The Canadian government was slow in responding to efforts by China and India to interfere in the country's elections but their outcome was unaffected by the meddling, an official probe said in a final report released on Tuesday.

Any Canadian response to U.S. tariffs will be regionally fair and equitable and not single out Alberta, Canada's main oil-producing province, Canada's Energy and Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson said on Wednesday.

The Bank of Canada is almost certain to trim its key policy rate by 25 basis points on Wednesday as a slew of factors, from potential cross-border tariffs to a reduced population target, keep the outlook for the economy muted.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau should have acted quicker to protect Canadian elections from outside meddling, a government commission said, shaking trust in democratic institutions.

The Bank of Canada is likely to cut interest rates by a quarter percentage point on Wednesday as officials lay out their analysis of how US tariffs might derail a soft landing for the Canadian economy.

The oft-debated Canada lynx is now teed up as one of the first high-profile Endangered Species Act dilemmas to greet the Trump administration’s Interior Department.

United States President Donald J. Trump’s barrage of anti-immigrant policies has garnered worldwide attention, but Canada is taking a dark turn of its own.

Mark Carney, the former central banker who’s running to lead Canada, said the government should be open to curbing electricity exports to the US if it needs to retaliate against tariffs from the Trump administration.

Canada continues to interfere in India's internal affairs, creating an "environment for illegal migration and organised criminal activities.

His approach to growth is slow, and he credits that approach with Buffalo Trace’s growth at a time when competitors are cutting back. Brown-Forman, the parent company of Woodford Reserve, announced in early January that they were cutting their workforce more than 10%, and closing their cooperage in Louisville.

Reiterating his previous warnings about economic hardships that Canada would face in case of a potential trade war with the US, Justin Trudeau said, “We all know the stakes here.”