Canada

U.S. tariffs set to slow pace of homebuilding in Canada: CHBA

OTTAWA - Canada's building industry says a trade war with the United States will slow down the pace of home construction. Canadian Home Builders' Association CEO Kevin Lee says the U.S. tariffs levied...

David Opinko Mar 04, 2025

As Trump's trade war begins, his team links his tariff agenda to drug trafficking

WASHINGTON - Lawmakers and senior advisers in Washington are scrambling to react after U.S. President Donald Trump's economywide tariffs on Canada and Mexico came into force. Key members of Trump's te...

Mar 04, 2025

US tariffs take effect and Mexico, Canada and China retaliate with their own tariffs on the US

US President Donald Trump's long-threatened tariffs against Canada and Mexico have gone into effect, kicking off a trade war with America's neighbors. Starting just past midnight Tuesday, imports from...

Sheldon Spackman Mar 04, 2025

Quebec government set to announce response to U.S. tariffs today

MONTREAL - Quebec Premier Franois Legault is holding a special meeting of his cabinet this morning before he announces his province's response to the start to the trade war with the United States. Leg...

Mar 04, 2025

Canadian recession looms this year if U.S. tariffs stay in place: economists

TORONTO - Economists say the Canadian economy is poised to plunge into a recession this year if U.S. tariffs that took effect Tuesday morning remain in place. U.S. President Donald Trump's executive o...

Mar 04, 2025

CP NewsAlert: S&P/TSX composite falls more than 300 points at start of trading

TORONTO - Canada's main stock index fell more than 300 points at the open as the U.S. imposed broad tariffs on goods coming from Canada and Mexico. The S&P/TSX composite was down 326.69 points at ...

Mar 04, 2025

Here's the latest as the U.S. imposes tariffs on goods coming from Canada and Mexico

OTTAWA - U.S. President Donald Trump has imposed tariffs on U.S. imports today coming from Canada and Mexico. The president's executive order hitting Canada and Mexico with 25 per cent across-the-boar...

Mar 04, 2025

In the news today: Deadline passes for Trump's tariffs with no relent

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Deadline passes for Trump's tariffs with no relent Canadians are waking up to a new and uncertain reality afte...

Mar 04, 2025

Quebec auto board 'fiasco' could be largest scandal since Charbonneau commission

MONTREAL - The Quebec government is grappling with a controversy that could be the biggest political scandal in the province since the Charbonneau commission, which found deep corruption in the constr...

Mar 04, 2025

B.C. budget to buffer province against Trump's 'uncertainty and disorder': minister

VICTORIA - British Columbia's finance minister is preparing to deliver a budget today that she says will brace the province against four years of "uncertainty and disorder" amid the U.S. presidency of...

Mar 04, 2025