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Saturday, January 3, 2026
TopicJustin Trudeau

Topic: Justin Trudeau

As Trudeau stumbles, Jagmeet Singh’s NDP withdraws support & Conservatives push for early polls  

Capping off a contentious week, Trudeau, who lost his most powerful cabinet minister & faces Trump's tariff threats, lost his governing majority Friday after NDP withdrew support.

Watch CutTheClutter: Trudeau govt on shaky ground with sluggish growth, minister’s exit, Trump’s threats

In episode 1575, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta explains how Chrystia Freeland's resignation, Trump factor & Jagmeet Singh’s political maneuvering have implications for Trudeau’s leadership.

Canada’s Liberals suffer third special election loss to Tories in a row, deepening Trudeau’s woes

Result is in line with opinion polls that predict Conservative triumph in next federal election. Angry Liberal legislators have met with Trudeau, with some repeating calls for him to go.

The Trump effect & ‘political gimmicks’: Why Chrystia Freeland’s exit is a setback for Justin Trudeau

Freeland was an important member of Team Trudeau. The Canadian deputy PM & first woman to hold the finance portfolio slammed Trudeau’s fiscal policies on the way out.

Canada finance minister quits after clash with Trudeau over Trump tariffs, spending

Chrystia Freeland dismissed Trudeau’s push for increased spending as a political gimmick that could hurt Ottawa’s ability to deal with the 25% import tariffs U.S. President-elect Donald Trump says he will impose.

Slamming Canadian media reports on visa denials to Sikh separatists, India cites ‘legitimate right’

According to a Global News report, Sikh separatists seeking Indian visas were informed that if they wanted an Indian visa, it would require signing a letter renouncing 'Khalistan'.

‘Unreliable, criminal’. Trudeau slams his own officials for leaks linking PM Modi to Nijjar killing

The Canadian govt has come out strongly against a report by The Globe and Mail which offered no evidence for its claim that Modi knew about alleged plot to kill the Sikh separatist.

Trudeau’s economic promises go bust with high inflation, housing crisis & the economy on shaky wicket

An examination of different economic metrics under Liberal PM Justin Trudeau, compared to his predecessor Stephen Harper, paints a largely bleak picture.

Our take on Donald Trump, Canada temple attack & Bandhavgarh elephants—in 50 words

ThePrint view on the most important issues of the week.

10-yr tourist visa no longer the norm for Canada as Ottawa cracks down on migration further

PM Justin Trudeau has been walking back his own immigration measures, curtailing numbers of new permanent residents & international students, and revising foreign workers programme.

On Camera

Indian bureaucracy should be given incentives and rewards: MH Mody

Is there a place for a counter-bureaucracy, or a separate and competing bureaucracy to counterbalance the force of the executive’s bureaucracy, asked author MH Mody in 1980.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.