Tag: Trudeau

Trudeau to Announce New Measures to Restrict Travel Abroad During COVID 19 Pandemic

OTTAWA—Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to announce today new measures aimed at further restricting international travel as more infectious variants of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 spread around the globe. Trudeau has urged Canadians for weeks not to take any non-essential trips outside the country. For those who do, he has warned that the…


Trudeau Says Viceregal Vetting Process Needs Improvement After Payette Resigns

OTTAWA—Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said his Liberal government will look at how it can improve vetting for high-level appointments after the unprecedented resignation of the governor general over allegations of a toxic work environment at Rideau Hall. “We will continue to look at the best way to select people for viceregal appointments,” Trudeau told a…


Trudeau, Biden to Talk Today as Death of Keystone XL Reverberates in Canada

WASHINGTON—Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will speak with U.S. President Joe Biden today amid continuing fallout from the death of the Keystone XL pipeline project. The phone call, Biden’s first with a foreign leader since taking office this week, comes as the new administration turns its focus to the United States’s economic recovery. It also comes…


Trudeau Condemns China for Blocking WHO Investigation of COVID-19 Origins

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau condemned China for blocking a team from the World Health Organization (WHO) from investigating the origins of COVID-19 within its borders. Trudeau pledged to ensure WHO investigators are allowed entry into China during an exclusive interview with City News on Jan. 6. “There’s certainly going to be a time for…


Neglecting the Military Will Have Repercussions Down the Line, Warn Retired Officers

Canadian military bases are chronically understaffed and have suffered substantial funding cuts since the Liberals took power in 2015, according to a report produced in 2020 by the National Defence Department. Military experts and retired officers say neglecting the Canadian Armed Forces will have repercussions down the line. “The military suffers if senior levels of government do…