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Trudeau appears on CNN to make case against tariffs to American audience
For the first time since U.S. president-elect Donald Trump threatened hefty tariffs on Canadian goods, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took his argument against the import taxes directly to the American public. Trudeau told CNN’s Jake Tapper in an interview on Thursday afternoon that a 25 per cent tariff on Canadian products would hurt both countries. “We have so many resources in Canada — more than our market can support — so we export them to our closest friend who can rely on them. It is a win-win,” he said. InRead more
Quebec Liberal caucus wants Trudeau to resign: sources
Quebec MPs are adding to the pressure on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to step aside as leader. Quebec caucus chair Stéphane Lauzon consulted with MPs individually over the holidays and communicated the caucus position to the national caucus leadership, according to sources who spoke to CBC News. One Quebec Liberal MP told CBC News that the consensus among them is that Trudeau should step down. The MP spoke to CBC News on the condition that they not be named due to caucus confidentiality. Liberal MP says Trudeau can’t stay onRead more
Trump taunts Trudeau by calling him ‘governor’ of ‘a great state’
President-elect Donald Trump took a jab at Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday, calling him a “governor” and referring to Canada as a “great state” – another suggestion by the incoming president that this country should be part of the United States. Trump apparently joked about Canada becoming the 51st state during his dinner with Trudeau at Mar-a-Lago last month. In an interview with NBC News on Sunday, Trump said that if the U.S. is going to run up lopsided trade deficits with Canada, it might as well become a state.Read more
Trump’s appointees have criticized Trudeau, warned of border issues with Canada
Donald Trump’s second administration is filling up with some of his most loyal supporters — and many of the people landing top jobs have been critical of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and security at Canada’s border. One expert says there are not many Canadian allies, so far, in the president-elect’s court. “I don’t see a whole lot of friends of Canada in there,” said Fen Hampson, a professor of international affairs at Carleton University in Ottawa and co-chair of the Expert Group on Canada-U.S. Relations. As the Republican leader startsRead more
Trudeau says he thinks about how angry messages affect his family
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau gestures during a news conference in Vientiane, Laos, on Oct. 11. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press) Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in a podcast that he thinks about the angry messages some Canadians send his way and what impacts they — and his job overall — will have on his children. Trudeau appeared on an episode of Inside the Village that was released Friday. On top of discussing his children, the prime minister also spoke about what comes next for him and his embattled Liberal Party andRead more
Trudeau accuses India of supporting violent crimes in Canada
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the Indian government has made a “fundamental error” as he accused it of supporting a campaign of violence against Canadians on Canadian soil. The prime minister spoke to reporters Monday, hours after the head of the RCMP laid out stunning allegations accusing agents of the Indian government of playing a role in “widespread violence” in Canada, including homicides, and warned that it poses “a serious threat to our public safety.” Earlier in the day, Canada announced it’s expelling six Indian diplomats. India has denied the allegationsRead more
Poilievre says Trudeau’s carbon tax pause is a ‘scam’ to win re-election
Conservative leader says home heating oil tax holiday does nothing to help Canadians using natural gas The prime minister’s decision to temporarily exempt home heating oil from the carbon tax is a “scam” designed to turn around Liberal fortunes in the polls, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said Friday. “What caused [Prime Minister] Justin Trudeau to freak out yesterday and hold a sudden press conference to announce that he was going to pause the carbon tax on home heating oil? The answer is that he was plummeting in the polls,” PoilievreRead more