How Canada’s Trump-Style Candidate Blew a 20-Point Polling Lead
Pierre Poilievre’s populist message was resonating until Trump’s antagonism pushed Canadians toward a former central banker
Paul Vieira
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Canada Enacts Digital-Services Tax Amid Risks of U.S. Trade Retaliation
Canada authorized the implementation of a digital-services tax, a move that threatens to trigger trade retaliation from Congress and the Biden administration.A notice published late Wednesday indicated that the cabinet, led by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, ordered the digital-services tax to be implemented June 28, or last Friday.
Canada Fights for Economic Security in Pre-Election U.S. Campaign
Canadian officials are delivering a unified message for U.S. leaders: The country can help drive America’s economy higher as long as Canada maintains duty-free access to the world’s largest economy after November’s election. Three officials — Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne, Trade Minister Mary Ng and Canada’s ambassador to the U.S. Kirsten Hillman — have crisscrossed the U.S. in recent months...
Canada Targets 12 Foreign Grocers to Lure to Food-Retailing Market
Canada’s industry minister is weighing a list of a dozen foreign grocery companies—from the U.S., Germany, Turkey and Portugal, among others—to potentially lure to the country in a bid to increase competition in the domestic food-retailing sector. Since the fall, Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne has criticized Canada’s three biggest grocery companies—Loblaw, Metro and Empire—for failing to be transparent on the...
Guns and Death Threats Spur Canada to Reel in Baby-Eel Fishing
Back in 1996, Louis MacDonald was among the first fishermen to acquire a license from Canada to catch baby eels. Over the decades, he has hired 20 people to catch and ship them to East Asia, where they are raised to maturity and demand is strongest for the crunchy Japanese-inspired grilled eel filets known as unagi. This year, MacDonald won’t...
Audio Streamers Warn of Higher Canada Subscription Fees Due to Pending Rules
Canadians could face higher monthly bills from Spotify, Apple, Amazon.com and other audio-streaming services under a government proposal that would require the companies to make annual financial contributions to the country’s artists.
Canada Warned Skilled-Trades Shortage Poses Headwind to Home Building
Canada’s bid to kickstart the construction of millions of houses to address an affordability crisis faces a sizable obstacle: a shortage of workers to build abodes. The warning was conveyed late last year to senior officials at Canada’s finance department in a memo that was obtained by The Wall Street Journal through the country’s access-to-information laws. Among the key concerns...
Canada Takes $651 Million Write-Down on Trans Mountain Pipeline Project
Canada-owned Trans Mountain, which operates a crude-oil pipeline in western Canada that is under expansion, said Friday that it would take a write-down on the asset because of higher interest rates. Trans Mountain said that it booked a net loss in the third quarter because of a goodwill impairment charge of C$888 million Canadian dollars, or the equivalent of $65...