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By Kelly Geraldine Malone The Canadian Press Posted February 13, 2025 6:49 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Territorial premiers are making the case in Washington that Northern Canada is key to continental security, diplomacy and economic opportunity as Canadian leaders continue their diplomatic push against threatened U.S. tariffs. Yukon Premier Ranj Pillai, Northwest Territories Premier R.J. Simpson and Nunavut Premier P.J. Akeeagok are set to take part in a discussion at the Wilson Center Thursday morning on prospects for collaboration between Canada and the United States in the Arctic.All...

Canada doesn’t need to be hit by tariffs for the economy to be impacted — the mere threat of a trade war is enough, the Bank of Canada has warned. The Bank of Canada on Wednesday released the summary of its governing council deliberations, outlining the discussions its members had in the run-up to the last rate cut announced on Jan. 29.“Even if no tariffs were imposed, a long period of uncertainty under the cloud of tariff threats would almost certainly damage business investment in Canada,” the report said.It added that a hit to investments would damage growth prospects for Canada’s economy.“Companies were already re-evaluating their investment plans in the face of trade policy uncertainty. With significant tariffs, the risk of capital flight would increase, exacerbating Canada’s competit...

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she still has confidence in Health Minister Adriana LaGrange despite allegations involving political interference and conflict of interest in the awarding of contracts by Alberta Health Services (AHS). Speaking to reporters on Wednesday morning during a trip to Washington, D.C., with Canada’s Premiers, Smith said she first became aware of the allegations against her office and the health minister when she saw reports in the media.The allegations were outlined in a letter sent by the lawyer of former AHS CEO Athana Mentzelopoulos to the Globe and Mail.It alleges that AHS was pressured to approve private contracts and that the former AHS CEO was fired two days before a meeting with the auditor general to discuss her concerns about private surgery facilitie...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that President Donald Trump’s repeated remarks about Canada becoming the 51st U.S. state is a “non-starter” as he vowed to respond to incoming tariffs. Speaking to reporters in Brussels on Wednesday, Trudeau said Canada does not want to be in a trade dispute with the U.S., but if Trump follows through on his threats, “we will be equally unequivocal in our response.”“Canada will respond as appropriate in a calibrated but extremely strong way, regardless of what the U.S. moves forward with,” Trudeau said.Trudeau is visiting Brussels to strengthen Canada’s relations with its European allies as tariff tensions with the United States continue.On Monday, Trump said he would impose 25 per cent tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports coming to the United States...

Descrease article font size Increase article font size If Donald Trump goes ahead with threatened 25 per cent tariffs on steel and aluminum, that would stack on top of the 25 per cent across-the-board tariff on Canadian goods that he has already vowed, the White House confirmed to Global News. That means the tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum imports into the U.S. would total 50 per cent.On Feb. 1, the U.S. president signed an executive order imposing tariffs on Canadian and Mexican goods.“I have implemented a 25% Tariff on Imports from Mexico and Canada (10% on Canadian Energy), and a 10% additional Tariff on China,” Trump said in a statement at the time.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Canada would impose retaliatory tariffs worth...