OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's ruling Liberals lost a special election in the western province of British Columbia, provisional results showed on Tuesday, deepening the political woes of beleaguered Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The minority Liberal government was rocked on Monday when Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland unexpectedly resigned, citing policy differences with the prime minister whom she...
OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canada's Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland unexpectedly resigned on Monday over a policy clash with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, dismissing his plans for increased spending as "political gimmicks". Freeland quit just hours before she was due to present a fall economic update to parliament, a document widely expected to show the minority Liberal government had...
OTTAWA (Reuters) - India's envoy to Canada, who is being expelled over what Ottawa says are links to the murder of a Sikh leader, insisted in an interview he was innocent and said Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had wrecked bilateral political ties. Both countries on Monday ordered out six diplomats in tit-for-tat moves over Ottawa's allegations...
VIENTIANE: Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim says Malaysia has requested a waiver of visa requirements on a reciprocal basis with Canada. The request was conveyed to the Prime Minister's Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the 44th and 45th Asean Summits and Related Summits, here on Thursday (Oct 10). On another matter,...
VIENTIANE: Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim says Malaysia has requested a waiver of visa requirements on a reciprocal basis with Canada. The request was conveyed to the Prime Minister's Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the 44th and 45th Asean Summits and Related Summits, here on Thursday (Oct 10). On another matter,...
Fans of TVB dramas in the ‘90s would probably remember Hong Kong actress Anita Lee, 56. Known for her sexy image, Anita starred in dramas like Everybody Loves Somebody (1989) and Family Squad (1992) alongside Francis Ng, whom she famously dated for eight years before splitting in 1998. Anita bowed out of the entertainment scene after marrying Canadian stockbroker Leo Lee in 2003 and immigrated to Toronto. The couple...
Cryptocurrency-focused service providers in Canada will face stricter regulatory mandates after new laws were introduced in the nation’s 2024 federal budget. Announced on April 16, the budget plans to enforce the Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework (CARF), a system approved by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in August 2022. The move came in response to the G20’s mandate in 2021, which required...
Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has received a license to operate in Canada. According to CNBC, the license allows the crypto platform to increase its presence outside the U.S. as it faces a regulatory crackdown in its home market. Coinbase has received registration in Ontario as a limited dealer under the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA), the umbrella organization of Canada’s...
Honda Motor Co is considering building an electric vehicle plant in Canada in a near ¥2 trillion (US$13.83 billion) project that could possibly include in-house production of batteries, Japan's Nikkei news group reported on Sunday (Jan 7). The project could be one of Honda's largest investments, the report said. The Japanese automaker is looking at multiple potential...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he senses a change in India's tone with Ottawa after the United States warned New Delhi about its involvement in a thwarted plot to kill a Sikh separatist leader on U.S. soil, the CBC reported on Wednesday. "I think there is a beginning of an understanding that...
