Ottawa: Canadian Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is under increasing pressure to quit after Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland resigned over a policy clash on Monday, setting up one of the worst crises of his nine years in power. Here are some potential ways forward for Canada: CAN TRUDEAU BE FORCED OUT BY HIS LIBERAL PARTY?…
Washington: US President-elect Donald Trump took a dig at the troubles in the Canadian ruling party after the resignation of Canadian Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland. In a post on Truth Social, the President-elect once again dubbed Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as the Governor of Canada and said that Freeland’s behaviour…
In a seriously ill-timed decision, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s move to shuffle Chrystia Freeland out of her Finance Minister role has ended up inviting more trouble for his own government. Freeland, the Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister, resigned from the cabinet just hours before she was to deliver the critical fall economic statement,…
Ms Freeland was appointed Deputy Prime Minister in 2019. Chrystia Freeland stepped down as Canada’s Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister on Monday, dealing a severe blow to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s already faltering leadership. Ms Freeland, one of Trudeau’s most trusted allies, revealed the decision came after a disagreement with the Prime Minister over…
Ottawa: Soon after Chrystia Freeland’s sudden resignation, her cabinet colleague Dominic LeBlanc was sworn in as Canada’s new Finance Minister. Mr LeBlanc, a long-time ally of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, served as Public Safety Minister in his cabinet. The move comes at a time when Canada is grappling with a Can$62 billion deficit — about Can$22…
Billionaire Elon Musk has yet again attacked Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, saying he is “such an insufferable tool”, after the latter took an inapparent jibe at US President-elect Donald Trump. Speaking at an Ottawa gala for Equal Voice, an organization that works to get more women elected to public office, Trudeau on Tuesday said…
US President-elect Donald Trump has hit again after joking about making Canada the “51st state” of the US. This time, he has dubbed Justin Trudeau, the Prime Minister of Canada, as “Governor”, a post referring to the executive head of a US state. Trump made the remarks on Truth Social, a social media network he…
Ottawa: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised President-elect Donald Trump that Canada would toughen controls over the long undefended joint border, a senior Canadian official said on Sunday. Trudeau flew to Florida on Friday to have dinner with Trump, who has promised to slap tariffs on Canadian imports unless Ottawa prevents migrants and drugs from…
Palm Beach: Justin Trudeau had an “excellent conversation” with Donald Trump at the president-elect’s Florida estate, Canada’s prime minister said Saturday, as the United States’ neighbors scramble to blunt the impact of Trump’s trade threats. Trudeau flew for a dinner at Mar-a-Lago on Friday, after Trump earlier this week announced plans for import tariffs against…
Ottawa: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrived in Palm Beach, Florida, on Friday for what Canadian and American media said was a meeting with US President-elect Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago luxury estate. Flight trackers first spotted a jet broadcasting the prime minister’s callsign en route to the southern US state, in a visit that…
