Canada

TORONTO (AP) — Canada’s foreign minister said Thursday the country is considering the expulsion of Chinese diplomats over an intelligence agency report saying one of them plotted to intimidate the Hong Kong relatives of a Canadian lawmaker.

Foreign Minister Melanie Joly said her department was summoning China’s ambassador to a meeting to underline that Canada won’t tolerate such interference.

TORONTO, April 30 (Reuters) - As Canada's largest strike by federal workers approaches its third week, thousands of people are in immigration limbo amid canceled hearings and stalled applications, which could make it harder for the country to compete for global talent as employers face a tight labour market.

About 155,000 federal public servants have been on strike since April 19. While wages are a primary sticking point, the union also wants remote work included in its collective agreement.

OTTAWA, April 19 (NNN-XINHUA) — Canada’s largest federal public service union announced Tuesday night that more than 155,000 workers will go on strike, setting the stage for one of the largest strikes in Canada’s history.

The Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) said in a news release that the strike action taken by its members working for Treasury Board and Canada Revenue Agency would begin Wednesday.

OTTAWA, April 18 (Xinhua) -- Canada's Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 4.3 percent year over year in March, following a 5.2 percent increase in February. This was the smallest increase since August 2021, Statistics Canada said Tuesday.

As a result of the steep monthly increase in prices in March 2022, base-year effects, notably gasoline prices, continued to have a strong downward impact on consumer inflation, contributing to the year-over-year deceleration in March 2023, the national statistical agency said.

TORONTO (AP) — The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation paused its use of Twitter on Monday after the social media platform owned by Elon Musk stamped CBC’s account with a label the public broadcaster says is intended to undermine its credibility.

Twitter labelled CBC/Radio-Canada “government-funded media” — the same label that prompted National Public Radio in the U.S. to similarly quit Twitter last Wednesday.

13 Apr 2023; MEMO: Canada's Citizen Lab yesterday revealed that a new Israeli spyware similar to the notorious Pegasus program was used to target journalists and opposition politicians in several countries.

TORONTO, April 9 (Reuters) - Canada's move to expand the investment tax credit for mining companies to align it with policies in the United States is accelerating funding talks for critical miners, company executives told Reuters.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government proposed a 30% investment tax credit for expenses related to the exploration of critical minerals in the latest budget announced last month. This incentive also covers investors planning to buy shares in certain critical mining companies such as those in the exploration of lithium brine.

TORONTO, April 9 (Reuters) - The Bank of Canada is expected to take in stride surprising recent economic strength and leave interest rates unchanged at its meeting on Wednesday, pinning its hopes on activity cooling as higher borrowing costs sink in, analysts said.

Last month, the Bank of Canada became the first major global central bank to pause its rate-hiking campaign, after lifting its benchmark rate to a 15-year high of 4.50%. It said no further tightening would be needed if the economy slows, or even moves into a slight recession, as it expects.

30 Mar 2023; MEMO: Canada has announced its intention to introduce legislation to eradicate forced labour from its supply chains, sparked by China's ongoing persecution of its Uyghur Muslim population and the conditions in which they are forced to work.

Toronto, Mar 28 (PTI) A 32-year-old Indian-origin man has been arrested and charged with the murder of a Canadian in Vancouver, according to a media report.

Inderdeep Singh Gosal was charged with second-degree murder after he fatally stabbed Paul Schmidt near a Vancouver coffee shop on Sunday evening, CBC News reported.