Karina Roman
Senior Reporter, Parliamentary Bureau
Karina Roman joined CBC's parliamentary bureau in 2008. She can be reached on email karina.roman@cbc.ca or on Twitter @karinaroman1
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Analysis
Trump isn't yet U.S. president, but his plans for the war in Ukraine loom large over G20
The G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro, which begins Monday, is already impacted by ever-evolving geopolitical events, regardless of host Brazil’s official theme of fighting hunger, poverty and inequality.
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Trump casts a long shadow as world leaders gather for APEC and G20 summits
Donald Trump's coming return to the White House hangs heavily over world leaders gathering this week in Peru for the APEC summit and then in Brazil for the G20 — two of the first international summits to be held since the U.S election.
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Canada wants to be in the top 10 global tourism destinations — but it's struggling to get there
Canada has set ambitious post-pandemic tourism targets and has a new strategy to meet those goals, but experts say geopolitical challenges, cost of travel in the country and climate change will make those goals difficult to achieve.
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Freeland plans to trigger a vote on capital gains tax changes next week
The Liberal government plans to force the Conservatives to vote this coming week on changes to the country’s capital gains tax regime set to go into effect on June 25.
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Experts predict tax hikes in budget as Trudeau government stretches to pay for its promises
Economists and experts say they're expecting the federal government to raise taxes in Tuesday's budget to help offset billions of dollars in new spending already promised in the pre-budget announcements that have been landing almost daily since the end of March.
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Billions to be announced for housing construction in federal fiscal update, says source
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland will announce billions of dollars in loans and other incentives for housing construction, CBC News has learned.
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Delayed by plane troubles, Trudeau finally heading home from India
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has finally left India after technical issues with a government aircraft delayed his departure by two days.
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Replacement plane sent to India to pick up PM, delegation after maintenance issue
The Royal Canadian Air Force sent a CC-150 Polaris to India from CFB Trenton Sunday night to pick up Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the Canadian delegation after the plane that took him there suffered a maintenance problem.
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War in Ukraine expected to block consensus at G20 as Trudeau visits Asia
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is headed to two international summits this week to push for expanded trade and closer ties with parts of Asia — goals that are likely to be overshadowed by Russia's war on Ukraine.
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Tuesday's budget to include grocery rebate for lower income Canadians: source
The federal budget, set for Tuesday, will include a grocery rebate measure aimed at lower income Canadians to help address the affordability crisis, particularly to mitigate the rising cost of food, CBC has learned.
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