Jan 06 Canada’s Trudeau resigns as Liberal Party leader in the face of rising discontent over his leadership By Rob Gillies, Associated Press Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his resignation Monday in the face of rising discontent over his leadership, and after the abrupt departure of his finance minister signaled growing turmoil within his government. Continue reading
Dec 20 Canada’s Trudeau reshuffles his Cabinet amid political turmoil and mounting calls to resign By Rob Gillies, Associated Press An embattled Trudeau reshuffled his Cabinet on Friday — but whether he will step aside in the coming days or weeks remains an open question. Continue reading
Dec 17 Canadian prime minister faces growing pressure from his own party to resign By Rob Gillies, Associated Press Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau faces growing pressure to resign from his own Liberal Party after his top minister abruptly quit and criticized his handling of the budget. Continue reading
Nov 30 Watch 2:49 News Wrap: Syrian rebels push further into Aleppo after surprise takeover In our news wrap Saturday, rebels in Syria encountered little resistance from government forces as they spread further into Aleppo, an Israeli airstrike killed charity workers in Gaza, Israel and Hezbollah’s cease-fire appears to be holding despite sporadic incidents, and… Continue watching
Nov 30 Trudeau flies to Florida to meet with Trump in response to threat of tariffs on Canadian exports By Rob Gillies, Fatima Hussein, Associated Press Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau flew to Florida on Friday to have dinner with President-elect Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago club after Trump threatened to impose sweeping tariffs on Canadian products. Continue reading
Aug 26 Canada imposes 100 percent tariff on Chinese-made electric vehicles, matching the U.S. measure against imports By Rob Gillies, Associated Press The announcement comes after encouragement by U.S. national security advisor Jake Sullivan during a meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Sunday. Continue reading
Oct 03 India orders Canada to remove most of its diplomats from country, official says By Rob Gillies, Associated Press An official says India has told Canada to remove 41 of its 62 diplomats in the country, ramping up a confrontation over Canadian accusations that India may have been involved in the killing of a Sikh separatist leader in suburban… Continue reading
Sep 27 Trudeau apologizes for recognition of Nazi unit war veteran in Canadian Parliament By Rob Gillies, Associated Press Trudeau says the Speaker of the House of Commons is "solely responsible" for the invitation and recognition of the man but says it was a mistake that has deeply embarrassed Parliament and Canada. Continue reading
Sep 21 Trudeau says he’s not trying to ‘provoke or cause problems’ as India suspends visa services for Canada By Ashok Sharma, Krutika Pathi, Associated Press Ties between Ottawa and New Delhi have plunged to their lowest point in years after Trudeau said there were "credible allegations" of Indian involvement in the assassination of a Sikh separatist leader on its soil. Continue reading
Sep 20 Watch 6:01 Tensions escalate between Canada and India over killing of outspoken Sikh leader By Amna Nawaz, Zeba Warsi India and Canada are caught up in a tense diplomatic showdown over the assassination of a Canadian Sikh separatist leader in British Columbia. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau this week linked the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar to India's government. Both… Continue watching