Thomas Seal

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Carney Makes Canada's Liberal Party Acceptable to CEOs Again

Carney Makes Canada's Liberal Party Acceptable to CEOs Again

After nine years under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, weak investment and slow economic growth had spurred Canadian executives to line up behind Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, who has promised to unleash capital with tax cuts and deregulation.

‘Great Deal’: Trudeau’s Conservative Rival Makes Energy Pitch to Trump

‘Great Deal’: Trudeau’s Conservative Rival Makes Energy Pitch to Trump

Since winning the US election, Donald Trump has taunted Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau by calling him governor of a 51st US state, threatened 25% tariffs, and vented that the US is getting ripped off by its northern neighbor because of a trade deficit. Pierre Poilievre — the Conservative leader who is the front-runner to beat Trudeau’s party in the...

Trudeau Tries to Brush Off Minister’s Exit as Family Spat

Trudeau Tries to Brush Off Minister’s Exit as Family Spat

A defiant Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, all smiles at an end-of-year holiday party for lawmakers, tried to downplay the most serious challenge yet facing his leadership. “Like most families, sometimes we have fights around the holidays,” Trudeau told a gathering for his Liberal Party’s 153 elected members and their staff in Ottawa on Tuesday. “But of course, like most families...

Canada Under Pressure to Respond to Trump’s Tax Cut Regime

Canada Under Pressure to Respond to Trump’s Tax Cut Regime

Donald Trump’s planned tax cuts would wipe out Canada’s slim corporate tax advantage, likely driving more capital from the northern nation and deepening its productivity crisis. Canada’s federal corporate income tax rate is 15%, compared to 21% in the US. After accounting for provincial and state levies, the two countries are roughly similar, with the corporate rate between 25% and...

‘Gutless’: Canada’s CEOs Are Jolted by Trudeau’s Surging Rival

‘Gutless’: Canada’s CEOs Are Jolted by Trudeau’s Surging Rival

The crowd gathered on the 54th floor of TD Bank Tower, an imposing glass-and-steel edifice in Toronto’s financial district, was a who’s who of the Canadian business elite. There were CEOs and tech moguls and bankers who had paid as much as C$1,725 each for a chance to hear from Pierre Poilievre, the leader of the Conservative Party.

Climate Goals Face BC Election Backlash in Home of Greenpeace

Climate Goals Face BC Election Backlash in Home of Greenpeace

An unlikely political upstart in Canada’s third-largest province, expelled from his previous party for climate science skepticism, is within striking distance of winning power with promises to ditch environmental targets and unleash natural-resources development.

Trudeau Catches Flak From West Coast Ally’s Reelection Bid

Trudeau Catches Flak From West Coast Ally’s Reelection Bid

A few months ago, David Eby appeared to be cruising toward an easy reelection win in British Columbia, the west coast Canadian province that’s been enjoying a robust economy, with newcomers flocking to its scenery, schools and jobs. It’s less comfortable for Eby now. In a case study of how inflation-battered voters are turning toward new political options around the...

Finance Executives Help Canada’s Conservatives Crush Trudeau at the Money Game

Finance Executives Help Canada’s Conservatives Crush Trudeau at the Money Game

Canada’s corporate titans are helping the country’s Conservative Party build a financial war chest to oust Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, as frustration grows among business leaders about the country’s economic performance.