Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Alessia Passafiume
Publication Date: December 27, 2024 - 15:07
Trudeau, Carney push back over Trump’s 51st state comments
December 27, 2024
Two senior members of the federal cabinet were in Florida Friday pushing Canada’s new border plan with Donald Trump’s transition team, a day after Trudeau himself appeared to finally push back at the president-elect over his social media posts about turning Canada into the 51st state.Both Trudeau and former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney, who Trudeau has been courting to become Canada’s next finance minister, shared posts on X Thursday, a day after Trump’s latest jab at Canada in his Christmas Day message.
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Canada has called it quits for now on trying to hammer out another national agreement to improve First Nations child welfare across the country, but will continue to negotiate a deal with Ontario First Nations, according to correspondence between the Department of Justice and the Assembly of First Nations.In a letter dated Jan. 6 and obtained by The Globe and Mail, Justice lawyer Paul Vickery wrote that the federal government isn’t mandated to negotiate further on a long-term deal on “a national basis.”
January 8, 2025 - 19:59 | Willow Fiddler | The Globe and Mail
January 8, 2025 - 19:53 | | CBC News - Canada
Donald Trump’s repeated calls to claim Canada are nothing more than empty threats aimed at winning trade concessions, experts in U.S. relations and defence studies say, as Ontario’s Premier called the idea “ridiculous and a waste of time.”Speaking at a press conference this week, the president-elect said he’d use “economic force” to annex Canada, arguing that the United States doesn’t need to buy Canadian lumber, dairy or automobiles.
January 8, 2025 - 19:50 | Chris Wilson-Smith | The Globe and Mail
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