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☆ Canadians firms see inflation easing, sluggish demand - central bank survey
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-16 | by ( Steve Scherer | David Ljunggren | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

FILE PHOTO: Governor of the Bank of Canada Tiff Macklem walks outside the Bank of Canada building in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada June 22, 2020. About a third expect a recession over the coming year, the same level as the previous quarter, the survey said. Some 27% of businesses see it taking more than three years to bring inflation down to 2%, down from 32% the previous quarter, the central bank said. Some 53% of businesses see inflation remaining above 3% over the next two years, compared with 64% the previous quarter. A separate Bank of Canada survey showed consumers’ inflation expectations for the next year eased slightly, though they remained at more than 5%.

Persons: Blair Gable, “, Steve Scherer, David Ljunggren Organizations: OTTAWA, Bank of Canada, REUTERS, ” Bank of Canada, of Canada, Consumers, “ Firms, Reuters Locations: Ottawa , Ontario, Canada, Reuters Ottawa

☆ Interception of Canadian military plane by Chinese jets was unacceptable -Ottawa
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Bill Blair is sworn in as Canada’s Minister of National Defence, as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sits, during a cabinet shuffle at Rideau Hall, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, July 26, 2023. REUTERS/Blair Gable/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsOTTAWA, Oct 16 (Reuters) - The interception of a Canadian military plane by Chinese fighter jets over international waters on Monday was unacceptable, dangerous and reckless, said Defence Minister Bill Blair. In June 2022, Canada's military accused Chinese warplanes of harassing its patrol aircraft as they monitored North Korea sanction evasions, sometimes forcing Canadian planes to divert from their flight paths. In May, the Pentagon said a Chinese fighter jet carried out an "unnecessarily aggressive" maneuver near a U.S. military plane over the South China Sea in international airspace. The encounter followed what Washington calls a recent trend of increasingly dangerous behavior by Chinese military aircraft.

Persons: Bill Blair, Justin Trudeau, Blair Gable, Blair, David Ljunggren, Ismail Shakil, Cynthia Osterman Organizations: National Defence, Rideau Hall, REUTERS, Rights OTTAWA, Canada's Global, North, Canadian, Global, Pentagon, Washington, Thomson Locations: Ottawa , Ontario, Canada, Canadian, North Korea, China, People's Republic of China, Ottawa, Chinese, U.S, South

☆ Canada PM calls for immediate humanitarian corridor into Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks at the ASEAN-Indo Pacific Forum (AIPF) during the 43rd ASEAN Summit in Jakarta, Indonesia on September 6, 2023. Trudeau made his remarks after diplomatic efforts failed to get aid to Gaza. "Canada is calling for unimpeded humanitarian access and a humanitarian corridor, so that essential aid like food, fuel and water, can be delivered to civilians in Gaza. Canada has been using two military planes to airlift people who needed help leaving Israel. Five Canadians have been killed in the Hamas attack on Israel while three are still missing.

Persons: Justin Trudeau, ADEK BERRY, Trudeau, David Ljunggren, Ismail Shakil, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: Canada's, ASEAN, Pacific, ASEAN Summit, Rights OTTAWA, Canadian, West Bank, Thomson Locations: Jakarta, Indonesia, Gaza, Israel, Canada, Ottawa, Lebanon, Jordan, Rafah, Egypt

☆ Canada to give Belgium's Umicore up to C$1 bln for new battery components plant
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

OTTAWA, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Canada and the province of Ontario will give up to C$1 billion to a unit of Belgium's Umicore (UMI.BR) to help it build a plant that will produce components for electric vehicle batteries, Ottawa said on Monday. The plant - the first of its kind in North America - will initially employ 600 people and have a battery materials production capacity of 35 gigawatt hours annually. Canada, home to a large mining sector for minerals such as lithium, nickel and cobalt, wants to woo firms involved in all levels of the electric vehicle (EV) supply chain via a multibillion-dollar green technology. The Umicore plant is due to be built in stages and could be worth C$2.7 billion when fully completed. Canada will invest up to C$551.3 billion with Ontario adding up to C$424.6 billion.

