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Descrease article font size Increase article font size Canada Post says the federal government is providing it with a lifeline to help the Crown corporation continue operating as it “deals with significant financial challenges.” The corporation said Friday that Ottawa plans to make repayable funding of up to $1.034 billion available for its 2025-26 fiscal year.Canada Post’s incoming funding comes just two months after it reported steep financial losses in its third quarter, with the national postal service reporting a loss before tax of $315 million amid a decline in parcel revenue and volumes.That quarter’s revenue from parcels had dipped 5.8 per cent and volumes declined by six million pieces, or 9.6 per cent compared to the previous year. ...

By Dylan Robertson The Canadian Press Posted January 24, 2025 12:40 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Ottawa’s former chief trade negotiator Steve Verheul says Alberta is undermining Canada’s attempts to prevent the U.S. from levying damaging tariffs. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has rallied most of the premiers to agree that all sectors of the Canadian economy could be deployed to fight back against U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan to impose 25 per cent tariffs on all imports from Canada.Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has said that Canada should not threaten the U.S. with retaliatory tarif...

Canada has a “limited capacity” to welcome people looking to resettle, the federal immigration minister said, as the country braces for a potential influx of migrants in the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump’s border crackdown. As part of a series of executive orders cracking down on immigration, this week Trump suspended America’s refugee resettlement program, leaving stranded thousands in war-torn countries across the globe who were approved to come to the United States.Immigration Minister Marc Miller said the U.S. decision is “unfortunate” and Canada will continue to be there for people fleeing conflict, but there is a limit to how many it can support.“Canada will continue to remain a humanitarian country. We have limited ability to welcome people in a proper way,” he told reporters ...

Ontarians will go to the polls in February, Premier Doug Ford said Friday while announcing his government’s plan to improve transit in Peel Region. Ford confirmed Global News’ Thursday reporting that sources said the premier would go to Lt. Gov. Edith Dumont on Jan. 29 to dissolve his government, which would allow for an election to take place on Feb. 27.The confirmation comes after weeks of rampant speculation Ford would head to the polls early, amidst a threat of tariffs from the United States that has allowed the premier to take a national leadership role.“We need a mandate from the people to fight against Donald Trump’s tariffs,” Ford said.“The attack is coming against our families, our businesses, our communities, and with a strong mandate, we will be able to fight with Donald Trump t...

By Kyle Duggan The Canadian Press Posted January 24, 2025 7:38 am Updated January 24, 2025 7:39 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Liberals are gathering on Parliament Hill for a second day in a row to talk next steps as the party searches for a replacement for outgoing leader Justin Trudeau. The candidates only have until Monday to sign up new members who can vote for them in the race. Get daily National news Get the day's top news, poli...

A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order denying U.S. citizenship to the children of parents living in the country illegally, calling it “blatantly unconstitutional” during the first hearing in a multi-state effort challenging the order. The 14th Amendment to the Constitution promises citizenship to those born on U.S. soil, a measure ratified in 1868 to ensure citizenship for former slaves after the Civil War. But in an effort to curb unlawful immigration, Trump issued the executive order just after being sworn in for his second term on Monday.The order would deny citizenship to those born after Feb. 19 whose parents are in the country illegally. It also forbids U.S. agencies from issuing any document or accepting any state document recognizi...

United States President Donald Trump’s tariff threats are not going away. Before and after assuming office in his second term, Trump has threatened to levy blanket tariffs of 25 per cent on all goods entering the U.S. from Canada and Mexico, in addition to targeting Chinese exports.He’s given a variety of reasons to justify trade volleys against other nations, from claiming they will fund massive tax cuts in the U.S. to toughening up North American borders. 1:30 Trump claims U.S. economy will thrive without Canada: ‘We don’t need them’ But what exactly are tariffs, the trade tool that Trump has called “the most beautiful word … in the dictiona...

U.S. President Donald Trump could slap tariffs on Canada as early as next week and Ottawa is already preparing a response to the threat from Washington. In addition to retaliatory tariffs, Canada’s plan includes boosting trade between Canadian provinces, which some experts say could help mitigate some of the worst effects of Trump’s tariffs.Matthew Holmes, executive vice-president and chief of public policy at the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, said, “There’s work you can do at home to actually make Canadians have a stronger economy at home. So we’re not as reliant and exposed to the U.S. market.”Holmes said that while fixing Canada’s internal trade barriers won’t happen overnight, it could help Canada during a trade battle with the U.S.“Over time, addressing internal trade in Canada could ...

Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly will press Canada’s case against damaging tariffs with the new U.S. secretary of state in Washington next week, after U.S. President Donald Trump repeated a demand Thursday for allies to vastly increase their military spending. Trump is threatening to impose 25 per cent across-the-board tariffs on imports from Canada starting on Feb. 1. Joly said things are still in flux because Trump hasn’t confirmed his new commerce secretary.“There will be lots of rhetoric,” Joly told reporters on Parliament Hill on Thursday.“We will hear a lot of different versions coming from south of the border. We need to put our head down, we need to be united and we need to defend Canadian jobs.”Joly spoke with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio for half an hour by phone Wedn...

To build or not to build: that’s the question facing Canadian politicians, oil and gas experts and industry leaders when it comes to domestic pipelines, as U.S. President Donald Trump continues to tout plans for American energy independence. In a wide-ranging virtual address to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday, Trump made an array of comments, including repeating his statement of not needing Canadian cars, lumber, or oil and gas amid the threat to impose 25 per cent across-the-board tariffs on Canadian imports. 1:30 Trump claims U.S. economy will thrive without Canada: ‘We don’t need them’ His statements in recent we...