By , OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, when asked about U.S. President Donald Trump possibly calling in the military to quell protests, paused for more than 20 seconds before responding that Canadians were observing events in the U.S. with horror.“We all watch in horror and consternation what’s going on in the United States,” Trudeau said on Tuesday at a daily news briefing, after a reporter pressed him on Trump’s idea of using soldiers against protesters.The reporter also sought comment on the tear-gassing of U.S. protesters on Monday “to make way for a...…By , OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, when asked about U.S. President Donald Trump possibly calling in the military to quell protests, paused for more than 20 seconds before responding that Canadians were observing events in the U.S. with horror.“We all watch in horror and consternation what’s going on in the United States,” Trudeau said on Tuesday at a daily news briefing, after a reporter pressed him on Trump’s idea of using soldiers against protesters.The reporter also sought comment on the tear-gassing of U.S. protesters on Monday “to make way for a...WW…

By , OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada on Thursday outlined a plan to move the unemployed off an emergency COVID-19 income-support program and onto an expanded employment insurance plan that requires people to look for a job to qualify.Canada is extending the emergency support by four weeks to the end of September, and beginning on Sept. 27 it will offer unemployment benefits to hundreds of thousands of people who would not normally qualify, a senior official said.The emergency income support program had been set to expire in August, and it is now paying 4.5 million people up to C$2,000 a...…By , OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada on Thursday outlined a plan to move the unemployed off an emergency COVID-19 income-support program and onto an expanded employment insurance plan that requires people to look for a job to qualify.Canada is extending the emergency support by four weeks to the end of September, and beginning on Sept. 27 it will offer unemployment benefits to hundreds of thousands of people who would not normally qualify, a senior official said.The emergency income support program had been set to expire in August, and it is now paying 4.5 million people up to C$2,000 a...WW…

By , OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his rivals in the opposition vowed on Monday to fight racism at home as violent protests continued in the United States following the death of a black man in police custody in Minneapolis last week.Thousands staged a peaceful protest on Saturday in Toronto to demand answers in the death of Regis Korchinski-Paquet, a 29-year-old black woman who fell from her 24th-floor apartment balcony last week while police were present.Vancouver and other Canadian cities also held peaceful protests over the weekend, but tensions...…By , OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his rivals in the opposition vowed on Monday to fight racism at home as violent protests continued in the United States following the death of a black man in police custody in Minneapolis last week.Thousands staged a peaceful protest on Saturday in Toronto to demand answers in the death of Regis Korchinski-Paquet, a 29-year-old black woman who fell from her 24th-floor apartment balcony last week while police were present.Vancouver and other Canadian cities also held peaceful protests over the weekend, but tensions...WW…

By OTTAWA (Reuters) - Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz said on Thursday that interest rates were probably going to stay low and that the damage done by the coronavirus outbreak might not be as bad as some fear.Poloz, who is retiring next month, said he felt Canada was still on track to meet the best-case scenario for recovery that the central bank released in April, where growth shrinks by 15% in the second quarter compared with the fourth quarter of 2019 before the coronavirus pandemic.The bank - which targets 2% inflation - has slashed its key overnight interest rate three times to a...…By OTTAWA (Reuters) - Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz said on Thursday that interest rates were probably going to stay low and that the damage done by the coronavirus outbreak might not be as bad as some fear.Poloz, who is retiring next month, said he felt Canada was still on track to meet the best-case scenario for recovery that the central bank released in April, where growth shrinks by 15% in the second quarter compared with the fourth quarter of 2019 before the coronavirus pandemic.The bank - which targets 2% inflation - has slashed its key overnight interest rate three times to a...WW…

By , Slideshow OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada’s cash-strapped municipalities will receive C$2.2 billion ($1.62 billion) in fast-tracked federal infrastructure funding to help cover funding shortfalls in budgets battered during the COVID-19 pandemic, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Monday.The one-time payment will be delivered in June through the federal Gas Tax Fund, Trudeau told his daily press briefing. As of Monday, Canada had 91,351 cases of COVID-19, the respiratory disease cause by the novel coronavirus, and had reported 7,305 deaths, according to official data.Municipalities will...…By , Slideshow OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada’s cash-strapped municipalities will receive C$2.2 billion ($1.62 billion) in fast-tracked federal infrastructure funding to help cover funding shortfalls in budgets battered during the COVID-19 pandemic, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Monday.The one-time payment will be delivered in June through the federal Gas Tax Fund, Trudeau told his daily press briefing. As of Monday, Canada had 91,351 cases of COVID-19, the respiratory disease cause by the novel coronavirus, and had reported 7,305 deaths, according to official data.Municipalities will...WW…