Persons: Francois, Philippe Champagne, Champagne, David Ljunggren, David Gregorio Our Organizations: OTTAWA, Thomson Locations: Canada, Ontario, Ottawa, Loyalist Township, North America

OTTAWA, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Canada's Supreme Court on Friday ruled a federal law assessing how major infrastructure projects like coal mines and oil sands plants impact the environment is largely unconstitutional, in a blow to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government. "This is a significant setback for the federal government," said David Wright, a law professor at the University of Calgary. "The court has said the federal government can enact environmental assessment legislation but the way they went about it, for most of this law, goes too far." The IAA was drafted by Trudeau's Liberal government in 2019 in a bid to streamline and restore trust in the environmental approval process for major projects. Last year the federal government warned Suncor the environmental impact from expanding Base Mine would be "unacceptable" under the IAA because expected carbon emissions were too high.

Persons: Justin Trudeau's, Bill C, Richard Wagner, David Wright, Wright, Danielle Smith, Trudeau, Mike Martens, Major, Ismail Shakil, Nia Williams, David Ljunggren, Deborah Kyvrikosaios, Richard Chang Organizations: OTTAWA, Alberta, University of Calgary, IAA, Trudeau's Liberal, Liberals, Industry, Independent Contractors, Association Alberta, Thomson Locations: Canada, Ottawa, Alberta

☆ Bank of Canada says economy is not heading for a 'serious recession'
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Governor of the Bank of Canada Tiff Macklem walks outside the Bank of Canada building in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada June 22, 2020. REUTERS/Blair Gable/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsOTTAWA, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem on Friday said the economy is not heading for a "serious recession" and that he is looking for a clear sign underlying inflation is easing ahead of a rate decision on Oct 25. "We're not going to be forecasting a serious recession," Macklem told reporters in a call from Marrakech, Morocco, where he was attending an IMF meeting. Macklem said the bank would be weighing whether to let previous rate hikes work through the economy or raise rates again to counter sticky inflation. "What we're looking for are clear signs that core inflation, underlying inflation, those pressures are easing and inflation is going to be coming down," Macklem said.

Persons: Blair Gable, We're, Macklem, Steve Scherer, David Ljunggren Organizations: Bank of Canada, REUTERS, Rights OTTAWA, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Ottawa , Ontario, Canada, Marrakech, Morocco, Reuters Ottawa

☆ Analysis: Canada's Trudeau, far behind in polls, remains the Liberals' best chance
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Steve Scherer | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

[1/3] Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks at the close of the Seventh Assembly of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada August 25, 2023. Right now, most opinion polls show Trudeau significantly trailing his newest rival, Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre. But none are perceived to be as scrappy and determined at retail politics as Trudeau is, Liberal insiders and pollsters say. No Canadian prime minister since Wilfrid Laurier in 1908 has won four consecutive elections. In 2015, Ekos had the Liberals down 22 percentage points in the spring and Trudeau won a majority in the fall.

Persons: Justin Trudeau, Chris Helgren, Liberal Party's, Trudeau, Pierre Poilievre, Chrystia Freeland, Mark Carney, Wilfrid Laurier, Frank Graves, I'm, HOUDINI, Poilievre, Angus Reid, Shachi Kurl, Darrell Bricker, It's, Ekos, We've, we've, Kurl, Houdini, Steve Scherer, David Ljunggren, Denny Thomas, David Gregorio Our Organizations: Seventh Assembly of, Global Environment, REUTERS, Rights OTTAWA, Canadian, Liberal, Conservative, Conservatives, Liberal Party, Ekos Research, Angus Reid Institute, Liberals, Ipsos Public Affairs, Thomson Locations: Vancouver , British Columbia, Canada, Trudeau's, British Columbia, New Delhi

