5 h. ago PERT Urges the Minister of Employment to Restore Funding to Key Anglo Youth Employment Organization

Montreal, April 01, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Provincial Employment Roundtable (PERT) is deeply concerned by the complete withdrawal of provincial funding for YES Employment + Entrepreneurship’s employability services. This $466,000 loss will severely restrict employment assistance for English-speaking youth in Montréal. “These cuts come despite clear evidence that Montréal’s English-speaking youth already experience disproportionate […]

Politics

18 h. ago Key dates to watch this week for Trump’s tariffs on Canadian goods

Uncertainty still looms for Canada in what’s set to be a monumental week for U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff plan. With multiple categories of American import taxes set to take effect, some Canadian industries are waiting to find out if and how they might be affected. Here’s a rundown on what to watch for this […]

Economics

21 h. ago Tariffs could mean 160,000 lost jobs in second quarter, says Conference Board

The research group is also forecasting that tariffs will be lifted by the start of the third quarter

Culture

3 d. ago Canada among Trump’s ‘friendly’ countries — for now — as tariff deadline looms

MONTREAL — Uncertainty reigns ahead of a looming U.S. tariff deadline next week, with businesses stuck in a holding pattern that has halted capital investment, hiring and financial forecasts at some firms amid a trade war where the next steps — and even who counts as a friend — remain foggy. U.S. President Donald Trump […]

Economics

3 d. ago The Ontario Sunshine List just dropped in 2025 and here's who took home the most

The 2024 Ontario Sunshine List is officially out! March's annual window into wages gives Ontario residents a glimpse of just how much public sector employees raked in the previous year.This is an annual list that discloses salaries for any public service employee who earns over $100,000, first introduced in 1996 by former Premier Mike Harris.The latest list of top earners dropped the first week of spring 2025, covering salaries earned in 2024. The top public sector earner of the year was Ken Hartwick, Ontario Power Generation's President and CEO, who earned $2,010,895.76 of taxpayer money last year. Hartwick has been with the OPG since March 2016, when he was hired as the energy provider's Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President OPGWhile not the highest earners, noteworthy figures include Premier Doug Ford, who took home $208,974 (the same salary he earned the year before), and TVO journalist Steve Paikin, who ear...

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3 d. ago Canada among Trump’s ‘friendly’ countries — for now — as next tariff deadline looms

MONTREAL — Uncertainty reigns ahead of a looming U.S. tariff deadline next week, with businesses stuck in a holding pattern that has halted capital investment, hiring and financial forecasts at some firms amid a trade war where the next steps — and even who counts as a friend — remain foggy. U.S. President Donald Trump […]

Economics

3 d. ago Bitcoin Options Show Traders Are Hedging Against Drop Back Below $80,000

Crypto traders are flocking to the options market to hedge against further price declines, as President Donald Trump’s planned tariff announcements next week keep financial market on edge.

Economics

4 d. ago With more than 20,000 employed in the automotive sector here, about 10,000 of those jobs may be lost within weeks of the tariff being charged, said industry observers.

Trump tariffs poised to hammer Canada’s auto industry could slash the London region automotive workforce by half, as the cost of exports to the U.S. will spike, industry observers say. With more than 20,000 employed in the automotive sector here, about 10,000 jobs may be lost within weeks of tariffs being imposed, they said. That […]

Economics

5 d. ago ‘THIS IS NUTS:’ New U.S. tariffs on auto sector to devastate industry, leaders say

Canadian auto industry leaders say the latest tariffs announced Wednesday by U.S. President Donald Trump will raise the prices of cars for consumers and devastate the sector. “This is nuts,” said Flavio Volpe, president of the Automotive Parts Manufacturing Association. “It seems he’s bent on doing the things that he’s been warned will shut down […]

Politics

6 d. ago Trump Prepares Auto Tariff Announcement as Soon as Wednesday

President Donald Trump is readying an announcement on auto levies as soon as Wednesday, according to people familiar with the matter, a move that would escalate his fight with global trading partners ahead of a broader tariff push next week.

