shivaan Burke that she went to work for the local Liberal member of Parliament, who was elected along with Mr. Trudeau. But a decade later, as Mr. Trudeau prepares to leave office…
Chrystia Freeland, Canada’s former deputy prime minister, whose sudden resignation in December helped set the stage for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s decision to step down, said on Friday that she was running to replace him. She posted her announcement on X with a six-word sentence: “I’m running to fight for Canada.” Ms. Freeland, 56, once…
By suspending Parliament and promising to resign, the prime minister bought the Liberals time. But Canada will now face Donald Trump with a lame duck in charge. Source link
Justin Trudeau’s announcement on Monday that he would resign was the last card that Canada’s deeply unpopular prime minister, who had set his party on course to lose a national election, had left to play. The political levers he has pulled will give Mr. Trudeau’s Liberal Party a chance to reinvent itself without him. But…
As Canada heads into its federal election year, the ruling Liberal Party, led by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, is facing a tough road ahead, with the opposition Conservative Party garnering nearly 50% support. This surge in Conservative support has been accompanied by mounting calls for Trudeau’s resignation, both from within his own party and the…
TORONTO : Canadian Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, long Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s most powerful and loyal minister, announced on Monday she was resigning from the Cabinet as Trudeau struggles with declining popularity. The move stunned the country and raised questions about how much longer Trudeau can stay in his job. In a letter addressed to…
After US President-elect Donald Trump warned Canada of a 25% tariff on all Canadian products, Canada warned of retaliatory tariff measures on American products over border security. Canadian Ambassador to the US, Kirsten Hillman, said the option of tariff hikes was on the table for Canada if hit with punitive measures by Trump 2.0. However,…
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Saturday (local time) was all smiles as he enjoyed dinner with US President-elect Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida following talks amid the Republican leader’s warning to impose 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports after he takes office in January. Trudeau made an unannounced…