Month: October 2019

Scheer Pledges to Eliminate Canada’s Deficit In Five Years – Bloomberg

Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer unveiled plans to balance the budget within five years by making tax collection more effective and spreading budgeted infrastructure spending over a longer timeframe.
— Read on www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-11/scheer-pledges-to-eliminate-canada-s-deficit-in-five-years

Key moments from the final leaders’ debate of the election campaign | CBC News

The 6 federal party leaders returned to the stage Thursday for the final debate of the campaign that saw the federalist party leaders direct their ire at surging Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet.
— Read on www.cbc.ca/news/politics/5-key-moments-last-federal-leaders-debate-1.5317434

Party leaders debate climate, deficits, Indigenous services, assisted dying, SNC-Lavalin | CBC News

In the last debate of the federal election Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau kicked off his pitch to Canadians by saying Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet would never be able to implement a climate plan because he does not lead a national political party. 
— Read on www.cbc.ca/news/politics/french-language-commission-debate-main-1.5317209

Quebec Separatists Are Back as Potential Kingmakers in Election – Bloomberg

Talk of independence is largely hushed in Quebec these days, yet the federal separatist party is rising from the abyss and could soon hold sway in Canada once again.
— Read on www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-10/quebec-separatists-are-back-as-potential-kingmakers-in-election

Deal `Not Impossible’ as Leaders Prepare to Meet: Brexit Update – Bloomberg

Boris Johnson will meet his Irish counterpart Leo Varadkar for crucial talks over lunch as the U.K. and European Union seek a way through the Brexit impasse with time running out to reach a deal. While neither side is brimming with optimism, Ireland’s government said an agreement was “not impossible,” though wide gaps remain.
— Read on www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-10/deal-not-impossible-as-leaders-prepare-to-meet-brexit-update

Why What Happens in Syria Matters Beyond Its Borders – Bloomberg

Donald Trump’s decision to stand down American forces as Turkish tanks rolled into northeastern Syria to push back a Kurdish militia was met with concern by the president’s backers in Washington and U.S. allies beyond. An international coalition destroyed Islamic State’s self-declared caliphate centered in Syria, but what happens in this Middle Eastern country still reverberates far beyond its fragile borders. From the U.S. to Russia to Iran and the European Union, the eight-year war for control
— Read on www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-09/why-what-happens-in-syria-matters-beyond-its-borders-quicktake