World's largest investor, BlackRock, joins climate action group
World’s largest investor signs up to Climate Action 100+ after criticism from activists
Davos
Teenage activist takes School Strikes 4 Climate Action to Davos
“This Friday I can’t be there,” she told the Guardian. “So I will have to do it here in Davos, and send a message that this is the only thing that matters.”
Ottawa strikes $40M research deal on 5G technology with Huawei rival Nokia
The federal government will announce up to $40 million for Finnish telecom giant Nokia on Thursday, January 24, 2019, to conduct research on 5G wireless technology in Canada.
U.S. confirms it will ask Canada to extradite Huawei executive; China protests
The U.S. Department of Justice will formally ask Canada to extradite the chief financial officer of Chinese tech titan Huawei, ensuring a protracted global dispute that one former American diplomat says will have lasting and dangerous repercussions for all three countries.
Video from Bono's anti-poverty group needles Trudeau for lacking gender plan
Justin Trudeau is being lampooned in a new video by the anti-poverty organization led by his friend and U2 frontman Bono for not having a concrete plan to advance his feminist agenda at the G7.
Trudeau won't meet with Indian leader behind Sikh separatist controversy
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will not meet with the Indian politician who has publicly accused members of Trudeau's cabinet of being connected to the Sikh separatist movement.
U.S. envoy sells Donald Trump as middle class champion, just like Justin Trudeau
Kelly Craft wants Canadians to know a few things about one of the least popular presidents an American ambassador has ever had to represent in this country.
Canada hopeful as U.S. hears NAFTA counter-proposals — and keeps listening
Canada's counter-proposals on controversial American demands for a renewed NAFTA were not rejected out of hand by the United States at talks Thursday, providing a glimmer of hope that the continental trade pact may yet be saved.
Canada to double spending on global education fund
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Thursday, January 25, 2018, that Canada will double its commitment to the Global Partnership for Education fund.
Trudeau, Wynne commend women for courage in speaking out about Brown
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne saluted the courage of the women who have levied allegations of sexual misconduct against the former leader of the Ontario Progressive Conservative party.
Canada will push G7 partners to sign no plastics pledge to save the oceans
Canada plans to use its presidency of the G7 this year to push fellow member countries to help stop the oceans from becoming massive rubbish heaps.
PM Trudeau applying pressure on U.S. in NAFTA talks, says Wilbur Ross
U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said on Wednesday that he thinks Prime Minister Justin Trudeau used his speech at the World Economic Forum to apply pressure on the United States in the NAFTA renegotiation.
UPDATE: Trudeau promotes women's rights during Davos speech
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is urging the international community to do more to promote women's rights and gender equality.
Justin Trudeau to push middle class interests as he heads to Davos
After spending the past two weeks criss-crossing the country to speak with ordinary Canadians in town hall meetings, Justin Trudeau is heading to Switzerland where he'll rub elbows with the rich and powerful at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
Two Canadian billionaires as wealthy as almost a third of Canadians, Oxfam reports
Two people in Canada are as wealthy as the poorest 30 per cent of Canadians, a new study on income inequality from Oxfam has found.