Daniel Thibeault

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Laurence Martin, Fannie Olivier, Daniel Thibeault

Washington demanding 'entry fee' from Ottawa before trade talks: sources

Trump administration demanding concessions before formally launching CUSMA talks, sources tell Radio-Canada. The Trump administration is demanding what amounts to an "entry fee" from Canada to engage in trade talks toward a revised Canada-United States-Mexico Free Trade Agreement (CUSMA), four sources told Radio-Canada. "The Americans are setting conditions before negotiations begin," said one high-ranking individual familiar with the matter. Three...

Daniel Leblanc, Daniel Thibeault

Industry minister pushing F-35 maker for economic benefits in Canada

The federal industry minister is putting pressure on U.S.-based Lockheed Martin to provide more economic benefits in Canada if the government is to proceed with its planned purchase of 88 F-35 fighter jets. Otherwise, Industry Minister Mélanie Joly said in a French-language interview on Radio-Canada’s Les coulisses du pouvoir, Ottawa could move forward with a smaller fleet of F-35s and...

Daniel Thibeault

No oil pipeline on the list of projects of national interest

No private company has raised a finger so far to develop such a project. As Prime Minister Mark Carney's government prepares to announce the first projects of national interest it has selected, Radio-Canada has learned that no oil pipeline is on the list, according to three sources that have spoken to Radio-Canada. "There is no [oil] pipeline project on the...

Daniel Thibeault, David Cochrane

Federal government reaches deal with Google on Online News Act

Google and the federal government have reached an agreement in their dispute over the Online News Act, sources tell Radio-Canada and CBC News. The agreement would see Canadian news continue to be shared on Google's platforms in return for the company making annual payments to news companies in the range of $100 million, a source with knowledge of the negotiations...