☆ Canada's grocery chains pledge to help cut food prices, government says
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-05 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A person pushes a shopping cart through the produce section of a grocery store in Toronto, Ontario, Canada November 22, 2022. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsOTTAWA, Oct 5 (Reuters) - The Canadian government, under political pressure to tackle high inflation, said on Thursday the country's five major grocery chains had made an initial commitment to help stabilise food prices. Innovation Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne said Canadians would soon see discounts on a number of food products, as well as price freezes and price-matching campaigns. This is Day One of a fight that we are fighting on behalf of Canadians," Champagne told reporters when asked whether tax increases were still possible. Champagne also said Ottawa would establish a special grocery task force to monitor whether the chains were living up to their commitments to keep food prices under control.

Persons: Carlos Osorio, Francois, Philippe Champagne, Justin Trudeau, Champagne, David Ljunggren, Jane Merriman Organizations: REUTERS, Rights OTTAWA, Canadian, Innovation, Walmart, Costco, Thomson Locations: Toronto , Ontario, Canada, Ottawa

REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsOct 5 (Reuters) - The United States is restarting deportations of Venezuelans who cross the U.S.-Mexico border unlawfully, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said on Thursday, part of attempts to curb a record number of migrant crossings. The record number of arrivals has strained resources in cities across the United States, with Democratic officials in New York and Chicago sounding the alarm. Frosty diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Venezuela had made it difficult for the U.S. to deport Venezuelans to their home country. Migration is the direct result of sanctions, the Venezuelan government added, repeating its frequent accusation that U.S. measures are a violation of international law. Washington has insisted Maduro must take steps toward free elections before it considers any further significant sanctions relief, though the U.S. has faced calls from some Latin American governments to take such action without further delay.

Persons: Jose Luis Gonzalez, Alejandro Mayorkas, Joe Biden, Mayorkas, Biden, Donald Trump, Yvan Gil, Washington, Nicolas Maduro, Maduro, Mica Rosenberg, Kristina Cooke, Julia Symmes Cobb, Vivian Sequera, Matt Spetalnick, Simon Lewis, David Ljunggren, Grant McCool, Chris Reese Organizations: REUTERS, Homeland, U.S, Republican, Democratic, Foreign, United, United Nations, Trump, Socialist, Thomson Locations: U.S, Mexico, Ciudad Juarez, United States, Venezuela . Washington, Venezuela, Mexico City, Darien, New York, Chicago, Venezuelan, Latin America, Caribbean, Colombia, Nicolas Maduro . Washington

☆ India tells Canada to withdraw 41 diplomats by Oct. 10 - FT
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Oct 3 (Reuters) - India has told Canada that it must repatriate 41 diplomats by Oct. 10 as a diplomatic dispute between the two nations deepens, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday. The Financial Times, citing people familiar with the Indian demand, said India had threatened to revoke the diplomatic immunity of those diplomats told to leave who remained after Oct. 10. Canada has 62 diplomats in India and India had said that the total should be reduced by 41, the newspaper said. "We're taking this extremely seriously, but we're going to continue to engage responsibly and constructively within with the Government of India," he told reporters on Tuesday. Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said earlier there was a "climate of violence" and an "atmosphere of intimidation" against Indian diplomats in Canada, where the presence of Sikh separatist groups has frustrated New Delhi.

