For the United States, Greenland is the right island in the right place at the right time.
— Read on lfpress.com/opinion/columnists/cohen-lets-make-greenland-great-again/wcm/47e6cdf2-efe5-4046-94a6-552e7d16d3e5
Month: August 2019
Ottawa announces $1.75B to compensate dairy farmers for impact of trade deals – BNN Bloomberg
Ottawa announces $1.75B to compensate dairy farmers for impact of trade deals – BNN Bloomberg
— Read on www.bnnbloomberg.ca/ottawa-announces-1-75b-to-compensate-dairy-farmers-for-impact-of-trade-deals-1.1302728
Italy’s return to political chaos leaves investors in wait-and-see mode
A furious global hunt for yield has helped to spark a significant repricing of fixed-income markets.
— Read on www.cnbc.com/2019/08/20/italys-return-to-political-chaos-leaves-investors-in-wait-and-see-mode.html
Ontario moving ahead with municipal funding cuts | The London Free Press
Ontario will go ahead with some of its controversial municipal funding cuts for public health and child care next year, with Premier Doug Ford telling a gathering of municipal leaders on Monday that the government was making the move after listening to their concerns.
— Read on lfpress.com/news/local-news/ontario-moving-ahead-with-municipal-funding-cuts
Why can’t Trudeau say sorry for SNC-Lavalin? Legal, brand fears to blame: expert
“The legal filter on that is certainly one factor,” says one crisis communications expert.
— Read on www.msn.com/en-ca/news/elections/why-cant-trudeau-say-sorry-for-snc-lavalin-legal-brand-fears-to-blame-expert/ar-AAFYnwS
Chrystia Freeland condemns violence in Hong Kong, sparking backlash from China
OTTAWA — Chinese officials accused Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland of “meddling” in China’s internal affairs Sunday after her weekend statement condemning violence in Hong Kong in the wake of escalating tensions between pro-democracy protesters and police. Freeland made the remarks in a joint statement issued Saturday with her counterpart in the European Union, Federica Mogherini, urging restraint amid “a rising number of unacceptable…
— Read on www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/chrystia-freeland-condemns-violence-in-hong-kong-sparking-backlash-from-china/ar-AAFZbfQ
Duelling Hong Kong protests face off outside Chinese consulate in Vancouver
Pro-Hong Kong and pro-Beijing protesters faced off against each other for the second day in a row in Vancouver, a sign of tensions in Hong Kong spilling over into the Chinese diaspora in B.C. Hundreds of people showed up at a rally organized by a group called the Vancouver Society in Support of Democratic Movement outside the Chinese consulate on Granville Street Sunday afternoon to condemn what it called police brutality in Hong Kong. Waving…
— Read on www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/duelling-hong-kong-protests-face-off-outside-chinese-consulate-in-vancouver/ar-AAFZ9dY
‘Greenland belongs to Greenland’: Denmark says selling world’s largest island to US is absurd
Trump’s is due to visit Copenhagen early next month, when the Arctic will be on the agenda in meetings.
— Read on www.cnbc.com/2019/08/18/greenland-belongs-to-greenland-denmark-says-selling-worlds-largest-island-to-us-is-absurd.html
The RCMP’s chat with Jody Wilson-Raybould stirs echoes of painful Liberal past | CBC News
The news on Friday that the former minister of justice and attorney general spoke with someone from the national police force in the spring punctuates another difficult moment for Justin Trudeau’s government.
— Read on www.cbc.ca/news/politics/rcmp-jody-wilson-raybould-liberals-analysis-wherry-1.5250693
Trudeau doubles down on not apologizing for SNC-Lavalin affair | CBC News
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau remained dogged Thursday that he doesn’t need to apologize for his role in the SNC-Lavalin affair, a day after Canada’s ethics watchdog found he violated the Conflict of Interest Act by trying to influence the former attorney general while she was dealing with the SNC-Lavalin case.
— Read on www.cbc.ca/news/politics/philpott-snc-report-1.5247792