Economics

6 d. ago European Stocks Resume Rally as Focus Remains on Tariff Moves

European stocks rallied on Tuesday, snapping a three-session losing streak, as investors focused on the outlook for global trade ahead of a US tariff deadline next week.

Economics

8 d. ago Trump administration asks Supreme Court to halt judge’s order to rehire probationary federal workers

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Monday to halt a ruling ordering the rehiring of thousands of federal workers let go in mass firings aimed at dramatically downsizing the federal government.  The emergency appeal argues that the judge can’t force the executive branch to rehire some 16,000 probationary employees. The California-based […]

Society

1 week ago Trump’s 200% tariff threat would be ’a real disaster’ for Europe’s wine industry

CHAMPAGNE, France (AP) — Across wine country in France, Italy and Spain one number is top of mind: 200%. That’s because last week U.S. President Donald Trump threatened a tariff of that amount on European wine, Champagne and other spirits if the European Union went ahead with retaliatory tariffs on some U.S. products. The top […]

Economics

2 w. ago Hardly any developers are building homes in Toronto as market continues to plunge

Despite Toronto's impractical cost of living, the stress of the trade war and the nation's casual economic recession and all, it's a pretty great time to get into GTA real estate if that's always been a dream of yours.Sellers are getting desperate as new listings continue to indundate the market while sales numbers remain a shadow of what they once were.The downward spiral has been been especially bad for condos, and worse, still, for new condos — so bad that a growing number of complexes have been stalled in various stages of progress, with not enough units sold to continue.Naturally, this has been cause for alarm among stakeholders on the building side of things, who continue to plead for the government to intervene in the form of lowering certain taxes, development charges and other fees that hamper new construction.The Building Industry and Land Development Association (BILD) and Canada Mortgage and Housing C...

Sport

2 w. ago With Trump’s zigzag actions on trade, March came in like a lion and won’t be going out like a lamb

WASHINGTON (AP) — A gobsmacked planet is wondering what’s next from President Donald Trump on the tariff spree he’s set in zigzag motion. In recent weeks, Trump has announced punishing tariffs against allies and adversaries alike, selectively paused and imposed them, doubled and then halved some, and warned late in the week that he’ll tax […]

Economics

2 w. ago Quebec aluminum towns aren’t feeling the sting of 25 per cent U.S. tariffs

Quebec is the continent's biggest producer of aluminum, with 30,000 people employed in the sector.

Economics

2 w. ago Stagflation Trade Emerges as Rare Winner in US Stock Market Rout

There have been few winning strategies to seek refuge in as the stock rout sparked by President Donald Trump’s start-stop tariff war drags on for a third week. One, though, is soaring right now: a pair trade that bets on stocks that thrives in an economy sinking into stagflation.

Economics

2 w. ago Un employeur condamné à verser 30 000 $ à deux travailleurs temporaires qu’il poursuivait

Rabrouée en cour, l’entreprise AMEC réclamait des milliers de dollars aux deux hommes pour avoir démissionné.

Economics

3 w. ago Ontario's trade war retaliation will drive up U.S. electricity bills by $100 per month

Ontario Premier Doug Ford has just taken another bold step in Canada's counter-attack in the face of the steep tariffs U.S. President Donald Trump enacted on goods imported from the north last week.On Monday, Ford and his minister of energy and electrification formally introduced a new 25 per cent surcharge on all electricity the province sends south of the border, which will add approximately $100 to the monthly power bills of some 1.5 million residents in neighbouring New York, Michigan and Minnesota, effective immediately.It's a measure that the premier has been threatening since Trump started mounting his tariff actions in earnest in recent weeks, turning the blustering prattle the former reality TV star is notorious for into serious, debilitating action against his nation's closest ally.Ford added in his press conference about the new surcharge this morning that he will escalate restrictions on Ontario-produced energy further if...

Economics

3 w. ago My mom lost her job for marrying. 64 years later, I asked the company for an apology

A forgotten letter in my late father’s apartment revealed why my mother was fired in 1961. I pushed for answers — and got more than expected.

Economics