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Who will replace Trudeau as Canada’s Liberal party leader?

With Trudeau’s nine-year stint as prime minister ending, several politicians are frontrunners to take over his role.

Al Jazeera · Jan 7, 2025

Why has Justin Trudeau resigned – and what’s next for Canada?

After spats with allies, pressure from Donald Trump and falling poll numbers, Trudeau has decided to call it quits.

Al Jazeera · Jan 6, 2025

How Trump’s tariff threat pushed Canada’s Trudeau to brink of resignation

Canada’s embattled prime minister faces fresh calls to resign after top minister steps down over possible ‘tariff war’.

Al Jazeera · Dec 17, 2024

Canada moves to restrict research funding to protect intellectual property

Canadian authorities on Tuesday announced new restrictions on research grants designed to block funding to projects that include researchers who are affiliated with institutions with ties to foreign governments posing a risk to national security.

Reuters · Feb 15, 2023

Canada to invest C$1.6 billion in first national climate adaptation strategy

Canada published its first ever national climate adaptation strategy on Thursday, including C$1.6 billion ($1.2 billion) in new federal funding commitments to help protect communities against the increasing impacts of global warming.

Reuters · Nov 24, 2022

Pierre Poilievre: Populist takes helm of Canada’s Conservatives

Pierre Poilievre, hyper-partisan MP known for anti-Trudeau rhetoric, takes party helm after series of electoral defeats.

Al Jazeera · Sep 11, 2022

Canada's Conservatives pick populist in bid to oust Trudeau's Liberals

Canada's Conservatives on Saturday picked Pierre Poilievre, a veteran parliamentarian who has promoted bitcoin as way to fight inflation, to spearhead the party's bid to oust the Liberals and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Reuters · Sep 11, 2022

Freeland ambush highlights growing threats to women in Canadian public life

Trudeau warns of increasingly toxic atmosphere in politics and journalism, with robust debate replaced by slurs and harassment

The Guardian - US · Aug 31, 2022

Canada targets housing, banks in modest-spending budget

Canada's Liberals put red-hot real estate markets squarely in their sights on Thursday, laying out a budget geared at boosting housing affordability amid soaring inflation, while promising modest new spending to encourage medium-term growth.

Reuters · Apr 7, 2022