Canada lost more than 131,000 small businesses through the pandemic, according to Department of Industry figures. New data follow evidence at the time that one business group took suicide calls from desperate shopkeepers: 'Business owners saw their life’s work crumble in their hands.'
Public display of swastika flags and other Nazi symbols should be banned, Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe said yesterday. B’nai Brith Canada publicly thanked the Premier for endorsing its national petition to outlaw anti-Semitic emblems: "Send a clear message that Canada stands united in condemning hate."
A continental trade war will push Canada into a deep recession, the Budget Office said yesterday. Its prediction echoed a similar forecast by the Bank of Canada: "It’s more than a shock. It’s a structural change."
Canadians must not parley with the U.S. on half-tariffs in the hope of averting a full continental trade war, Ontario Premier Doug Ford said yesterday. “Am I the only guy with a backbone to go after Trump?” Ford asked a radio talk show host: "Your country is under attack."
It is “unlikely, very unlikely” that the United States can run without Canadian energy, Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson said yesterday. His remarks coincided with new federal data confirming crude oil exports hit record volumes last year: "Trump can say the United States doesn’t need Canada’s energy resources but that’s actually not true."
Liberal leadership contender Mark Carney yesterday would not discuss tax planning by Brookfield Asset Management to avoid billions in Canadian payments while he served as chair. Brookfield's tax avoidance was legal but obscene, said an MP: "This is obscene."
Like-minded parties should join forces to prevent any election of a majority Conservative government, Green Party leader Elizabeth May (Saanich-Gulf Islands, B.C.) said yesterday. Liberals, New Democrats, Bloc Québécois and Green organizers should be “thinking about how we might co-operate together,” she said.
U.S. President Donald Trump seeks to destroy the Canadian economy and annex the country, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said yesterday. “I don’t know if negotiations would be any use,” he told reporters: 'Our government needs to make sure nobody goes hungry.'
Ontario Premier Doug Ford yesterday said the province will shut down hydroelectricity exports to America if the U.S. piles on more tariffs. Ontario is the United States’ largest English-speaking trading partner, by federal estimate: "This is going to be a long battle."
Parliament must be recalled to deal with ‘back-stabber’ Donald Trump, Opposition Leader Pierre Poilievre said yesterday. “President Trump stabbed America’s best friend in the back,” he said.
The Department of Agriculture compiled a list of American states reliant on Canadian farm and seafood products where electors voted for U.S. President Donald Trump. Many were “swing states,” said a briefing note: "How is the Government of Canada preparing for potential tariff increases?"
Crown corporations should have powers to conceal records as confidential under the Access To Information Act, says the Federal Court of Appeal. The key ruling on disclosure was watched closely by three Crown agencies: 'It needed to provide a guarantee of confidentiality to its customers.'
A tariff war with the United States will cost a million Canadian jobs, Immigration Minister Marc Miller said yesterday. The figure is in addition to unemployed who currently number 1,505,000 according to a February 7 Labour Force Survey by Statistics Canada: "A million jobs at risk is no joke."
A federal agency is charging taxpayers an undisclosed sum to install a sun lounge atop a government office building. The National Research Council yesterday would not discuss expenses for the project that includes flower boxes, a splash pad and Brazilian walnut benches for relaxing during work hours: "Suggest green solutions whenever possible."
A continental trade war will be painful, costly and unavoidable if the U.S. proceeds today with threatened tariffs, says Liberal leadership candidate Chrystia Freeland. “It is self-mutilating for the United States,” Freeland told reporters: "This tariff war is a really dumb idea."