Persons: Hardeep Singh Nijjar, Justin Trudeau, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Jahnavi, David Ljunggren, Steve Scherer, Christian Schmollinger, Robert Birsel, Ed Osmond Organizations: Financial Times, Financial, Canadian, Government of, Indian, Thomson Locations: India, Canada, Ottawa, Government of India, Canadian, New Delhi, Bengaluru

☆ Canada wants private talks with India to resolve diplomatic spat
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsOct 3 (Reuters) - Canada wants private talks with India to resolve a diplomatic dispute over the murder of a Sikh separatist leader, Foreign Minister Melanie Joly said on Tuesday, after a report said India had asked the country to withdraw 41 diplomats. India has told Canada that it must repatriate the diplomats by Oct. 10, according to the Financial Times. We take Canadian diplomats' safety very seriously and we will continue to engage privately because we think diplomatic conversations are best when they remain private," Joly told reporters. The Financial Times said India had threatened to revoke the diplomatic immunity of the 41 diplomats told to leave if they remained after Oct. 10. India suspended new visas for Canadians on Sept 22 and asked Ottawa to reduce its diplomatic presence in the country.

Persons: Narendra Modi, Justin Trudeau, Adnan Abidi, Melanie Joly, Joly, Hardeep Singh Nijjar, Trudeau, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Jahnavi, David Ljunggren, Steve Scherer, Christian Schmollinger, Robert Birsel, Ed Osmond, Deepa Babington Organizations: Indian, Canadian, REUTERS, Financial Times, Indian High Commission, Thomson Locations: Hyderabad, New Delhi, India, Canada, Ottawa, Bengaluru

☆ Canada economy stalled in July, most likely grew by 0.1% in Aug
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-29 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

REUTERS/Christinne Muschi Acquire Licensing RightsOTTAWA, Sept 29 (Reuters) - Canada's economy stalled in July as the manufacturing sector posted its biggest decline for more than two years, but it most likely grew by 0.1% in August, Statistics Canada said on Friday. Analysts polled by Reuters had forecast a 0.1% month-over-month rise in July. Overall, the service-producing sector edged up 0.1% in July while the goods-producing sector posted a 0.3% contraction. The manufacturing sector shrank by 1.5% over June, the biggest month-on-month drop since April 2021, largely due to firms drawing down their inventories. The bank held its key overnight interest rate at 5% on Sept 6, noting the economy had entered a period of weaker growth.

Persons: Christinne, David Ljunggren, Dale Smith Organizations: Port, REUTERS, Rights, Statistics, Reuters, Bank of, Mining, Bank of Canada's, Thomson Locations: Port of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Statistics Canada, Pacific, British Columbia

☆ Tupac Shakur: Prosecutors charge suspect in 1996 shooting of US rapper
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-29 | by ( Lisa Richwine | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] Rapper Tupac Shakur at the MTV Music Video Awards in New York City, September 4, 1996. REUTERS/Mike Segar Acquire Licensing RightsSept 29 (Reuters) - A Nevada grand jury has indicted a former gang leader with the murder of hip-hop star Tupac Shakur three decades ago, a breakthrough in a case that was a defining moment in the history of rap. Shakur was wounded in a drive-by shooting near the Las Vegas Strip on Sept. 7, 1996. In July, police said they had searched a house outside Las Vegas in connection with Shakur's killing. Marion "Suge" Knight, co-founder of Los Angeles-based Death Row Records who produced Shakur's records, was driving the BMW.

Persons: Tupac Shakur, Mike Segar, Duane, Keffe, Davis, Marc DiGiacomo, DiGiacomo, Shakur, “, Mike Tyson, Bruce Seldon, BMW Shakur, Marion, Suge, Knight, David Ljunggren, Costas Pitas, Susan Heavey, Jonathan Oatis, Leslie Adler, Daniel Wallis Organizations: MTV, REUTERS, Reuters, Davis, Cadillac, Los, Row, BMW, Hall of Fame, Thomson Locations: New York City, Nevada, Las Vegas, Los Angeles

