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CANADA: Politics Week: Big Deficit Seen In Freeland's Update, Trump Tariffs Loom

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  • Finance Minister Freeland will present a fiscal update after 4pm EST Monday, as budget office says CAD40b deficit anchor is being broken. Globe and Mail citing unnamed sources reports there is a rift on spending between her and PM Trudeau.
  • Trudeau continues to see if he can convince Donald Trump to water down or cancel a 25% tariff, while struggling to win a unified position from provincial and opposition leaders on how to proceed.
  • Liberals have been unable to advance most legislation for weeks as Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives use what the government calls a filibuster around documents it’s been asked to turn over.
  • Polling aggregator 338Canada shows Conservatives likely to win majority government if election were held now.
  • Sample headlines: Trudeau accused of throwing Freeland under the bus as he courts Carney for government (Globe); Ottawa has abandoned any pretence of controlling its spending (Globe); Justin Trudeau tries to find a cure for 'inflationitis' (CBC)
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  • Finance Minister Freeland will present a fiscal update after 4pm EST Monday, as budget office says CAD40b deficit anchor is being broken. Globe and Mail citing unnamed sources reports there is a rift on spending between her and PM Trudeau.
  • Trudeau continues to see if he can convince Donald Trump to water down or cancel a 25% tariff, while struggling to win a unified position from provincial and opposition leaders on how to proceed.
  • Liberals have been unable to advance most legislation for weeks as Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives use what the government calls a filibuster around documents it’s been asked to turn over.
  • Polling aggregator 338Canada shows Conservatives likely to win majority government if election were held now.
  • Sample headlines: Trudeau accused of throwing Freeland under the bus as he courts Carney for government (Globe); Ottawa has abandoned any pretence of controlling its spending (Globe); Justin Trudeau tries to find a cure for 'inflationitis' (CBC)