April 5 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories from
selected Canadian newspapers. Reuters has not verified these
stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
THE GLOBE AND MAIL
** Canadian Labour Congress president Hassan Yussuff says
Tom Mulcair does not deserve another term as NDP Leader and
predicts he will win less than 60 per cent in Sunday's
leadership review vote.
In a decision that the B.C. New Democratic Party shared
only with federal regulators and its environmental supporters,
the opposition has officially rejected the proposed Pacific
NorthWest LNG plant near Prince Rupert, saying plans for an
$11.4-billion terminal on Lelu Island would generate significant
greenhouse gas emissions and threaten the important Skeena River
salmon runs.
The Saskatchewan Party, under the leadership of Brad
Wall, won 51 seats in Monday's election. The NDP secured the
remaining 10. The leader of the New Democratic Party lost his
seat by 232 votes as the province's right-of-centre party
waltzed to its third consecutive victory.
POST
Air Canada AC.TO will firm up its CSeries order within
"weeks", but some level of government funding will still be
necessary to help Bombardier Inc BBDb.TO succeed, the
airline's chief executive said Monday.
Canada's largest commercial bank finds itself in the
middle of a global uproar over leaked documents exposing
activities in offshore tax havens. But the Royal Bank of Canada
RY.TO , which was among financial institutions named in the
so-called "Panama Papers," has denied any wrongdoing, saying it
has "established controls, policies and procedures in place" to
detect and prevent tax evasion.