Canada

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau expelled from the Liberal Party caucus two former ministers, among them a former attorney general, who had criticized his administration for allegedly trying to interfere politically in a criminal prosecution.

Canada’s former attorney general repeatedly warned a top adviser to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau over the risks of interfering with the prosecution of a Montreal-based engineering firm, according to an audio recording.

Canada is shifting its focus on immigration by reinforcing border security and getting its asylum process under control, two years after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said his country was open to people fleeing war and persecution.

The Canadian economy expanded in January, beating expectations and fully offsetting declines that were posted in the previous two months.

Quebec introduced legislation to ban newly hired teachers and police officers from wearing visible religious symbols, making the French-speaking Canadian province the latest region in the West to propose restrictions on the use of Muslim head coverings by public servants.

Canada’s trade deficit narrowed in January from a record set in the previous month as exports rose for the fi rst time since mid-2018, mostly driven by higher energy prices.

Vanessa Rodel says “the situation is really hard” for five other asylum seekers who aided Mr. Snowden and are still living in Hong Kong.

Canada’s foreign minister indicated the government might delay ratification of the revised North American free-trade deal until the Trump administration lifts its steel and aluminum tariffs against Canadian metals.

Canada’s canola growers say Chinese importers have stopped buying their canola seed, putting billions in sales at risk as a diplomatic spat between Ottawa and Beijing deepens.

Canada’s Liberal government presented a pre-election budget that offered over $10 billion in new, short-term spending, spread across a range of constituencies, as it tried to soften the blow from a political crisis.

A fourth top-level Canadian official stepped down because of the political crisis that has engulfed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for more than a month.

The Canadian economy added a net 55,900 jobs in February, all of them full-time, as the labor market continued to outperform in the face of a weakening domestic outlook.

One of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s closest confidants said the leader’s office did nothing untoward in suggesting last year that the then-justice minister review the prosecution of a Montreal engineering firm at the center of a political crisis.

The Bank of Canada held its key interest rate steady at 1.75% as weaker global and domestic growth prospects prompted policy makers to express more caution about the pace of future rate increases.

The Bank of Canada is widely expected to keep its main interest rate on hold at a policy announcement Wednesday in the face of weak domestic growth and uncertainty about the global outlook.

A Canadian cabinet minister, Jane Philpott, resigned, saying she has lost confidence in the ruling Liberal Party over allegations it tried to interfere in a criminal prosecution of a global engineering and construction firm.

A scandal over alleged government pressure to drop the prosecution of an important engineering firm is tarnishing the image of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

A firestorm surrounding Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau became more damaging as his ex-justice minister accused his top aides of repeatedly pressuring her to drop the prosecution of a global engineering and construction firm.

Canadian inflation slowed in January as gasoline prices fell for a third straight month and transitory pressures from some service sectors dissipated.

Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz said Thursday that interest rates will need to move higher to keep inflation in check, but the timing of future increases remains unclear.

Gerald Butts stepped down from his role as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s principal secretary as the fallout from a political storm focused on SNC-Lavalin continued to reverberate in the Canadian capital.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attempted to contain the fallout of a political firestorm over allegations of judicial interference, saying he told his former justice minister the decision of whether to prosecute a global engineering company on bribery-and-fraud charges was hers.

A political firestorm threatened to engulf Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who is gearing up for a tough re-election bid, after Tuesday’s resignation of the minister at the center of a growing scandal.

Canada’s ethics watchdog said Monday he would investigate whether officials in the office of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tried last year to persuade the then-justice minister to drop a criminal prosecution against a Montreal engineering company.