Canada’s Bank Supervisor to Propose Easing of Financial-Stability Rules

OTTAWA—Canada’s banking regulator said the watchdog would issue proposals in the coming months to ease capital-buffer requirements amid the abrupt change in the geopolitical dynamics fueled by President Trump’s tariff policy.

Peter Routledge, the head of the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions, said domestic lenders “argue that the shift before us demands more intelligent risk-taking, risk-taking to help economies shift their economic model to the world emerging.”