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The wisdom of crowds: Hub readers weigh in on fighting Trump’s tariffs with China’s playbook
15+ hour, 47+ min ago (526+ words) Rudyard Griffiths argued on Sept. 8 that Ottawa should stop matching Donald Trump’s tariffs and instead borrow from Beijing’s playbook, drafting an export-licensing regime for crude, potash and critical minerals. Roughly two dozen comments from some fifteen readers followed over two…...
Ottawa’s counter-tariffs on U.S. dairy, plywood and sunscreen take effect Tuesday amid calls to disclose consumer costs
6+ day, 2+ hour ago (150+ words) Minister of Industry Melanie Joly speaks as Minister of Finance and National Revenue Francois-Philippe Champagne. Justin Tang/The Canadian Press. The Canadian measures answer American duties that hit products ranging from hockey sticks and cement to honey once negotiations toward…...
Canada sheds 41,700 jobs in August as public-sector cuts deepen ahead of countertariffs
1+ week, 2+ day ago (235+ words) Workers look on as Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks at the Alstom Plant in Thunder Bay. David Jackson/The Canadian Press. Public-sector payrolls dropped by 20,000 last month and are now down 78,000 since May. Manufacturing’s gain of 22,100 positions, a 1.2 percent monthly increase…...
Carney says U.S. demanded terms that would have hollowed out Canadian industry
1+ week, 4+ day ago (402+ words) Prime Minister Mark Carney participates in a scrum as he arrives at the Office of the Prime Minister and Privy Council. Justin Tang/The Canadian Press. Prime Minister Mark Carney said Tuesday that U.S. negotiators pushed terms in last month’s trade…...
Canada’s exports are shifting away from the U.S.—can its transportation system keep up? 5 takeaways from Transport Canada’s annual report
1+ week, 4+ day ago (1206+ words) Trains at a Canadian Pacific Kansas City rail yard in Smiths Falls, Ont., Aug. 22, 2024. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press. President Donald Trump’s trade war with Canada has entered a new and more serious phase. After last-minute negotiations collapsed in recent…...
Smith rules out oil export tax as Ottawa unveils $28 billion in counter-tariffs
2+ week, 4+ day ago (235+ words) Alberta premier Danielle Smith speaks at the Global Energy Show in Calgary. Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press. Alberta NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi argued the province is undermining its own position by narrowing Canada’s options at the outset, even while acknowledging…...
China is winning the energy war
2+ week, 5+ day ago (204+ words) One of my favourite discussion questions is “Which country, from the perspective of self-interest, has had the best energy strategy in the past 15 years?” The answers I receive vary widely, from Norway to the United States. Canada is almost never…...
A 121,800-person citizenship queue is punching a hole in Ottawa???s immigration plan
2+ week, 5+ day ago (190+ words) New Canadians during a Canada Day citizenship ceremony in Calgary, Wednesday, July 1, 2026. Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press. Peer countries have moved in the opposite direction. Sweden and Finland have tightened residency requirements; Italy has capped citizenship by descent at two…...
Lutnick’s late demands sank Canada-U.S. trade deal that analysts say beat the alternative
2+ week, 5+ day ago (187+ words) Prime Minister Mark Carney and Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc in Ottawa, Aug. 22, 2026. Patrick Doyle/The Canadian Press. Trump, meanwhile, has revived his annexation rhetoric, writing that “Canada wants the benefits of being a State, without being one!!!” Ottawa is…...
Carney walked away—but was it really a bad deal on balance?
2+ week, 6+ day ago (322+ words) Prime Minister Mark Carney and Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc in Ottawa, Aug. 22, 2026. Patrick Doyle/The Canadian Press. In the wake of the dramatic collapse of the Canada-U.S. trade negotiations, an overwhelming consensus has taken hold that Canada walked away…...