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A day after stating that Canadians were “pissed off” with U.S. President Donald Trump’s ongoing annexation and tariff threats, B.C. Premier David Eby took the message to an American audience. Eby appeared on ABC News Live Today Friday morning, where anchor Morgan Norwood asked for his response to Trump’s repeated statements about making Canada the … Read more
With only weeks until spring planting on both sides of the border gets underway, Canadian and U.S. farmers, already facing low grain prices, are bracing for another economic blow: even bigger fertilizer bills amid a North American trade war. Some farming supply costs already turned sharply higher due to trade tensions between the U.S. and Canada. After threatening tariffs for months, U.S. President Donald Trump enacted 25 per … Read more
By Lisa Johnson The Canadian Press Posted March 6, 2025 1:31 pm Updated March 6, 2025 1:38 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is making the rounds on U.S. television networks, saying Canada has to look out for itself in the tariff war. Alberta and … Read more
By Andrea Shalal and Nandita Bose Reuters Posted February 18, 2025 5:21 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday auto tariffs will be around 25 per cent and he will have more to share on the topic on April 2. On Friday, Trump … Read more
The federal government is looking closely at the business it does with American companies as it considers ways to push back against U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff threats. In an interview with The Canadian Press, Treasury Board President Ginette Petitpas Taylor, a member of the government’s committee on Canada-U.S. relations, said the government is looking … Read more
“How do you even think about where the ball’s going to go next? He is constantly trying to mix up the game plan and we don’t know how to respond.” That’s the response from Deborah Yedlin, CEO of the Calgary Chamber of Commerce, to President Donald Trump’s latest tariff announcement. On Monday afternoon, Trump signed … Read more
British Columbia Premier David Eby says he’s hopeful a trip to Washington, D.C., will help convince U.S. decision-makers to step back from the brink on tariffs. But he said regardless of the outcome of the mission he’s undertaking with other Canadian premiers, the relationship between the two countries has permanently changed. 1:48 U.S. aluminum, steel … Read more
Descrease article font size Increase article font size U.S. President Donald Trump said he would likely decide by the end of the day Thursday whether to put a 25 per cent tariff on Canadian oil imports that would take effect on Saturday. “We may or may not. We’re going to make that determination probably tonight … Read more
As questions remain on whether U.S. President Donald Trump will impose tariffs on Canada, some consumers may wonder if now is the time to buy a new appliance before the cost goes up. Economists say you can probably wait. “I think for households, the question is do they have an appliance at home that is … Read more
Just days away from the inauguration of president-elect Donald Trump, industries across Alberta are preparing for the looming threat of tariffs to become a reality. The threat of sweeping tariffs on all Canadian goods exported to the U.S. has created uncertainty in Alberta’s agriculture industry, as beef production requires multiple trips back and forth across … Read more