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VOL 24 - ISSUE 03
www.theasianstar.com SATURDAY, MARCH 1, 2025
Federal Liberals top Tories for 1st time in years, new Ipsos polling says For the first time since 2021, Ipsos polling now shows the federal Liberal party with a slight lead over the Conservatives. The poll, conducted by Ipsos Public Affairs, shows if a federal election were to take place tomorrow, the Liberals would get 38 per cent of decided voter support compared to the Conservatives’ 36 per cent, overturning what was a 26-point lead for the Tories just six weeks ago. According to the polling, conducted between Feb. 21 and 24 from a sample of 1,000 votingage Canadians, the Liberals have increased their numbers by 10
points compared to the last poll by Ipsos released earlier this month. The polling is considered accurate within 3.8 percentage points, so the numbers are still within the margin of error. But the results echo multiple recent polls indicating the Liberals are closing the gap between the Conservatives in the seven weeks since Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his resignation and as the country braces for damaging U.S. tariffs set to take effect next week. Continued on Page 6...
Trump announces delays to sweeping tariffs on Canada until April
U.S. President Donald Trump announced today that tariffs against Canada will be delayed until early April. The tariffs were originally going to go into effect in February. They were then delayed by 30 days and were to kick in next week. This is the third delay.During a cabinet meeting at the White House, Trump responded to a reporter’s question about whether he would continue the pause on tariffs
against Canada and Mexico. Trump confirmed that he was not going to stop the tariffs due to the U.S. having “lost millions of people due to fentanyl.” However, he seemingly pushed back the start date of enacting the tariffs on Canada until the spring. “I have to tell you that, you know, on April 2 — I was going to do it on April 1, but I’m a little bit superstitious; I made it April 2. Continued on Page 10...
Immigration Minister Miller accuses Canadian universities of sourcing too many students from India
Immigration Minister Marc Miller accused Canadian universities of sourcing too many students from India, and said he expects a better “diversity” of international students in future. He also said Canada needs to return to relying on “quality” over “quantity” of immigrants. “I think we do need to make sure that the Canadian brand does focus on excellence, on quality, and less quantity,” he said. Continued on Page 10...
BC Conservatives having ‘family’ issues but not divided: John Rustad BC Conservative leader John Rustad says the party is having “family” issues ahead of its annual general meeting, with his attorney general critic defying his wishes and a lack of unity on display in the legislature. Continued on Page 6...
A Billion Indians have no spending money - report India is home to 1.4 billion people but around a billion lack money to spend on any discretionary goods or services, a new report estimates. The country's consuming class, effectively the potential market for start-ups or business owners,
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is only about as big as Mexico, 130-140 million people, according to the report from Blume Ventures, a venture capital firm. Another 300 million are "emerging" or "aspirant" consumers but they are reluctant spenders who have only just begun to open their purse strings, as click-of-a-button digital payments make it easy to transact. What is more, the consuming class in Asia's third largest economy is not "widening" as much as it is "deepening", according to the report. That basically means India's wealthy population is not really growing in numbers, even though those who are already rich are getting even wealthier. Continued on Page 15...
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