Duty-free shops across Canada are facing an existential crisis, as the ongoing decline in cross-border travel to the United States continues to hurt business. Already severely impacted by pandemic-related travel restrictions, these stores are now grappling with a further drop in sales. Éric Lapointe, the owner of Boutique Hors Taxes de la Beauce, located near the Quebec-Maine border, said his …
Ottawa – Minister of Finance, François-Philippe Champagne, today confirmed that Canada’s new countermeasures announced last week in response to the unjustified tariffs imposed by the United States on the Canadian auto industry will come into force at 12:01 a.m. EDT on April 9. As the Prime Minister indicated on April 3, this includes: Twenty-five per cent tariffs on non- Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) …
Prime Minister Mark Carney has once again suspended his election campaign, this time to address the economic and diplomatic fallout of newly adjusted U.S. tariffs under President Donald Trump. Carney is expected to chair a high-level cabinet committee meeting this morning in Ottawa, focusing on Canada-U.S. relations and national security. The emergency meeting follows Trump’s surprise move to pause his …
Ottawa – We, the G7 Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States of America and the High Representative of the European Union, express deep concern about China’s provocative actions, particularly the recent large-scale military drills around Taiwan. These increasingly frequent and destabilizing activities are raising cross-Strait tensions and put at risk global …
Canada’s Prime Minister, Carney, has welcomed the recent announcement by U.S. President Donald Trump to pause tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum. The move, which comes as part of ongoing trade negotiations, has been met with approval from Canadian officials, who view it as a step toward better relations between the two countries. The decision to pause the tariffs follows …
Two months into his 2022 Conservative leadership campaign, Pierre Poilievre was invited to speak at the home of Aditya Tawatia, a politically active Vancouver realtor. Tawatia, who is known for his political involvement, posted on social media that he was “delighted to host the next Prime Minister of Canada.” He also mentioned that his mother had “blessed” Poilievre’s campaign, showing …
Belgium – Melanie Joly, Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister, was in Brussels, Belgium, to attend the Nato Foreign Ministers’ Meeting. There she met with Katrín Gunnarsdóttir, Icelandic Minister for Foreign Affairs , Chairperson of the Liberal Reform Party. She said: “Canada and Iceland, as Arctic nations, remain committed to strengthening cooperation for security and regional stability.”
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre made several stops in British Columbia over the weekend, including one in the Lower Mainland, where he took aim at harm reduction. While in Vancouver on Sunday (April 6), Poilievre stated that the Conservatives would expand drug recovery programs, “creating 50,000 new opportunities for Canadians seeking freedom from addiction.” He also said that Conservatives would “stop …
U.S. President Donald Trump considers Canada so “nasty” because we did not crumble before his greatness and outlandish expectations and threats of economic coercion. Canada expects the U.S. to honor its commitments and uphold its treaties, pacts, and agreements – just as the U.S. and all other countries would expect. Canada will not bend to U.S. pressure and always maintains …
Belgium – Melanie Joly, Canada’s Foreign Affairs Mnister, reached Brussels, Belgium, to attend the Nato Foreign Ministers’ Meeting. She said: “Putting my campaign on hold to ensure Canada’s voice is heard at important sessions on peace and security at Nato.” She also met with Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha, and “reaffirmed Canada’s unwavering support in the face of Russian aggression …
