Chrystia Freeland

New rules going after blockade financing an overreach, critics say

The federal government’s move to use expanded financial powers to crack down on the trucker protests is being called a severe overreach by financial crime

Feds loosen eligibility requirements on pandemic relief for businesses, workers

Canada & World

Lockdown Program will now offer wage and rent subsidies ranging between 25 and 75 per cent to employers who are subject to capacity restrictions of

Freeland sworn in as federal finance minister as PM set to seek prorogation

Canada & World

Freeland replaces Bill Morneau, who resigned Monday after weeks of controversy over his and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s roles in awarding a sole-source contract to

Canada, U.S. working out details of cross border non-essential travel ban

Canada & World

Closure of the world’s longest undefended border will begin in earnest today as Canada and the United States work out the details of banning non-essential

Trump to kill old NAFTA to push Congress to approve USMCA

Canada & World

The original NAFTA deal has landed back atop Donald Trump’s hit list, with the U.S. president again declaring he intends to terminate the 24-year-old trade

Trump hits back at Trudeau’s criticism of ‘punitive’ U.S. metal tariffs

Canada & World

Justin Trudeau drew the ire of Donald Trump late Thursday, after warning of a new turning point in Canada-U.S. relations when the U.S. president made

Talks to salvage Trans Pacific Partnership on sidelines of APEC summit cancelled

Canada & World

Talks towards salvaging a Pacific Rim trade pact this weekend lost steam Friday as several countries, including Canada, expressed enough concerns that leaders cancelled a

Canada’s foreign minister calls for more military ‘hard power’ in major speech

Canada & World

Canada’s new foreign policy will involve spending billions on “hard power” military capability because the country can’t rely on an American ally that has turned