Canada budget charts ‘economic independence’ in decisive shift from US

Canada unveiled a budget on Thursday that calls for “economic independence” and says that while reducing its reliance on the United States will take time, “the shift is under way”. Prime Minister Mark Carney’s second budget since taking office last year was presented to parliament just two days after President Donald Trump suffered a sweeping midterm election rebuke. While Democrats, who will take control of the US House and Senate next year, have already voiced a desire to ease Trump’s trade...