Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is resuming his summer politicking tour today with a trip to Quebec’s Gaspé Peninsula. Trudeau is there to continue the summer meet and greets he started in July in other parts of Canada. His planned events include visits to a farm, wind farm and a train retrofitting plant in New Richmond….
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz Coming to Canada to Meet With Trudeau, Business Leaders
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will accompany the chancellor of Germany, Olaf Scholz, on a brief Canadian visit later this month that will include stops in Montréal, Toronto and Stephenville in western Newfoundland, his office announced on Saturday. Details of the visit were outlined in a release shared by the PMO, which said the Aug. 21-23…
Records Show Trudeau Is Routinely Offered Portraits of Himself as Gifts
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has been offered the gift of his own likeness some 17 times since becoming prime minister, including once by the president of China. The portraits and photos, along with a myriad of vases, wine bottles and Star Wars paraphernalia, are among the more than 400 gifts valued at over $200 that…
Prime Minister Trudeau, Family on Holiday in Costa Rica
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is heading to Costa Rica for a two-week vacation with his family. The Prime Minister’s Office says the family is returning to the same place where they stayed over the Christmas holiday in 2019 and that they are paying for their own accommodations. The prime minister must fly on a Royal…
Trudeau Launches Expanded Oceans Protection Plan, With Aim to Reach More Regions
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced new details about the federal government’s $3.5-billion plan to protect the oceans and boost coast guard facilities on the world’s longest national coastline. In its most recent budget, the government pledged to add $2 billion over nine years to the $1.5 billion already set aside for ocean protection. Speaking…
John Robson: Compiling a Checklist of Failures Would Show Whether Government in Canada Is Broken
Commentary Is government in Canada broken? Opinions seem divided between the Marie Antoinettes inside the palaces and the peasants who are revolting. But as an economist and a historian I respond: “Compared to what?” For instance, it’s currently outperforming the Austro-Hungarian empire. And if you’re thinking it’s not much of a standard, let’s try to…
Turbine Shipment to Germany to Defuse Weaponization of Energy by Russia: Trudeau
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is defending Canada’s decision to return six turbines for a pipeline that carries natural gas from Russia to Europe, even as the Ukrainian World Congress says it is seeking a judicial review in Federal Court. The Liberals’ decision to grant Siemens Canada an exemption to deliver the equipment to Germany while…
Trudeau Announces Deal for New Electric-Vehicle Battery Plant in Ontario
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Ottawa has reached a deal with Umicore, a global materials technology and recycling group, to build a new battery facility in Ontario’s Loyalist Township. Speaking at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ont., today, the prime minister says the facility will supply materials for one million electric vehicles a year. Trudeau says…
Commonwealth Falls Short of Condemning Russia as Trudeau Prepares for G7
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau headed to the G7 summit in Germany on Saturday without a consensus from the Commonwealth to condemn the Russian invasion of Ukraine, but with a chorus of countries calling for help to overcome the fallout of the war. Trudeau and Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly arrived in Kigali, the capital of…
Ex-liberal MP Raj Grewal Invited Lenders to Private Meet-and-Greet With Trudeau
A pair of Ontario businessmen say they each loaned former Liberal MP Raj Grewal $200,000 before being invited to join a 2018 trip to India with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Brampton tire centre owner Andy Dhugga told an Ottawa court today he has known Grewal’s family for a long time, and Grewal asked him for…
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