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Mark Carney replaced Justin Trudeau as Canada's Prime Minister last week and is expected to call the snap election on Sunday

New Canadian PM set to call snap election for late April

New Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected to call a snap election for 28 April, triggering an intense campaign dominated by how to react to US President Donald Trump's trade war and demands to turn Canada into a 51st state.

World • 20 Mar

Canada's annual inflation rate showed a surprise jump to 2.6% in February, new figures show today

Canada's inflation jumps to eight-month high

Canada's annual inflation rate showed a surprise jump to 2.6% in February, surpassing expectations as a sales tax break that ended in the middle of last month pushed prices higher amid an already broad-based increase, data showed today.

Business • 18 Mar

The OECD has cut its global economic outlook and warned that a broader trade war would sap growth further

Trade war to sap Canadian, Mexican and US growth - OECD

US President Donald Trump's tariff hikes will drag down growth in Canada, Mexico and the US while driving up inflation, the OECD has forecast, cutting its global economic outlook and warning that a broader trade war would sap growth further.

Business • 18 Mar

Mark Carney travelled to London after meeting France's President Emmanuel Macron in Paris

Canada 'too reliant on United States' - Carney

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has warned his country must reduce its reliance on the United States and would turn towards its "reliable" European allies instead on his first trip abroad.

World • 18 Mar

Volodymyr Zelensky has been invited to the G7 summit in June

Canada PM Carney invites Zelensky to G7 summit in June

Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney has invited Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to the G7 summit in June in the western province of Alberta, a government official has said.

World • 17 Mar

People from Lil'wat Nation indigenous community hand drumming at a ceremony

Indigenous Canadian famine aid 'hidden in plain sight'

Donations to Irish people from indigenous communities in Canada during the Great Famine - valued at around €12,000 today - have been "hidden in plain sight", a professor has said.

Ireland • 17 Mar

Mark Carney has become the first Canadian prime minister without any serious political experience

Canada will 'never' be part of US says, new PM Carney

Newly sworn-in Prime Minister Mark Carney has said Canada will "never" be absorbed into the US, rejecting President Donald Trump's annexation threats.

World • 14 Mar

Canada's incoming prime minister Mark Carney will be sworn in tomorrow

Mark Carney to be sworn in as Canadian PM tomorrow

Former central banker Mark Carney will be sworn in as Canada's next prime minister tomorrow morning along with his cabinet, the governor general's office has announced.

World • 13 Mar

The Bank of Canada warned today that 'heightened trade tensions' could derail a strong economic start to the year

Canada central bank cuts rates but flags US trade tension

The Bank of Canada has today lowered its key lending rate by 25 basis points to 2.75% while warning "heightened trade tensions" could derail a strong economic start to the year.

Business • 12 Mar

President Donald Trump shook off market gyrations, telling reporters that markets would go up and down, but he had to rebuild the economy

Trump dropping plan to double Canadian metal tariffs

White House senior counselor Peter Navarro has said that President Donald Trump was no longer planning to double steel and aluminum tariffs for Canadian imports, after Washington's talks with its northern neighbour.

Business • 12 Mar

Mark Carney will succeed Justin Trudeau as prime minister at a tumultuous time in Canada

Election of Carney in Canada 'very positive' for Ireland

The Chairperson of the Ireland Canada Business Association has said the election of Mark Carney as the new Prime Minister of Canada was very positive for Ireland.

Ireland • 10 Mar

Mark Carney's path to the top job in Canadian politics has been unusual

Carney: Canada's 'boring' but 'reassuring' prime minister

Mark Carney was born near the Arctic, led the central banks of two major economies and is about to become Canada's next prime minister despite never having served in parliament.

Analysis and Comment • 11 Mar

Mark Carney delivers his victory address after being elected as the new leader of the Liberal Party of Canada

Mark Carney wins race to become Canada's prime minister

Former Bank of England governor Mark Carney has won the race to become leader of Canada's ruling Liberal Party and will succeed Justin Trudeau as prime minister.

Canada • 10 Mar

Mark Carney will take over at a tumultuous time in Canada

Mark Carney wins race to replace Canada's Trudeau

Former central banker Mark Carney has won the race to become leader of Canada's ruling Liberal Party and will succeed Justin Trudeau as Prime Minister.

World • 09 Mar

US President Donald Trump's exemption will expire on 2 April

Trump pauses some Canada, Mexico tariffs until next month

US President Donald Trump has exempted goods from both Canada and Mexico under a North American trade pact for a month from the 25% tariffs that he had imposed earlier this week.

US • 06 Mar

The US has not yet raised tariffs on EU goods - but companies here are still going to be impacted by its trade policies

Irish firms impacted by US tariffs on Canada, Mexico

Ireland will feel the effects of US tariffs - even before they are imposed on European Union goods, according to a trade expert.

Business • 06 Mar

Justin Trudeau said that Canada will not waver in fighting a 'trade war' triggered by US President Donald Trump

Trump tariffs aim to destroy Canadian economy - Trudeau

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said that US President Donald Trump imposed tariffs on Canada to destroy the country's economy to make it easier for the United States to annex its northern neighbour.

World • 05 Mar

DP Energy's Saamis Solar Park in Medicine Hat in Canada is expected to generate enough electricity to supply the equivalent of about 100,000 households

DP Energy finalises sale of Saamis Solar Park in Canada

Irish renewable energy company DP Energy has completed the sale of North America's biggest urban solar project, Saamis Solar Park, to the City of Medicine Hat in Alberta in Canada.

Business • 18 Feb

The 16-year-old CRJ900, made by Canada's Bombardier and powered by GE Aerospace engines, can seat up to 90 people.

Majority of Toronto crash victims released from hospital

Delta Air Lines has said that 19 out of the 21 passengers transported to local hospitals after a plane crash yesterday in Toronto have been released, as officials continue a probe into why the regional jet flipped over upon landing.

World • 18 Feb

Emergency services respond after a Delta Air Lines aircraft overturned upon landing at Toronto Pearson International Airport

Plane overturns on landing in Toronto, 15 injured

A Delta Air Lines flight flipped upside down upon landing at Toronto Pearson Airport amid windy weather following a snowstorm, injuring 15 of the 80 people on board, officials have said.

World • 18 Feb

Executives are tryomg to keep up with changing US trade policies that threaten to upend industries from cars to consumer goods to energy

Companies start counting potential costs of US tariffs

Diageo today warned of a $200m hit to its operating profits from US tariffs on Mexican and Canadian imports and German auto supplier ZF flagged price hikes, as companies start counting the likely costs of Donald Trump's trade measures.

Business • 04 Feb

There was no reprieve for China, with new levies coming into effect at 12.01am (5.01am Irish time)

US tariffs on Chinese imports take effect

US tariffs of 10% on Chinese imports came into effect today, risking a renewed trade war between the world's top two economies as President Donald Trump punishes China for not halting the flow of illicit drugs.

US • 04 Feb

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum struck deals with Donald Trump for a postponement

Trump halts Canada, Mexico tariffs after last-ditch talks

President Donald Trump delayed the start of tariffs on Mexico and Canada for a month after the US neighbours struck last-minute deals to tighten border measures against the flow of migrants and the drug fentanyl.

US • 03 Feb

US citizens are among those who must now pay to enter the UK

US, Canadian and Australian travellers face UK entry fee

Visitors to the UK from dozens of countries, including the United States, Canada and Australia, must now pay to enter Britain after a new visa-waiver entry system took effect.

World • 08 Jan

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is to step down

The key events charting Trudeau's fortunes

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced that he will step down as the leader of the Liberal Party and as prime minister once his party chooses a replacement.

World • 06 Jan