Re: Our strategy for dealing with the Trump tariffs needs to be negotiation — Jack M. Mintz, Jan. 24 Read More

Ontario Premier Doug Ford has called an early election to strengthen, he claims, his capacity to face down the Trump administration over tariffs. Is he the tough negotiator he presents himself to be? Is he as suited as he thinks to the new governing ethos of Trump 2.0? Read More

It's finally happened. On Saturday, U.S. President Donald Trump announced that he will be imposing a 10 per cent tariff on Canadian energy products and 25 per cent tariffs on everything else, starting Tuesday. We have no idea what kind of negotiations took place between the Liberals and Trump. All we know is that Canada is now facing the greatest economic threat it has faced in decades. Read More

Of late, Canadian politics has descended into an arms race over who can promise the most extravagant response to the threat of 25 per cent tariffs imposed by the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump. Read More

Within the past 70 minutes, as I write this, two notable things happened. One: the Reuters news agency reported — citing three unnamed sources “familiar with the planning” — that the Trump administration would be implementing tariffs against Canada and Mexico on March 1. And two: White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt then denied the Reuters report, insisting 25-per-cent tariffs are coming down Feb. 1. Read More

Friday, Mark Carney made a policy announcement at Pier 21 in Halifax where he essentially told Canadians that his plan to fight Trump's tariffs and his plan to solve Canadian's economic woes are one and the same — a green economy. Read More

If Canada is hit with 25 per cent, across-the-board tariffs this weekend — or on March 1 if a leaked rumour is to be believed — it will be the result of a trade-warmonger with a protectionist axe to grind. Blame for a good part of the pain that will follow, however, will lie with our own country and its utter contempt for economic growth. Read More

Canada is facing its biggest economic challenge in decades. President Donald Trump’s administration has threatened to impose tariffs of 25 per cent on Canadian exports to the United States on Feb. 1, with another round possibly coming on April 1. This would slowly cripple Canada’s economy, raise the cost of virtually everything for Canadian families and put thousands of jobs at risk. Read More

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One week into Donald Trump’s presidency, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is earnestly arresting and deporting illegal migrants. Cue the celebrity tears. Read More