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1 week ago | 
yahoo.com | Michel Comte
Prime Minister Mark Carney promised Friday to oversee the biggest transformation of Canada's economy since the end of the Second World War to enable it to "stand up" to Donald Trump. Carney led the Liberal Party to a dramatic fourth mandate in elections on Monday after a campaign focused on the US president's threats to Canada's economy and sovereignty.
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2 weeks ago | 
nzherald.co.nz | Michel Comte |Ben Simon
Prime Minister Mark Carney pledged to confront US President Donald Trump with a united Canada. Carney’s Liberals won 169 seats, forming a minority government and promising a “new path forward”. Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives performed well but lost, with Poilievre pledging to work with Carney.
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2 weeks ago | 
nd-aktuell.de | Michel Comte
Die Liberale Partei von Regierungschef Mark Carney hat die Parlamentswahl in Kanada gewonnen. Die Liberalen sicherten sich bei der von den Drohungen von US-Präsident Donald Trump gegen Kanada überschatteten Abstimmung am Montag die meisten Stimmen, verpassten aber offenbar die absolute Mehrheit im Parlament. Carney rief sein Land zur Geschlossenheit gegenüber den USA auf.
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2 weeks ago | 
qoshe.com | Michel Comte
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2 weeks ago | 
japantimes.co.jp | Michel Comte |Ben Simon
Canadians were voting Monday to choose a leader to confront Donald Trump's trade war and annexation threats, which the U.S. president renewed in an election day message that drew immediate rebukes. The Liberal Party, led by new Prime Minister Mark Carney, was trailing Pierre Poilievre's Conservatives until Trump's attacks on Canada sparked a wave of patriotism and a sudden reversal in poll forecasts.
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2 weeks ago | 
barrons.com | Michel Comte
For Canadian Zita Dube-Lockhart, whose 12-year-old child receives gender-affirming care, the campaign ahead of Monday's election has avoided issues that matter to her, including LGBTQ rights. During his decade in power, former prime minister and Liberal Party leader Justin Trudeau repeatedly emphasized social and cultural priorities that are central for left-wing progressives.
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3 weeks ago | 
barrons.com | Michel Comte
The candidates to lead Canada after next week's election took starkly different paths to the height of national politics. Mark Carney, the Liberal Party leader, has never held elected office. The former central banker took over as prime minister just a few weeks ago, after parachuting into politics and winning a race to replace Justin Trudeau as Liberal leader.
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4 weeks ago | 
ibtimes.com | Michel Comte
The Bank of Canada on Wednesday held its key lending rate at 2.75 percent, pausing a stream of recent cuts due to shifting US trade policy and tariffs. "The major shift in direction of US trade policy and the unpredictability of tariffs have increased uncertainty, diminished prospects for economic growth, and raised inflation expectations," the central bank said in a statement. Its rate pause followed seven consecutive rate cuts since last summer that have considerably lowered borrowing costs.
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1 month ago | 
barrons.com | Michel Comte
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1 month ago | 
macaubusiness.com | Michel Comte
In a quaint restaurant on the outskirts of Canada’s capital, Sandra McCormack spent a recent morning talking politics with friends in an area that is suddenly in the political spotlight. The area’s neighboring electoral districts — Carleton and Nepean — are starkly different: Carleton is largely rural, picturesque and dotted with small farms, while Nepean is a suburban Ottawa neighborhood, packed with strip malls and single family homes.