☆ US monitoring large Serbian force along Kosovo border -White House
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-29 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A Kosovo police officer looks on, in the aftermath of a shooting incident, in Banjska village, Kosovo September 27, 2023. REUTERS/Ognen Teofilovski/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Sept 29 (Reuters) - The United States is monitoring a troubling Serbian military deployment along the border of Kosovo that is destabilizing the area, the White House said on Friday and called for the forces to be withdrawn. White House national security spokesperson John Kirby told reporters that Kosovo's peacekeeping force is going to be increasing its presence of NATO forces in northern Kosovo as a result of the tensions. Kosovo authorities said police fought around 30 heavily armed Serbs who stormed the Kosovo village of Banjska on Sunday and barricaded themselves in a Serbian Orthodox monastery. Kirby called "a large Serbian military deployment along the Kosovo border" a destabilizing development and called on Serbia to withdraw those forces and contribute to lowering tensions.

Persons: Ognen, John Kirby, Kirby, Antony Blinken, Jake Sullivan, Steve Holland, David Ljunggren, Daniel Wallis Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, White House, NATO, Thomson Locations: Banjska village, Kosovo, United States, Banjska, Serbian, Serbia, NATO

☆ US monitoring large Serbian force along Kosovo border, White House says
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-29 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

☆ Canada PM says he is sure Blinken will raise murder case with India
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/6] Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken take part in a bilateral meeting, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada October 27, 2022. REUTERS/Blair Gable/Pool/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsOTTAWA, Sept 28 (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Thursday he was sure U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken would raise the murder of a Sikh separatist leader with his Indian counterpart when the two meet later in the day. Blinken is due to meet Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on Thursday. Asked directly whether Blinken would bring up the case, Trudeau replied: "The Americans will certainly discuss this matter with the Indian government." Reporting by David Ljunggren Editing by Chris Reese and Nick ZieminskiOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Justin Trudeau, Antony Blinken, Blair Gable, Trudeau, Hardeep Singh, Blinken, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, David Ljunggren, Chris Reese, Nick Zieminski Organizations: Canada's, U.S, REUTERS, Rights, Canadian, British Columbia, Indian, Thomson Locations: Ottawa , Ontario, Canada, Quebec, British, India, Delhi

☆ Immigrants and students fueled Canada's population jump in 2023, StatsCan says
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Statscan had already announced the population grew by 2.9% in the 12 months to July 1, 2023 but Wednesday's release provided more details. "Canada continued to lead G7 countries for population growth and was likely among the top 20 fastest growing countries in the world," Statscan said in a news release. As of July 1, 2023, an estimated 2,198,679 non-permanent residents lived in Canada, a 46% jump from July 1, 2022. "This represents the largest year-over-year increase in the population of non-permanent residents ... since comparable data are available (1971/1972), with the increase in work and study permits accounting for most of the change," said Statscan. "Near-record rates of population growth can also contribute to outsized employment growth, that could put upward pressure on consumer demand and ultimately drive further price increases," he said in a note.

Persons: Christinne, Statscan, Marc Desormeaux, Desjardins, David Ljunggren, David Gregorio Our Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Statistics, Liberal, Thomson Locations: Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Statistics Canada, Canadian

☆ Canada's Trudeau Apologizes After Nazi Veteran Praised in Parliament
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( Sept. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

By David LjunggrenOTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday formally apologized after the speaker of the House of Commons praised a Nazi veteran in the chamber while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy was present. Trudeau also said Ottawa had already reached out to Kyiv and Zelenskiy through diplomatic channels to apologize. Hunka, 98, was a Polish-born Ukrainian who served in one of Adolf Hitler's Waffen SS units during World War Two. Trudeau said the Liberal government had no responsibility for vetting who the speaker had invited. The official opposition Conservatives say Trudeau was ultimately responsible for what happened, given he had invited Zelenskiy to address the Canadian parliament, and accused him of negligence.

