A new law meant to protect supply management might not be enough to shield the system in trade talks with a Trump administration bent on eliminating it, trade experts say.
Ottawa's top diplomat in Washington says talks to negotiate any new deals with the United States will prioritize ending US President Donald Trump's ruinous tariffs on Canadian exports.
The Canadian economy added 7,400 jobs last month, slightly outpacing economist expectations for a gain of 2,500 positions. But the unemployment rate also rose two tenths of a percentage point in April.
US President Donald Trump signed executive orders on Tuesday that he said will give some temporary relief to an automotive industry besieged by multiple tariffs that have caused anxiety and concern throughout the deeply integrated North American market.
Automobile companies that continue to manufacture vehicles in Canada will get an exemption from Ottawa's retaliatory tariffs as US President Donald Trump attempts to upend the North American industry with steep import duties.
President Donald Trump on Monday floated another possible pause on automobile tariffs to give companies time to set up US supply chains, bringing more uncertainty to the deeply integrated North American vehicle industry.
The New Democrats and Conservatives both pitched ideas on the federal election trail on Thursday to make Canada and its workers more resilient in the face of tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump.
Prime Minister Mark Carney said Thursday that Canada will hit back against U.S. President Donald Trump's 25 per cent auto tariffs with matching levies on vehicles imported from the United States.
Prime Minister Mark Carney said Donald Trump's tariff regime will "fundamentally change the global trading system" after the U.S. president exempted Canada from his so-called "liberation day" tariff list unveiled on Wednesday.
Sébastien Dallaire, Leger’s executive vice-president for Eastern Canada, said the poll results could indicate that Canadians are growing numb to the threats coming from the United States.