G20

Politics Insider for Nov. 1, 2021: A watered-down climate agreement; secret Liberal-NDP talks in Ottawa; Whip work

Andrew MacDougall: Instead of jetting off to the G20 to be a fly on the wall in the Trump-Xi show, the PM could have made a real statement at home

With Trump, Putin and Merkel at the table, consensus isn’t likely. This will be chess, played over a shark tank.

The G20 summit offers an opportunity for world leaders to avoid a rising zero-sum view of the global economy

Canada has no coherent policy on China. Evan Solomon on why it’s time for change.

Feb. 9: It’s a busy week ahead. Plus, a look at the strength of Canadian and U.S. jobs numbers.

We raise our thumbs and shake our heads at some of the week’s news

Four years later, those caught in mass arrests push for justice

Governments have to get the money somewhere

Taxes, trade and, in the hallways, Syria

Finance Minister Jim Flaherty had urged his counterparts in the G20 group of developed and emerging economies to set hard targets on debt and deficit, but today’s communique from from finance officials gathered in Washington, D.C. contained no mention of specific fiscal benchmarks. Instead, the document, released after meetings on Thursday and Friday, simply reiterates that “maintaining fiscal sustainability in advanced economies remains essential.” It further states that developed countries, which include many debt-ridden eurozone members, should develop medium-term fiscal strategies by September, when the leaders of the G20 countries will convene in St. Petersburg, Russia.

What’s behind Stephen Harper’s refusal to pay into an European bailout fund? John Geddes explains