Two friends from Alberta, both with strong careers overseas and similar backgrounds — Harvard and Oxford graduates, members of the liberal global elite — are vying to replace Justin Trudeau as leader of the Liberal Party and of the country…
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The Liberals Choose a Leader in the Shadow of Trump’s Threats
Between the U.S. tariff “psychodrama,” or, per Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s quip, “Thursday,” and the growing evidence that President Trump’s threats of Canada’s sovereignty are quite serious, it’s been a stressful time for Canadians who are looking for stability. That…
Chrystia Freeland Eyes Justin Trudeau’s Job as Canada’s Liberal Party Leader
The protester leaped on to the stage, lunged at Chrystia Freeland and screamed within inches of her face. She didn’t flinch. Her January campaign launch for leadership of the Liberal Party, and by extension Canada, was disrupted, but the encounter…
Will Canadians Warm Up to Mark Carney, the Liberal Party Front-Runner Eyeing Trudeau’s Job?
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,…
How Trump’s ‘51st State’ Canada Talk Came to Be Seen as Deadly Serious
After President Trump imposed tariffs on Canada on Tuesday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made an extraordinary statement that was largely lost in the fray of the moment. “The excuse that he’s giving for these tariffs today of fentanyl is completely…
Trump’s Tariffs by Whim Keep Allies and Markets Off Balance
When the White House finally released the text of Mr. Trump’s orders on Thursday evening, it appeared that some of the tariffs — those covered in the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement that Mr. Trump negotiated and celebrated in his first term…
Trump to Pause Auto Tariffs for Canada and Mexico for One Month
President Trump said on Wednesday that he would pause tariffs on cars coming into the United States from Canada and Mexico for one month, after a 25 percent tariff that he placed on America’s closest trading partners a day earlier…
King Charles III, a Quiet Diplomat, is Stepping Up
King Charles III flew by helicopter to the H.M.S. Prince of Wales in the English Channel on Tuesday, where he mingled with sailors and watched as fighter jets took off from the deck of the ship, a Royal Navy aircraft…
As U.S. Tariffs Become Reality, Canadians Prepare for Economic Pain
The trucks that carry about $300 million worth of auto parts each day over the bridge from Windsor, Ontario, to Detroit are still rolling as usual. But in the aftermath of President Trump’s decision to impose 25 percent tariffs on…
Trump’s Latest Tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China Could Be His Biggest Gamble
President Trump made one of the biggest gambles of his presidency Tuesday by initiating sweeping tariffs with no clear rationale on imports from Canada, Mexico and China, triggering a trade war that risks undermining the United States economy. His actions…