Ontario's electricity is now being produced with the highest percentage of greenhouse-gas-emitting power since coal plants were operating in the province.
If Ontario Premier Doug Ford scraps the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and creates “special economic zones,”
more endangered species will suffer the fate of the Blanchard’s Cricket Frog.
Ontario’s auto industry, a vital pillar of the province’s economy, risks losing tens of thousands of jobs this year due to the US trade war, according to a new report from Ontario’s Financial Accountability Office (FAO).
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is urging all of his fellow premiers to join his province and others in taking steps to remove barriers to the free flow of goods and workers within Canada, pitching it as a way to shore up the economy against the effects of American tariffs.
The main federal parties campaigned in the Montreal area on Tuesday, with the Liberals pitching a new training benefit for mid-career workers and the Conservatives promising to protect seniors from scams.
Ontario's response to the escalating trade war with the United States will factor heavily in the first legislative sitting after Premier Doug Ford cruised to victory in the snap February election.
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is promising that a government led by him would use the notwithstanding clause to override Charter rights to implement his tough-on-crime agenda — something no prime minister has ever done.
Ontario rolled out an $11-billion support package Monday to help businesses and workers under pressure from US tariffs — but industry experts and new polling suggest the relief may not be enough for a crisis expected to drag on well beyond the six-month window the Ford government has proposed.
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.
Audrey Champoux, Carney's lead press secretary, says the prime minister has been clear that top priorities for his government include defending Canadians in the face of unjustified trade actions by the U.S., supporting workers and strengthening the economy.
Canadian officials are set to meet with the U.S. commerce secretary in Washington today — days after a dust-up with U.S. President Donald Trump that ended with Ontario pausing its surcharge on electricity exports to the United States.
The latest move in U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to realign global trade came into force on Wednesday as all countries, including Canada, were hit with 25 per cent tariffs on steel and aluminum imports into the United States.
Danielle Smith still seems to think that the trade war with Donald Trump is really about border security. How long until she figures out what's really going on?
Using electricity exports as leverage to get tariffs removed as Ontario Premier Doug Ford is planning may seem tempting, but there are significant risks at hand worth considering.