Politics This Morning: Trudeau, Macron pose for photo-op; Sajjan in Brussels to talk ISIS; O’Regan hosts event on homelessness
Good Thursday morning, It’s election day. If you’re in Ontario and haven’t already, don’t forget to vote. Day two of French President Emmanuel Macron‘s visit includes an early-morning walk at 8:50 a.m. with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau down the Hall of Honour on Centre Block. The two leaders will make their way to the House foyer for […]
Trade strategy to hit U.S. ‘where it hurts’ the only option, say Liberal MPs
The government may have changed its tone, taking a harder public line on U.S. trade in response to the tariffs dropped on Canadian steel and aluminum last week, but several Grit MPs and observers say Liberals will stay the course with their so-called “charm offensive” to bring the Americans onside, despite the outreach seeming to […]
Beyond Trump: Trudeau must try to set new directions for G6 at summit
OTTAWA—Jeffrey Sachs, the internationally respected American economist, isn’t mincing words in the wake of United States President Donald Trump’s declaration of a trade war against U.S. allies and foes alike. “The U.S. has probably never before had a delusional president,” Sachs said in a piece for CNN. “By instinct, we strive to make sense of Trump’s […]
Trudeau uses Mulroney’s negotiating playbook to deal with Trump the right way, says author of new book
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is “doing it right” by former Progressive Conservative prime minister Brian Mulroney’s negotiating playbook by slapping tariffs on $16.6-billion worth of U.S. imports, says Carleton University professor Fen Osler Hampson, the author of a new book on Mr. Mulroney’s foreign policy, launching in Ottawa next week. Mr. Trudeau (Papineau, Que.) announced […]
Dairy farmers call Trudeau’s NBC’s Meet the Press comments on dairy in NAFTA talks ‘deeply troubling’
The country’s largest dairy association has penned a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, calling comments he made on Sunday to an American network news show suggesting Canada was making concessions on supply management in NAFTA talks “deeply troubling.” Pierre Lampron, president of the Dairy Farmers of Canada (DFC), wrote: “The government cannot say that they […]
Prime Minister Trudeau’s right to hit back at Trump, now the hard work really starts
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his advisers have, no doubt, mulled breaking off the friendly relationship with U.S. President Donald Trump more than once since the erratic businessman took office. They chose the right time. Mr. Trump’s steady stream of xenophobic and misogynistic statements and actions during his tenure have posed numerous opportunities for Mr. […]
‘This is going to create border chaos’: MPs react to Trump tariffs, Trudeau response
The Trudeau government made the right call in retaliating with countermeasures to Washington’s move to enact tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum, while also giving the issue some breathing room to allow for a resolution before trade relations get worse, say some MPs. “It’s extremely important to the country to know that our government, as […]
NAFTA deal in hand, Trump pulled the rug from under his own team
OTTAWA—Canada, the United States, and Mexico had a new NAFTA agreement in hand but U.S. President Donald Trump changed his mind about what should be in the deal and nixed it. After nine months of gruelling negotiations, the outlook for the overhaul of the 24-year-old free trade pact took a turn for the better in […]
Reality check needed on pipeline rhetoric
Last week, before the Liberal government made the extraordinary announcement that it would buy the Kinder Morgan pipeline, a majority of Senators moved to push the government on the pipeline by passing Bill S-245. Throughout the process of crafting their legislative message to the Trudeau government, I witnessed pro-pipeline Senators repeatedly invoking the “rule of […]
Six months on, trade minister sitting on report detailing hiring, spending troubles for mining conflict counsellor
Canada’s recently-departed social responsibility guru for Canadian mining companies overseas says he struggled to find and keep staff and to take on last-minute assignments, thanks to the bureaucratic oversight of his supposedly arm’s-length office. Jeffrey Davidson outlined these and other problems with funding, staffing, connecting with executives for small companies, and dealing with civil society groups […]
