The free trade agreement with ASEAN is expected to be signed at the end of 2025. If Trudeau is pressured to step down, or if his government falls and loses the next election, Trudeau will not, as prime minister, be there to see the fruits of his labour.
In the last hours of his first visit to Laos, the prime minister watched two fishermen cast bamboo nets into the muddy waters of the Mekong River. They were trying to catch tiny fish, each the length of a man's index finger, to later use as bait for something much more substantial.
Hadrien Trudeau gestures dad, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, as they walk up stairs with Export Promotion, International Trade and Economic Development Minister Mary Ng and Chief Executive Officer of the Mekong River Commission Secretariat Anoulak Kittikhoun following a visit with fisherman along the Mekong river in Vientiane, Laos, Oct. 11, 2024.
A 65 per cent majority of the investment will go toward sustainable development and environmental protection measures. The rest of the money will be split between initiatives to fight transnational crime such as human and drug trafficking and cyber scams. There is also money for ASEAN programs that help women get fair wages, and that combat child labour.
Complicating matters were other countries at the ASEAN summit, carrying bigger buckets of bait. The gala dinner was attended by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi walked by Trudeau on the banquet room floor and Chinese Premier Li Qiang sat two seats away from Trudeau as the leaders watched a Lao dance performance.
Last year, state-sponsored hackers from China targeted the governments of Canada, Australia and New Zealand in a cyber espionage campaign. A recent State of Southeast Asia survey from the Yusof Ishak Institute in Singapore found that the top geopolitical concern in the region was the Israel-Hamas war. Four of the 10 ASEAN members have majority-Muslim populations, including Indonesia, a country with which Canada hopes to sign to a free trade agreement later this year.
Meanwhile, the Bloc Québécois is refusing to prop up the government unless it gets its way on supply-management and seniors' pension legislation by the end of October.After 13 hours of flying, the prime minister’s plane stopped in Hawaii to refuel. The turbulence hit as soon as the government plane landed. Upon landing, the phones of staffers accompanying Trudeau buzzed with texts and emails.
Ng said she was “disappointed” in her colleagues that their dissension did not remain in caucus. She said she still had confidence in Trudeau and lamented the move as a distraction that had taken the shine off the passage of the government's pharmacare bill and a successful summit. 'Not the result we wanted': Trudeau responds after surprise Conservative byelection win in Liberal stronghold
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A B.C. Supreme Court judge has ruled on a case she describes as a "bizarre mess" in a decision issued earlier this week.Controversy bubbled for a Canadian drink company after its founders drew the ire of a Marvel superhero on an episode of a 'Shark Tank'-style reality series.He told his mother there was 'no way' he'd meet someone in Australia.
Jeff Warner from Aidie Creek Gardens in the northern Ontario community of Englehart has a passion for growing big pumpkins and his effort is paying off in more ways than one.Saskatchewan’s Jessica Campbell has made hockey history, becoming the first ever female assistant coach in the National Hockey League .Have you ever seen videos of hovercrafts online or on TV and thought, 'Wow, I wish I could ride one of those.' One Alberta man did, and then built his own.
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