Dec 11 2018 — Robert Fife — Globe and Mail — The U.S. ambassador to Canada says President Donald Trump is fond of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau despite tensions that arose during tough talks to renegotiate the North American free-trade deal. Mr. Trump and some of his top advisers have hurled insults at Mr. Trudeau during the contentious trade talks over the past year. The President […]
Dec 11 2018 — Daniel Leblanc — Globe and Mail — There are about 190 Canadians involved in “extremist” activities around the world, while the number of those who have returned to Canada from countries like Syria or Turkey has remained stable at fewer than 60 people in recent years, the federal government said. In a report on the terrorism threat to Canada released on Tuesday, […]
Dec 11 2018 — Robert Fife and Steven Chase — Globe and Mail — The Chinese embassy in Canada says the Vancouver arrest of a top Huawei executive amounts to a “political conspiracy” to undermine the telecom giant and it dismisses Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s assertion that he had no role in the high-profile case. The embassy told The Globe and Mail that Canada and the United States are […]
Dec 10 2018 — Globe and Mail — Huawei’s chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou is proposing she trade her prison cell for a GPS tracking device and a private 24/7 security detail that will ensure she doesn’t leave Vancouver and its suburbs while awaiting an extradition hearing on U.S. fraud charges. Ms. Meng’s bail hearing resumed Monday morning with lawyers questioning a former […]
Dec 10 2018 — Daniel Leblanc — Globe and Mail — The Liberal Party of Canada has cancelled plans to host a fundraiser with Justin Trudeau on a Canadian Forces base, an event that might have run afoul of military rules around political events. The Liberal Party had planned to hold the Dec. 19 fundraiser at the Vimy Officers’ Mess in Kingston, according to information posted […]
Dec 10 2018 — Chris Hannay — Globe and Mail — As Marc Mayer ascended to the stage set up in the National Gallery of Canada’s glass-and-granite Great Hall, he was fighting back tears. Dozens of the gallery’s most influential donors had gathered to pay tribute to Mayer on Wednesday night, and, as he got to the mic, he evoked his childhood hockey hero for guidance […]
Dec 10 2018 — Bill Curry — Globe and Mail — A stronger focus on tourism could add billions to the Canadian economy and create up to 180,000 new jobs, according to a new advisory report prepared for the federal government. The report by the McKinsey & Company advisory firm says one of the main issues holding Canada back is its lopsided tourism profile as most […]
Dec 9 2018 — Bill Curry — Globe and Mail — Quebec will receive $13.1-billion in equalization payments next year – a $1.4-billion increase – while Alberta, Saskatchewan and Newfoundland and Labrador continue to be left out even though Canada’s oil-producing provinces are facing deficits and hard times. The three energy-producing provinces petitioned Ottawa last year to rework the federal transfer formula but Finance Minister Bill […]
Dec 7 2018 — Robert Fife and Steven Chase — Globe and Mail — Former prime minister Stephen Harper says he supports the United States’s campaign to persuade Canada and other key allies to ban the use of Huawei equipment in next-generation telecommunications networks. The Trudeau government has so far refused to join the majority of the Five Eyes Intelligence community in barring Huawei equipment from being used in […]
Dec 7 2018 — John Ibbitson — Globe and Mail — Canada may have had little choice but to arrest Huawei Technologies executive Meng Wanzhou as she was transferring from one flight to another at the Vancouver airport, this past Saturday. This country has an extradition treaty with the United States, and the U.S. had asked Canada to make the arrest, so that was that. But […]
Dec 7 2018 — Marieke Walsh — Globe and Mail — The Ford government’s appeal to Ottawa to reallocate funding for climate change initiatives has been denied. Federal Environment Minister Catherine McKenna said Thursday that Ontario’s Progressive Conservative government would not receive the $420-million in funding it lost when it cancelled the province’s cap and trade program over the summer, despite introducing new measures to lower […]
Dec 6 2018 — Robert Fife and Steven Chase — Globe and Mail — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he knew in advance of the pending arrest in Canada of the senior executive and daughter of the founder of Chinese telecom giant Huawei that has sparked vehement protests from Beijing. But Mr. Trudeau told reporters on Thursday that there was no political involvement in the decision to detain Huawei […]
Dec 6 2018 — Michelle Zilio — Globe and Mail — Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen’s office says the federal government will temporarily extend the one-year period for Yazidi genocide survivors in Canada to reunite with their surviving family members who are still languishing in Iraq. Mr. Hussen’s press secretary, Mathieu Genest, said the government is developing a temporary extension of the one-year window for survivors of […]
Dec 6 2018 — Gloria Galloway — Globe and Mail — Canada is taking another step to acknowledge the centuries of harm done to Indigenous people by agreeing to compensate those who were abused as children while attending one of roughly 700 government-funded day schools. The agreement has yet to be ratified and more details, including the range of compensation that will be awarded, will be […]
Dec 5 2018 — Robert Fife and Steven Chase — Globe and Mail — Canada has arrested the chief financial officer of China’s Huawei Technologies who is facing extradition to the United States on suspicion she violated U.S. trade sanctions against Iran. Wanzhou Meng, who is also the deputy chair of Huawei’s board and the daughter of company founder Ren Zhengfei, was arrested in Vancouver at the request of […]