Canadà: Visió econòmica i política
On January 6, 2025, Justin Trudeau declared his resignation from the post of Leader of the Liberal Party and the Prime Minister of Canada. His decision came on the heels of party dissent as well as dwindling public support. Trudeau will remain in office until the Liberal Party elects a new leader, with the leadership election scheduled for March 9, 2025. The Liberal Party is gearing up for a competition to determine who will succeed him with contenders such as former Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland and former Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney. The Conservative Party led by Pierre Poilievre has gained traction throughout the Liberal Party's crisis and is currently considered the front-runner for the position of Prime Minister reflecting the current trend of declining influence by left-leaning parties around the world.
On the external relations front, Donald Trump's election brings considerable uncertainty to U.S.-Canada relations. Given the closer ideological distance, it can be supposed that it will be somewhat less frictional should the Conservatives come back to power; while trade issues will continue to have frictions. Furthermore, relations with China and India changed significantly. An investigation is ongoing into allegations of election interference by China, and in mid-2024, Canada imposed tariffs on EVs, steel, and aluminium, also following the U.S. Lastly, government allegations that India was behind the assassination of a Sikh leader in British Columbia, which India has denied, have dented the bilateral relationship and could jeopardise efforts to deepen diplomatic and economic ties between the two countries.
- Liberal Party of Canada (LPC): centrist party, the oldest active federal political party in Canada
- Conservative Party of Canada (CPC): centre-right to right-wing; colloquially known as the 'Tories'
- New Democratic Party (NDP): centre-left, socialist
- Bloc Québécois: centre-left, social-democratic
- Green Party of Canada (GPC): centre-left, ecologist party.
New parties are expected to run in the 2025 elections, namely the Canadian Future Party (CFP - centrist) and the Centrist Party of Canada.
The world rankings, published annually, measures violations of press freedom worldwide. It reflects the degree of freedom enjoyed by journalists, the media and digital citizens of each country and the means used by states to respect and uphold this freedom. Finally, a note and a position are assigned to each country. To compile this index, Reporters Without Borders (RWB) prepared a questionnaire incorporating the main criteria (44 in total) to assess the situation of press freedom in a given country. This questionnaire was sent to partner organisations,150 RWB correspondents, journalists, researchers, jurists and human rights activists. It includes every kind of direct attacks against journalists and digital citizens (murders, imprisonment, assault, threats, etc.) or against the media (censorship, confiscation, searches and harassment etc.).
The Indicator of Political Freedom provides an annual evaluation of the state of freedom in a country as experienced by individuals. The survey measures freedom according to two broad categories: political rights and civil liberties. The ratings process is based on a checklist of 10 political rights questions (on Electoral Process, Political Pluralism and Participation, Functioning of Government) and 15 civil liberties questions (on Freedom of Expression, Belief, Associational and Organizational Rights, Rule of Law, Personal Autonomy and Individual Rights). Scores are awarded to each of these questions on a scale of 0 to 4, where a score of 0 represents the smallest degree and 4 the greatest degree of rights or liberties present. The total score awarded to the political rights and civil liberties checklist determines the political rights and civil liberties rating. Each rating of 1 through 7, with 1 representing the highest and 7 the lowest level of freedom, corresponds to a range of total scores.
Political freedom in the world (interactive map)
Source: Freedom in the World Report, Freedom House
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Actualitzacions: February 2025