Tag: Trudeau
‘Social distancing’ ramps up as COVID-19 spreads and economic toll mounts
TORONTO — Keeping distance from others as a way to prevent the further spread of COVID-19 ramped up across Canada on Thursday as Prime...
Justin and Sophie Trudeau go into self-isolation over COVID-19
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife are in self-isolation over COVID-19 concerns, which has forced the cancellation of an in-person meeting of...
Labour, biz leaders urge federal-provincial common front on COVID-19 impact
OTTAWA — Canada’s largest labour organization and the group that bills itself as the voice of business in this country have set aside their differences to...
Majority of Canadians unhappy with Trudeau’s handling of blockade crisis: poll
OTTAWA — A new poll suggests Canadians weren’t happy with Justin Trudeau’s handling of the natural-gas pipeline dispute in British Columbia that led to nationwide rail and road blockades mounted in...
Caution, with a time limit: How Trudeau’s patience with rail blockades...
OTTAWA — When Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stepped in front of cameras last week to declare that barricades on rail lines and other major...
Trudeau urges peaceful end to blockades as Scheer says PM’s done...
OTTAWA — The spirit of reconciliation requires a “peaceful resolution” to the blockades that have kept rail traffic from operating across the country, Prime...
Police move to clear rail blockade on Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory
TYENDINAGA MOHAWK TERRITORY, Ont. — Several anti-pipeline protesters were detained Monday morning as provincial police moved in to clear a rail blockade on Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory in...
Canadian PM Trudeau says rail blockades have to end
TORONTO — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday indigenous barricades that are blocking rail service across Canada and hurting the economy have to come...
Energy, economy, land rights face Trudeau as House of Commons returns
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau returns to a House of Commons eager to debate his government’s policies on the economy, energy, climate change...
Scheer says pipeline protests ‘illegal,’ tells Trudeau to order RCMP enforcement
OTTAWA — It is time for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to order the RCMP to end the “illegal” blockades of vital rail links, says...
