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Two weeks into intensive trade negotiations with the United States, Canada remains publicly committed to the goal of getting all tariffs removed. Nevertheless, Ottawa is beginning to manage expectations. Kirsten Hillman, Canada’s ambassador to Washington and lead trade negotiator, highlighted President Donald Trump’s unwavering fondness for tariffs in several media interviews this week.
In the thick of the COVID-19 pandemic, Mark Carney was the chief capital wrangler for a novel product marketed by Brookfield Asset Management Ltd. BAM-T +0.95%increase In theory, his job was simple: persuade top financial executives to pour billions of dollars into a promised boom in renewable-energy and green-technology investments. In practice, it involved cajoling, hand-holding and decoding climate finance...
The Bank of Canada is expected to cap another tumultuous year for monetary policy with a stand-pat decision this week that keeps interest rates steady while offering few hints about what comes next. The central bank has held its policy rate at 5 per cent since July, while leaving the door open to further increases if inflation doesn’t move lower...