FREELAND: CANADA WON'T ESCALATE OR BACK DOWN ON US TRADE FIGHT

MNI: PBOC To Aim To Drive Inflation Higher- Advisors

MNI: China To Issue More Bonds As Stimulus Targets Consumption

MNI: PBOC To Aim To Drive Inflation Higher- Advisors

MNI: China To Issue More Bonds As Stimulus Targets Consumption

MNI BRIEF: China Nov M1 Decline Narrows, M2 Slows

EZ/UK T-Bill Calendar: 8/13/28/50-Week BTF Auction on Monday

EZ/UK Bond Supply Calendar: 4.125% Jul-29 Gilt Due on Tuesday

MNI: CANADA OCT WHOLESALE SALES +3.3%; EX-AUTOS +0.5%

MNI EXCLUSIVE: EU-Mercosur Deal Close, But Likely Short-Lived - Officials

AUSTRALIA: 2025 Election Outcome Looking More Uncertain According To Newspoll

© 1982-2024 MNI. All rights reserved.
Terms | Privacy
Log Out
Free Trial

Politics Week: Trudeau Down 21 Points In Abacus Poll

CANADA
  • While polls between elections often aren't true voting intentions, Abacus Data reported Liberals a record 21pp behind Conservatives.
  • Polling aggregator 338Canada shows Conservatives likely to win majority government if an election were held now. Election is due in 2025 under traditional four-year mandate.
  • Province of British Columbia asks feds to roll back liberalization of public drug use, raising hackles from Conservatives who spent week talking about tough-on-crime policies such as using "notwithstanding clause" to override objections to its favored tougher bail laws.
  • Mark Carney's name continues circulating at potential Liberal leadership candidate; Conservatives fail in motion to bring Carney to testify at House finance committee to talk about his economic views.
  • PM Trudeau Wed in Parliament: "We are seeing inflation come down, and interest rates will be coming down, I am sure, in the coming months." BOC's Macklem at hearing says hasn't decided on any reduction, unsure why PM made that comment.
  • Palestinian protests come to Canadian universities, Quebec judge rejects injunction at McGill and police haven't broken things up in the ways seen in the U.S.
  • Defense Minister says he couldn't sell Canadians on boosting military budget to 2% NATO target, warns of tensions as Arctic shipping becomes reality in coming decades.
  • Conservatives push to remove House Speaker Fergus saying he’s biased after kicking out their leader Poilievre from a day's proceedings after using unparliamentary language against Trudeau.
  • Expanded Trans Mountain pipeline comes into service, expected to bump up GDP starting from Q2 on higher prices for exported crude oil. FM Freeland declines to say if govt will sell project it took over amid regulatory uncertainty at a loss after billions of dollars of cost overruns.
  • Police announce 3 arrests around murder of a Canadian last year that Trudeau had told Parliament may be linked to India's govt.
MNI Ottawa Bureau | +1 613-314-9647 | greg.quinn@marketnews.com
Homepagemarkets-real-timePolitical RiskPolitical Risk BulletBulletMarketsFixed Income BulletsForeign Exchange Bullets
MNI Ottawa Bureau | +1 613-314-9647 | greg.quinn@marketnews.com
Homepagemarkets-real-timePolitical RiskPolitical Risk BulletBulletMarketsFixed Income BulletsForeign Exchange Bullets

To read the full story

Close

Why MNI

MNI is the leading provider

of intelligence and analysis on the Global Fixed Income, Foreign Exchange and Energy markets. We use an innovative combination of real-time analysis, deep fundamental research and journalism to provide unique and actionable insights for traders and investors. Our "All signal, no noise" approach drives an intelligence service that is succinct and timely, which is highly regarded by our time constrained client base.

Our Head Office is in London with offices in Chicago, Washington and Beijing, as well as an on the ground presence in other major financial centres across the world.