Category: Politics

CORRIERE CANADESE / Gli ultimi passi verso il cambiamento (?)

TORONTO – Avrebbe potuto essere un evento programmato dai media, per un importante torneo sportivo: nel calcio, le finali per la Champions League, nel basket, March Madness. Un giorno, due organizzazioni di parte, due incontri di riscaldamento, due personalità, due grandi reti televisive, due “folle” che tifano per il loro campione. Ma questa era l’ultima fase di un’imminente elezione federale. Liberali e conservatori hanno fatto sfilare i loro gladiatori per un ultimo esame pubblico prima dell’evento principale… Read More in Corriere Canadese >>> 

Staging the last steps towards electoral change (?)

TORONTO – It could have been a Media driven scheduled event for a major Sports tournament: In Soccer, the final brackets for the Champions League show down, in Basketball, March Madness. One day, two partisan organizations, two warm-up bouts, two personalities, two major TV networks, two “crowds” rooting for their champion. But this was the last stage in in an impending federal election. Liberals and Conservatives paraded their gladiators for one last public scrutiny before the main event. 

Interest rates, a new cut expected in a situation of great uncertainty

TORONTO – Despite a situation of great uncertainty, the Bank of Canada is expected to cut interest rates by a further 0.25%, which should thus fall to 2.75%. The trade war – constantly evolving – with the United States should therefore not influence, at least for the moment, the choices of the Canadian central bank which finds itself having to establish monetary policy at a time when inflation has shown signs of “resistance” and the economy seems to be regaining strength, however in a context of total uncertainty generated by the continuous announcements and U-turns of US President Donald Trump on tariffs.