19 h. ago Pilots’ union calls WestJet’s use of Temporary Foreign Worker program ‘problematic’

'Will cause irreparable damage to labour relations,' said Tim Perry, who leads the Canadian arm of ALPA

Transport

21 h. ago From tariffs to taxes to foreign worker shortages: These are the issues small businesses are grappling with today

Introducing the Financial Post Small Business Roundtable, a recurring forum and part four of Postmedia's How Canada Wins series

Economics

22 h. ago Canada launches ‘tariffs are a tax’ ads in U.S. to push back on Trump

Digital billboards will be installed in Washington and other U.S. cities that Ottawa says will be 'hardest hit' by tariffs 'due to their heavy reliance on trade with Canada.'

Economics

26 h. ago Trump says Canadians would pay ‘much lower taxes’ as Americans. He’s wrong.

“A lot of people in Canada are liking becoming our beautiful, cherished 51st state. They’ll have to pay much lower taxes.” – President Donald Trump, remarks to the media, Feb. 25 “They [Canadians] wouldn’t be paying for these tariffs. They’d have much lower taxes if they were part of this great country.” – White House […]

Economics

31 h. ago Franco Terrazzano: Canadians needs tax cuts, not retaliatory tariffs

Knee-jerk retaliatory tariffs will likely have little effect other than causing Canadians more pain

Economics

45 h. ago JAY GOLDBERG: An alternative approach to ratcheting up U.S. trade war

Tariffs are taxes that are paid for by domestic consumers. That’s a point Canadians can’t lose sight of as the trade conflict between Canada and the United States continues to simmer. As soon as President Donald Trump imposed sweeping tariffs on Canadian goods entering the U.S. market, Canada’s politicians were nearly unanimous in calling for […]

Economics

60 h. ago EU Leaders to Grapple With Trump’s Russia Gambit: What to Watch

European Union leaders will aim to affirm their plans to bolster defense spending at a summit Thursday, but now face a more pressing concern: whether they will have a role in US President Donald Trump’s efforts to fast-track a ceasefire in Ukraine.

Politics

2 d. ago Alberta canola producers brace for 100 per cent tariffs from China

Tariffs are a response to Canada's 100 per cent tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles and 25 per cent tax on aluminum and steel products

Economics

2 d. ago Prairie canola producers brace for 100 per cent tariffs from China

The tariffs are a response to Canada's 100 per cent tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles and 25 per cent tax on aluminum and steel products.

Economics

7 d. ago Relief comes for liquor importers but booze industry still struggles in trade war

Alberta’s liquor distributor has given relief to booze importers but some in the industry are still grappling with the fallout of the tariff war with the U.S. and tax changes. On Thursday, Alberta Gaming Liquor Cannabis (AGLC) told importers they’re suspending storage fees charged to hold U.S.-sourced booze at its St. Albert warehouse until June […]

Economics

1 week ago US factories likely to feel the pain from Trump’s steel and aluminum tariffs

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is once again lashing out at three of his biggest irritants: foreign steel, foreign aluminum and Canada. Trump on Wednesday will effectively plaster 25% taxes _ tariffs — on all steel and aluminum imports. And on Tuesday the president said the U.S. would double the forthcoming levy on the […]

Economics

1 week ago Trump says steel, aluminum tariffs will soar after Ontario electricity tax

According to the Aluminum Association of Canada, the United States relies on Canada for 75 per cent of its imported primary aluminum.

Economics

1 week ago Tariff Panic on Wall Street Pressures Trump to Speed Up Tax Cuts

As Donald Trump’s tariffs send markets into a tailspin, pressure is mounting on the president to speed up his main proposal for juicing the economy: a sweeping tax bill.

Economics

1 week ago Ontario officially hits U.S. with 25% electricity tax amid trade war

The Ontario government has officially applied a 25 per cent surcharge on all electricity exports to three U.S. states on Monday.

Economics

2 w. ago How Wall Street titans view the Trump administration’s tariff policies

'Tariffs cannot be positive, I mean it's a tax. And you can imagine tit for tat if the U.S. does something. Taxes are never positive'

Politics

2 w. ago Tegan Hill: Trump’s tariffs aren't to blame for B.C.’s fiscal disaster

Opinion: The B.C. government cancelled its tax relief promise (blaming the threat of U.S. tariffs), which would have delivered an estimated $1,000 in savings to the average family.

Economics

2 w. ago ‘Pissed off’: B.C. plans toll on U.S. trucks travelling to Alaska amid trade war

Eby made the announcement Thursday in Victoria, as news broke that Trump was, once again, pausing 25-per cent tariffs on Canadian goods for another month. 

Economics

2 w. ago Canadian grocers have a plan to soften the blow of U.S. trade war

Canadians' grocery bills are expected to be hit hard by the tariff war between Canada and the U.S., which is now in full force.U.S. President Donald Trump's 25 per cent tariffs on all products from Canada and Mexico, including the 10 per cent tariffs on energy, kicked in on Tuesday morning.In a press conference on Tuesday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau responded with 25 per cent retaliatory tariffs against $155 billion of American goods, beginning with taxes on $30 billion worth of products immediately. The list of U.S. goods includes orange juice, peanut butter, wine, spirits, beer, coffee, appliances, apparel, footwear, motorcycles, cosmetics, and more.He says duties will be slapped onto the remaining $125 billion of American products in 21 days."To my fellow Canadians, I won't sugarcoat it, this is going to be tough," said Trudeau.Late Tuesday, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick said there's a potential to meet "somewhere in the middle" when it comes to adjusting the tarif...

Economics

2 w. ago Donald Trump boasts of ‘swift and unrelenting action’ in speech to U.S. Congress

Trump seemed prepared to double down on his trade war. 'Whatever they tariff us, we tariff them. Whatever they tax us, we tax them'

Other

2 w. ago Justin Trudeau calls Trump tariffs on Canada 'a very dumb thing to do'

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had some choice words for U.S. President Donald Trump in response to the tariffs against Canada.U.S. President Donald Trump has imposed 25 per cent tariffs on all products from Canada and Mexico, except energy, which will be subject to 10 per cent tariffs. They kicked in this morning, causing U.S. and Canadian stocks to plummet immediately.In a press conference Tuesday morning, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced 25 per cent retaliatory tariffs against $155 billion of American goods, beginning with taxes on $30 billion worth of products immediately.The list of US goods includes orange juice, peanut butter, wine, spirits, beer, coffee, appliances, apparel, footwear, motorcycles, cosmetics, and more.He says duties will be slapped onto the remaining $125 billion in American products in 21 days."Canadians are reasonable, and we are polite, but we will not back down from a fight, not when our country and the well-being of everyone in it is at stake," sai...

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