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Canadian manufacturers battered by tariffs are optimistic the U.S. midterm election results could mark a turning point in the trade dispute between Canada and the United States.
The head of Canada's aluminum industry says the U.S. midterm election results could mark a turning point in the trade dispute between Canada and the United States.
OTTAWA -- Canadian businesses have submitted their wish lists to Ottawa ahead of Thursday's federal budget.
Canadian businesses have submitted their wish lists to Ottawa ahead of Thursday's federal budget. Topping their priorities are tax reform, less red tape and concrete measures to turn the federal government's sweeping economic ambitions into investments, productivity and jobs. Between interviews and pre-budget submissions to the House of Commons finance committee, seven key themes emerged: 1. Tax reform and investment...
In the depths of winter more than 20 years ago, Kate Shingler set off on the Plaster Rock Highway, a remote two-lane route cutting east-west through the dense wilderness of central New Brunswick. It was 2005 and so snowy and slippery that the young driver behind the wheel of a Toyota Tercel had to pull over on the side of...
In the depths of winter more than 20 years ago, Kate Shingler set off on the Plaster Rock Highway, a remote two-lane route cutting east-west through the dense wilderness of central New Brunswick.
OTTAWA -- Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. CEO Lourenco Goncalves said Wednesday he hopes to bring back laid-off Stelco workers before Christmas if a plan to increase Canadian sales succeeds.
OTTAWA -- Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. CEO Lourenco Goncalves says he hopes to bring back laid-off Stelco workers before Christmas if a plan to increase Canadian sales succeeds.
Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. CEO Lourenco Goncalves said Wednesday he hopes to bring back laid-off Stelco workers before Christmas if a plan to increase Canadian sales succeeds. He said the company is now counting on increased purchases of Canadian-made steel, rather than tighter import restrictions, to restore jobs at its Ontario operations. "It will depend on Canadian customers buying Canadian steel, made...
OTTAWA -- Ottawa has given the U.S. owner of Stelco Inc. a 15-day deadline to address alleged violations of commitments made when it purchased the Ontario steelmaker or face potential legal action that could include a forced sale of its Canadian operations.
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling on Ottawa to sue Stelco's American owner as part of a five-point plan aimed at protecting Canada's struggling steel industry. Poilievre was in Burlington, Ont. on Friday, speaking at a site overlooking Stelco's operations across Hamilton Harbour. The steelmaker began issuing layoff notices this week after announcing plans to lay off up to 50...
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling on Ottawa to sue Stelco's American owner as part of a five-point plan aimed at protecting Canada's struggling steel industry.
Canada's industry minister said Wednesday the U.S. owner of Stelco Holdings Inc. cannot use the trade war to justify cutting jobs it committed to when it bought the Hamilton, Ont.-based steel plant, particularly when the head of the Ohio-based company has publicly backed steel tariffs.
Job promises made by Stelco Holdings Inc.'s American parent company when it acquired the beleaguered steel maker are legally binding -- but whether this week's layoffs violate them depends on terms that have not been made public, according to legal and policy experts.
OTTAWA -- The Canadian government has offered Indigenous groups a collective 15 per cent ownership stake in the Trans Mountain pipeline, advancing a long-promised plan to give First Nations equity in the federally owned infrastructure connecting Alberta crude to a Vancouver-area export terminal.
OTTAWA -- Canada's inaugural investment summit has created a buzz that the country is open for business, but experts say the real test will be whether that momentum can translate into major projects that overcome labour shortages, community concerns, environmental hurdles and lengthy approvals.
The annual rate of inflation was unchanged at three per cent in August as a slowdown in rising gas prices was offset by higher rent and travel tour costs, Statistics Canada said Monday. Gasoline costs continued to rise in August but at a slower pace, with prices up 22.8 per cent compared with 25.7 a month earlier, as the conflict...
The annual rate of inflation was unchanged at three per cent in August as a slowdown in rising gas prices was offset by higher rent and travel tour costs, Statistics Canada said Monday.
A prominent U.S. investment strategist says the intensifying trade war between Canada and the U.S. could permanently alter cross-border trade. Peter Schiff, chief economist and global strategist at Euro Pacific Asset Management, says new tariffs and the increasing unreliability of the U.S. as a trading partner is prompting Canadian companies to seek out different markets.
The intensifying tariff war between Canada and the United States could permanently alter cross-border trade, signalling the potential end of an era of expanding economic ties between the countries, experts say.