Le premier ministre britannique Keir Starmer avait été prévenu du « risque » posé par la nomination de Peter Mandelson comme ambassadeur aux États-Unis, en raison de ses liens avec le criminel sexuel américain Jeffrey Epstein, selon des documents publiés mercredi par le gouvernement. Ces documents, qui avaient été transmis à Keir Starmer afin de l’aider dans sa décision sur la nomination de Peter Mandelson, soulignaient que l’ex-ministre était resté en contact avec Jeffrey Epstein après sa condamnation pour crimes sexuels.

Geneviève Biron, head of Santé Québec, argues the agency is helping improve health care services and make the system more efficient, but critics say it’s another layer of bureaucracy. She has been tasked with cutting costs, boosting efficiency and improving access. “Things were done in silos before,” Ms. Biron said in a recent interview. “A unified health system is really a great way to be able to do things differently in the future.” Governments across Canada are trying to solve intractable problems around health care delivery as they grapple with long wait times, staffing shortages and the expansion of private health care.

Le chef conservateur Pierre Poilievre plaide pour une plus grande libéralisation des échanges entre les provinces, y compris pour les livraisons d’alcool d’une province à l’autre. Un projet de loi a été déposé à cet effet. Le chef conservateur a plaidé pour que les obstacles qui empêchent les petits producteurs de vin, de bière ou de spiritueux d’une province de vendre et de faire livrer leur alcool dans toutes les provinces soient levés. Les conservateurs avaient déjà déposé un projet de loi à cet effet en 2020 et un nouveau, qui vise cette fois non seulement Postes Canada, mais aussi des entreprises privées désignées, afin de permettre la livraison directement au consommateur d’une province à l’autre.

Le premier ministre Mark Carney a déclaré mardi aux députés de la Chambre des communes que le Canada n'était pas impliqué dans la guerre menée par les États-Unis et Israël contre l'Iran et qu'il « n'y participera jamais ». Le premier ministre a modifié son emploi du temps pour assister à la période de questions de mardi après avoir été critiqué pour ne pas avoir répondu aux parlementaires au sujet de la position du Canada sur la guerre en Iran. Peu de questions sur le conflit ont été adressées à M. Carney mardi. Les conservateurs ont préféré interroger le premier ministre sur la sécurité publique, l'inflation et l'abordabilité.

Climate shareholder activist group Follow This said it would fight BP's decision not to include ​its climate resolution in its annual general ‌shareholder meeting invitation. The ​resolution alongside investors whomanage about 1 trillion euros ($1.2 trillion) in assets,including Groupama and the Ethos Foundation, as well as a numberof European local pension funds. The ‌group demanded BP disclose ⁠longer-term strategiesunder scenarios of declining oil and gas demand, but BP did notinclude ⁠the resolution in its notice of meeting issued lastweek.

Italian banks ​Monte dei Paschi di Siena and Mediobanca have approved steps toward a ‌full merger, after tensions among shareholders and directors over the plan led the MPS board to vote against retaining its CEO. The full merger is in line with the strategy for the combined group MPS Chief Executive ​Luigi Lovaglio presented to investors on February 27, before the bank's board voted to ​deny him a new mandate. MPS has put forward three alternative CEO candidates for shareholders to vote on ‌in ⁠April, with no rival list presented so far.

BlackLine said its strategic committee can lay the groundwork for a potential merger or sale, a move some of the software maker's investors ​have pushed for. Earlier on Tuesday, the company announced it had reached an ⁠agreement with hedge fund Engaged Capital after the activist investor had signaled two months ​ago that it would try to add new directors to the board who would be ​able to pursue strategic options, including a possible sale, Reuters reported in January. BlackLine named Storm Duncan, a technology-focused investment banker who was proposed as a director by Engaged, and Megan Prichard, an Uber executive ​who has experience with companies in disruptive technologies and high-growth industries, as new board ​members.

Independent Canadian investment bank Canaccord Genuity Group 
has agreed to pay more than $100-million in fines for willfully breaking American banking laws. The settlement agreement announced Friday between Canaccord and three U.S. financial regulators is the result of nearly three years of investigations and represents the largest penalty ever imposed against a broker-dealer for violating the U.S. Bank Secrecy Act. The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, or FinCEN, which is part of the U.S. Treasury Department, said Canaccord failed to report “numerous securities fraud schemes that caused significant economic harm to innocent investors.”

