Canada

Interprovincial trade barriers: what they are, why they exist and how to cut them

OTTAWA - The Trump administration's on-again, off-again threat to impose damaging tariffs has boosted an old idea for driving economic growth in Canada: eliminating interprovincial trade barriers. "Th...

Feb 03, 2025

Canada's forestry sector faces uncertainty with 25 per cent U.S. tariffs

VICTORIA - A wide shadow of uncertainty has been cast over Canada's forestry sector by U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to impose a 25-per-cent tariff on its lumber products. Several industry gr...

Feb 03, 2025

Trump mistaken, U.S. banks can and do operate in Canada says finance professor

A finance professor at the University of Toronto says American banks do operate in Canada despite assertions by U.S. President Donald Trump that they are not allowed to do business in the country. Tru...

Feb 03, 2025

A short list of U.S. goods which will be charged 25 per cent tariffs starting Tuesday

OTTAWA - Effective Tuesday, Canada is imposing 25 per cent tariffs on $30 billion in goods originating in the United States - part of Canada's response to sweeping tariffs on Canadian goods ordered by...

Greg Fry Feb 03, 2025

B.C. critical minerals being diverted away from United States: David Eby

NORTH VANCOUVER, B.C. - British Columbia's premier says major companies in the province are in the process of redirecting critical minerals and energy products to markets outside the United States as ...

Feb 03, 2025

Canada's chief justice decries misinformation as top court turns 150

VICTORIA - Canada's chief justice says the nation's top court is expanding public outreach as "misinformation and disinformation" circulate and more people get their information from social media. Chi...

Feb 03, 2025

Quebec officials move forward on plan to respond to punishing U.S. tariffs

MONTREAL - Quebec Premier Franois Legault is meeting with several of the province's financial heavyweights today as his administration readies its response to the tariffs set to be imposed by United S...

Feb 03, 2025

Here's the latest as Canada faces tariffs from United States President Donald Trump

United States President Donald Trump confirmed this weekend that 25 per cent tariffs against Canadian goods will go into effect on Tuesday. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said Canada will retaliate...

Feb 03, 2025

In the news today: Trump and Trudeau to talk amid pending trade war

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Trump and Trudeau to talk as Canada braces for trade war with its southern neighbour Prime Minister Justin Tru...

Feb 03, 2025

As birth tourism rises again, will Trump's citizenship moves send more Canada's way?

RICHMOND, B.C. - Vancouver-based birth tourism operator Liga Lin says her phone has been buzzing with inquiries from expectant mothers since U.S. President Donald Trump moved to end American birthrigh...

Feb 03, 2025