Persons: David Ljunggren OTTAWA, Justin Trudeau, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Trudeau, Anthony Rota, Yaroslav Hunka, Adolf Hitler's Waffen, Zelenskiy, Hunka, David Ljunggren, Alison Williams, Paul Simao Organizations: Canadian, Wednesday, Commons, Nazi, Ottawa, Adolf Hitler's Waffen SS, Ukrainian, Liberal Locations: Kyiv, Polish, Ukrainian, Canada, Russia, Ukraine, Western, Rota's

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks to media outside his office on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada September 25, 2023. REUTERS/Blair Gable/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsOTTAWA, Sept 27 (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday formally apologized after the speaker of the House of Commons praised a Nazi veteran in the chamber while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy was present. Trudeau also said Ottawa had already reached out to Kyiv and Zelenskiy through diplomatic channels to apologize. The Kremlin earlier in the day said the whole Canadian parliament should publicly condemn Nazism. The official opposition Conservatives say Trudeau was ultimately responsible for what happened, given he had invited Zelenskiy to address the Canadian parliament, and accused him of negligence.

Persons: Justin Trudeau, Blair Gable, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Trudeau, Anthony Rota, Yaroslav Hunka, Adolf Hitler's Waffen, Zelenskiy, Hunka, David Ljunggren, Alison Williams, Paul Simao Organizations: Canada's, REUTERS, Rights, Canadian, Wednesday, Commons, Nazi, Ottawa, Adolf Hitler's Waffen SS, Ukrainian, Liberal, Thomson Locations: Ottawa , Ontario, Canada, Kyiv, Polish, Ukrainian, Russia, Ukraine, Western, Rota's

Speaker of the House of Commons Anthony Rota speaks during Question Period on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada September 25, 2023. Rota publicly recognised Hunka, calling him a hero. Russia called the incident outrageous. "That public recognition has caused pain to individuals and communities, including the Jewish community in Canada and around the world ... Foreign Minister Melanie Joly earlier said Rota should resign while Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called on him to ponder his future.

Persons: Anthony Rota, Blair Gable, Yaroslav Hunka, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Rota, Hunka, Adolf Hitler's Waffen, Vladimir Putin, Zelenskiy, Melanie Joly, Justin Trudeau, Trudeau's, David Ljunggren, Daniel Wallis Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Canada's, Nazi, Ukrainian, Adolf Hitler's Waffen SS, Liberal, Canada, Trudeau's Liberal, Thomson Locations: Ottawa , Ontario, Canada, Russia, Ukraine, Kyiv, Western, Rota's

☆ Republican candidate DeSantis to debate California's Newsom on Nov 30 - Fox
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/3] Florida Governor and Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis addresses the Pray Vote Stand Summit, organized by the Family Research Council in Washington, U.S. September 15, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsSept 25 (Reuters) - U.S. Republican presidential contender and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis will debate California counterpart Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, for 90 minutes on Nov. 30 on Fox News Channel, the network said in a statement on Monday. Newsom, 55, described the 45-year-old DeSantis as a "small, pathetic man" and called for criminal and civil investigations. Fox News billed the Nov. 30 event as a debate between so-called red and blue states, referring to Republicans and Democrats respectively. A Reuters/Ipsos poll last month showed DeSantis trailing front-runner Donald Trump by nearly 40 percentage points in the race for the Republican presidential nomination.

Persons: Ron DeSantis, Jonathan Ernst, Gavin Newsom, Newsom, DeSantis, Sean Hannity, Donald Trump, David Ljunggren, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: Florida Governor, Republican, Family Research, REUTERS, Florida, Democrat, Fox News Channel, Fox News, Republicans, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Washington , U.S, California, Florida