L’Iran a menacé mardi le président américain, en rejetant ses avertissements de la veille et en jurant que plus aucune goutte de pétrole ne sortirait du Moyen-Orient « jusqu’à nouvel ordre ». « Des plus puissants que vous ont essayé d’éliminer la nation iranienne et n’ont pas réussi. Faites attention à ne pas être éliminé vous-même ! », a écrit Ali Larijani, chef du Conseil suprême de sécurité nationale iranien, sur X. La République islamique balaye ainsi les propos la veille de Donald Trump, qui promettait de frapper « plus fort » si Téhéran continuait de paralyser la circulation du pétrole dans la région.  

Singapore's DBS Group said the bank ​paid CEO Tan Shu ‌Shan S$9.64 million ($7.5 million) in total remuneration last year, ​comprising a salary of ​S$975,250, cash bonus of S$3.69 ⁠million, a deferred ​award of S$4.92 million and ​other benefits of S$68,694.
The package covered Tan's time as CEO ​from March 28, 2025 ​and as deputy CEO from January ‌1 ⁠to March 27, 2025, Singapore's biggest bank by assets said in its ​annual ​report released ⁠on Monday. Her predecessor Piyush Gupta received S$17.6 ​million for 2024, ​his ⁠final full year as CEO when the bank reported ⁠record ​annual net ​profit.

Jay Graber is stepping down as the CEO of Bluesky and will transition ​to the role of chief innovation officer ‌at the social media platform. Graber, who was named to lead Bluesky in 2021, will be replaced ​by advisor Toni Schneider as interim CEO, ​she said in a blog posted to ⁠the company's website. Bluesky, with more than ​40 million users, was one of the apps ​looking to be an alternative to the platform formerly known as Twitter after Elon Musk's takeover of the company. It ​was started by Jack Dorsey as a ​project within Twitter in 2019 and was set up as ‌an ⁠independent company in 2021.

iA Financial Group Inc. executive Julie Gallagher will take over as chief executive officer of RF Capital Group Inc. RCG-T, an independent wealth management firm acquired by iA last summer. Quebec-based iA announced Tuesday that Ms. Gallagher – who is the head of investment products, solutions and capital markets – will step into the role of president and CEO of RF Capital, known as Richardson Wealth, replacing Dave Kelly, who joined the boutique firm in 2024. Mr. Kelly, who told The Globe and Mail last year he would remain as CEO until a new leader was found, will be appointed vice-chair of Richardson’s board of directors during the transition period, which will end in June.

Quebecor CEO Pierre Karl Péladeau lost his bid to take control of the board of Transat at the airline operator’s annual meeting on Tuesday. Mr. Péladeau, who controls 9.5 per cent of Transat through Financière Outremont Inc., nominated three directors to the board, including himself, and proposed cutting the number of directors to six. Mr. Péladeau has said he is unhappy with the company’s operational and financial performance. However, Transat said preliminary ballot results showed shareholders rejected Mr. Péladeau’s nominees and his plan to reduce the size of the board. Results were to be made final later on Tuesday. Shareholders approved the board’s eight nominees, including Transat chief executive officer Annick Guérard.

The International Energy Agency (IEA) on Wednesday recommended the release of 400 million barrels of oil, the largest such move in its history, to try to restrain soaring crude prices amid the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran. The IEA said the release had been unanimously agreed by 32 member countries, with timing to be set out in due course. The Paris-based IEA made its comments as French President Emmanuel Macron chaired a meeting of G7 leaders that will discuss the issue. Germany’s Economy Minister Katherina Reiche had earlier confirmed reports of the 400-million-barrel figure and said her country would participate in the release. 

En mars 2025, Geneviève Guilbault, alors ministre des Transports, avait affirmé que le Projet structurant de l’Est (PSE) serait confié à Mobilité Infra Québec (MIQ) dès l’entrée en fonction de la nouvelle agence, en janvier 2026. Or, bien que celle-ci se dise prête à prendre le dossier en charge, le gouvernement du Québec tarde à lui donner le feu vert. À l’heure actuelle, l’Autorité régionale de transport métropolitain (ARTM) pilote le développement du PSE en attendant le transfert vers MIQ, comme annoncé en mars 2025. L’ARTM affirme collaborer étroitement avec le gouvernement du Québec et Mobilité Infra Québec afin de garantir une transition harmonieuse au moment jugé opportun par le gouvernement.

