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Champagne is an old-school retail politician who prefers pressing the flesh to digital communications. Liberals tend to describe him with one word: gregarious.

Justin Trudeau's decision to resign comes after months of calls from his MPs and years from opposition leaders to step down from the job he's held for more than nine years.

The long-serving prime minister leaves behind a mixed legacy of political achievement and scandals after announcing his resignation.

Dominic LeBlanc, a long-time Liberal cabinet member, was sworn in as finance minister hours after Chrystia Freeland resigned from the role.

At present, communication has proved to be difficult because the Chinese have indicated they have no interest in speaking with senior officials including Freeland or Trudeau.

An Indigenous-led group says it could make a bid for a majority stake in the Trans Mountain pipeline as early as this week.

The government says a number of Indigenous communities have expressed interest in participating economically in Trans Mountain through equity and revenue sharing.

"I can't apologize for standing up for Canadian jobs," said Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Alberta's Iron Coalition is the second Indigenous group to bid on the Trans Mountain pipeline.

The memo says the employment rate for immigrants aged 25 to 54 who landed less than five years ago, was 71 per cent last year. It was the indicator's highest level since 2006 -- which is as far back as the data goes.

Justin Trudeau has been unable to persuade China's leaders to formally entrench labour, gender, environment and governance issues in the negotiating framework of the free trade talks.

The measures, expected in Finance Minister Bill Morneau's fall economic statement Wednesday, will be designed to help journalism after years of shrinking revenues.

Having failed to deliver a promised balanced budget, Justin Trudeau will instead campaign on what he's delivering: A red-hot economy and a 40-year-low in unemployment.

Canadians may soon be able to write off some of the cost of subscribing to digital news outlets.

The federal government will release a fall economic update on Wednesday that will seek to close the loop on some of its outstanding mandate commitments, leaving the door open for the Liberals to use next year's budget as their 2019 election platform.

Alberta Premier Rachel Notley calls the decision by the federal government to purchase the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion for $4.5 billion "a major step forward for all Canadians."

Speaking in Quebec City, Blanchet said that he's not closing the door to discussions with any party, just because they don't agree on all issues.

The federal government is aiming to bring a total of 310,000 newcomers to Canada in 2018, it was revealed on Wednesday, with increases every year thereafter until 2020.

Bill Morneau introduced Bill C-27 a year ago, while he still held about $21 million worth of shares in his family's firm.

But despite the economy's surprisingly strong performance in early 2017, the government still isn't expected to provide a timeline to bring the federal books back to balance.