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Canada is bracing for U.S. President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs that are set to land at midnight Tuesday, and which economists have warned will be the “most significant trade shock” since the 1930s. The tariffs are expected to hit the Canadian economy hard, with some economics warning Canada could dip into a period of recession.While the tariffs were delayed once before, there is still no sign at this point that will happen again.“We hope that logic will prevail,” Immigration Minister Marc Miller told reporters in Montreal, adding he had no knowledge of whether tariffs will be imposed at midnight.“I wish I could say more, but I’ll probably find out at the same time as all Canadians.”Trump’s commerce secretary on Sunday said the tariffs on Canada and Mexico are still coming Tuesday, th...

Former prime minister Stephen Harper says Mark Carney is unfairly taking credit for the previous Conservative government’s economic record as he campaigns in the Liberal leadership race to replace Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. In a letter to Conservative supporters emailed by the party, Harper says Carney, who served as governor of the Bank of Canada during the 2008 global financial crisis, did not oversee the day-to-day management of the economy during that time.Rather, he says it was the late finance minister Jim Flaherty, whose record Harper seeks to defend in the letter.“I have listened, with increasing disbelief, to Mark Carney’s attempts to take credit for things he had little or nothing to do with back then,” Harper writes.“He has been doing this at the expense of the late Jim Flah...

Tariffs on Canada and Mexico will land on Tuesday, U.S. President Donald Trump says. “Very importantly tomorrow, tariffs — 25 per cent on Canada and 25 per cent on Mexico — and that’ll start. So they’re going to have to have a tariff,” Trump told reporters in the White House.Trump was referring to the broad-based 25 per cent tariffs on all goods coming in from Canada and Mexico, with a lower 10 per cent rate for Canadian energy exports and an additional 10 per cent on Chinese goods.Trump has said these tariffs are aimed at curbing the flow of illegal substances, specifically fentanyl, coming in through the border into the United States.These tariffs were originally slated to go into effect on Feb. 4, but Trump decided to defer them for a month after a phone call with Prime Minister Justin ...

President Donald Trump on Monday alerted America's farmers to coming U.S. tariffs on 'external product,' telling them to get ready to sell their goods domestically. Source link

Thousands of protesters descended on U.S. national parks over the weekend, from Yellowstone to the Grand Canyon and beyond, calling for the government to stop the sweeping federal cuts to public lands and protect the areas where millions of Americans work and play. President Donald Trump’s administration has, so far, slashed about 1,000 National Park Service jobs and fired an additional 2,000 recently hired employees within the U.S. Forest Service — cuts that many say will put the future of these lands in jeopardy, as well as lead to unsafe hiking and camping for visitors, unmaintained washroom facilities and long service lines. Protesters hold signs at Roosevelt Arch, the northern entrance to Yellowstone Park on March 1, 2025, in Gardiner, Mont. About 200 people sh...

Britain said on Monday there were several possible proposals on the table for a possible Ukraine ceasefire, after France floated a proposal for a month-long initial truce that could pave the way for peace talks. European countries, led by Britain and France, are looking at options for a peace proposal including Ukraine after last week’s Oval Office rupture between U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.“There are clearly a number of options on the table,” Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s spokesman said. “I’m just not getting into a running commentary on the options.”White House national security adviser Mike Waltz, when asked about the weekend activities of Europe rallying around Zelenskyy, told reporters: “So, we welcome Europe stepping up for Europe, but the...

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted March 3, 2025 10:45 am Updated March 3, 2025 11:19 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Canada Post is accusing the union representing its more than 55,000 workers of showing “little meaningful movement” during mediated negotiations this weekend to end a labour dispute that saw employees ordered back to work late last year. A statement from Canada Post on Sunday says the Crown corporation put forward “a workable and affordable weekend delivery m...