☆ Trudeau expects Canadian interest rates to come down by mid 2024
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Acquire Licensing Rights Read moreSept 23 (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau expects interest rates are going to start coming down by the middle of next year, in-line with recent Reuters poll estimates, though the latest economic data has turned the central bank more hawkish. We think interest rates are going to start coming down probably middle of next year," Trudeau told the New York Times in an interview just before returning to Canada after attending the United Nations General Assembly. Trudeau's popularity as measured by opinion polls has dropped as Canadians deal with a cost-of-living crisis, sparked by the central bank's record pace of interest rate increases to tame inflation. Trudeau has waded into a sensitive monetary policy debate and past comments on interest rates by his government and other provincial politicians have raised questions about the independence of the central bank. Reporting by David Ljunggren in Ottawa Writing by Denny Thomas, Editing by Franklin PaulOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Justin Trudeau, Mike Segar, Trudeau, Macklem, Chrystia Freeland, Pierre Poilievre, David Ljunggren, Denny Thomas, Franklin Paul Organizations: Canadian, REUTERS, New York Times, United Nations General Assembly, Bank of Canada, BoC, U.S . Federal Reserve, Finance, Minister's, Conservative Party Leader, Franklin Paul Our, Thomson Locations: New York, U.S, Canada, Ottawa

"It would be important that India work with the Canadians on this investigation. Traditional Canadian allies, including the United States, appeared to take a cautious approach to the matter earlier this week. Political analysts said this was partly because the United States and other major players see India as a counterweight to the growing influence of China. REUTERS/Blair Gable/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights"We are there to work constructively with India. "Canada has shared the credible allegations that I talked about on Monday with India.

Persons: Justin Trudeau, Hardeep Singh, Trudeau, Antony Blinken, Blinken, Blair Gable, Kanishka Singh, Steve Scherer, David Ljunggren, Daniel Wallis, David Gregorio Our Organizations: United, Ottawa, U.S, Canada's, REUTERS, Canadian, CBC News, CBC, Senior, Thomson Locations: WASHINGTON, OTTAWA, United States, Canada, Delhi, New Delhi, India, China, Ottawa , Ontario, Australia, New Zealand, Washington, Ottawa

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy listens during an event to thank Americans for their support of Ukraine in the war with Russia, at the National Archives in Washington, U.S., September 21, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/file photo Acquire Licensing RightsOTTAWA, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Friday makes his first visit to close ally Canada, where he is guaranteed a warmer welcome than he received from some U.S. politicians skeptical about providing more military aid. Zelenskiy is due to address parliament in Ottawa and then hold a news conference with Trudeau. "If friends of Ukraine want Ukraine to win the war, then the only way that happens is with renewed and more military support." There are 1.4 million people of Ukrainian descent in Canada, the third most after Ukraine and Russia.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Evelyn Hockstein, Kyiv's, Justin Trudeau, Zelenskiy, Trudeau, Ihor Michalchyshyn, David Perry, David Ljunggren, Deepa Babington Organizations: National Archives, REUTERS, Rights, Ukrainian Canadian Congress, NATO, Canadian, Ottawa, Canadian Global Affairs Institute, Thomson Locations: Ukraine, Russia, Washington , U.S, Canada, New York, Ottawa, In Washington, United States, Germany

☆ Canada's Trudeau wants India to cooperate in murder probe, declines to release evidence
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( Michelle Nichols | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

NEW YORK, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday called on India to cooperate with an investigation into the murder of a Sikh separatist leader in British Columbia and said Canada would not release its evidence. Trudeau said on Monday that Ottawa had credible allegations linking Indian government agents to the murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar in June, prompting an angry reaction from New Delhi. Analysts says this is partly because the United States and other major players see India as a counterweight to the growing influence of China. The Indian foreign ministry said Canada had not shared any specific information about the murder. India on Thursday suspended new visas for Canadians and asked Ottawa to reduce its diplomatic presence in the country.

Persons: Justin Trudeau, Trudeau, Hardeep Singh Nijjar, Jake Sullivan, Washington, Sullivan, Nijjar, Andrea Shalal, David Ljunggren, Paul Simao, Barbara Lewis Organizations: Canadian, Ottawa, United Nations General Assembly, Thomson Locations: India, British Columbia, Canada, New Delhi, Nijjar, Canadian, United States, China, New York, U.S, Ottawa, Washington

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