Ils sont désormais quatre. La députée néo-démocrate du Nunavut Lori Idlout passe chez les libéraux et devient ainsi la quatrième députée de l’opposition à se joindre au gouvernement de Mark Carney. Mme Idlout est la première femme et la première représentante du Nouveau Parti démocratique (NPD) à se joindre au Parti libéral du Canada depuis le début de la valse des transfuges, en novembre. Les libéraux de Mark Carney avaient auparavant recruté les députés conservateurs Chris d’Entremont, Michael Ma et Matt Jeneroux. Les libéraux s’approchent ainsi à deux sièges d’une majorité parlementaire.

Google has increased Sundar Pichai’s total potential pay to $692mn over the next three years, making him one of the best-paid chief executives in the world. The bulk of Pichai’s package comes in performance stock units with a target value of $126mn split evenly into two tranches, the company said on Friday. The PSUs are valued by parent company Alphabet’s total shareholder return compared with the rest of the S&P 100 and could pay out as much as twice the target, or $252mn, if it outperforms significantly or nothing if it lags behind. The CEO will also get $84mn in restricted stock over the next three years, vesting roughly on a monthly basis so long as he remains at the company, and an annual salary of $2mn.

Activist investor Starboard Value on Wednesday urged CarMax to revamp its digital car-buying and ​selling platform and tighten costs, arguing the ‌used-car retailer has "fallen well short of its underlying potential". In a letter to incoming CEO Keith Barr, Starboard ​said simplifying CarMax's online trade-in process and ​improving conversion rates could help the company ⁠regain market share as more consumers compare offers ​digitally. Starboard, which holds a stake worth about $350 million ​in the company, also called on CarMax to target selling, general and administrative expenses at 70%-75% of gross ​profit.

Atlanta Federal Reserve board Chair Gregory Haile said the search to replace former Atlanta Fed ​President Raphael Bostic would be national in scope, not limited to the bank's southeastern region, as long as candidates ‌seem willing and capable of engaging with people and businesses across the area. "We want the pool to be wide. We want to make sure that we embrace candidates who fit the mold to support the 6th District," Haile said in an interview as the search process accelerates for Bostic's replacement, with applications ​still being collected and interviews expected to begin within around 30 days.

L’Assemblée nationale du Venezuela a avalisé lundi un premier vote en faveur de la révision du code minier visant à attirer des capitaux étrangers, quelques jours après l’annonce du rétablissement des relations diplomatiques entre Washington et Caracas. Aucune date n’a été fixée pour le second des deux débats parlementaires prévus par la loi, qui impose l’approbation de chaque article individuellement. Ce débat intervient après la visite mercredi au Venezuela du ministre américain de l’Intérieur, Doug Burgum, connu pour sa proximité avec l’industrie pétrolière et minière.  

Monte dei Paschi di Siena CEO Luigi Lovaglio has cancelled investor meetings ​he was due to hold to discuss the strategy for the ‌combined MPS-Mediobanca banking group that he unveiled at the end of February, two sources close to the matter said. However, ⁠since unveiling the business plan on February 27, Lovaglio has been excluded from the ​rooster of CEO candidates the MPS board has put forward for a ​shareholder vote in April.

Shopify's CEOTobias Lütke could earn proceeds worth hundreds of millions of dollars by selling company stock this year, and has already filed to sell tens of millions of dollars’ worth this month, filings show. On Friday, the Ottawa-based e-commerce company said that Mr. Lütke had entered into an automatic securities disposition plan to sell up to 1,987,032 class-A subordinate voting shares, held both directly and indirectly. Shopify shares traded at $176.78 on the Toronto Stock Exchange at the end of the day Friday. If all sold at that price, those shares would generate gross proceeds of approximately $350-million.

Prime Minister Mark Carney will attend question period Tuesday after a day’s worth of criticism from opposition MPs that he was hiding from a debate on his Middle East policy. Mr. Carney did not attend Monday night’s take-note debate on the hostilities in the region and Canada’s response, prompting criticism throughout the evening about his absence. The Conservatives, Bloc Québécois and NDP have accused the government of changing its position multiple times on the U.S. and Israeli air strikes against Iran and the regime’s subsequent response. They say Canadians deserve to hear directly from the Prime Minister on the issue.