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CP NewsAlert: White House confirms U.S. will restart trade talks with Canada
By Canadian Press on June 30th, 2025
OTTAWA — White House adviser Kevin Hassett says the U.S. will immediately restart trade talks with Canada, after Prime Minister Mark Carney eliminated Canada’s digital services tax. President Donald Trump suspended talks with Canada on Friday over the tax. More coming. Anja Karadeglija, The Canadian Press... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alberta byelection called for Aug. 18, giving Poilievre path to House
By Canadian Press on June 30th, 2025
OTTAWA — A byelection has been called in the federal riding of Battle River–Crowfoot, where Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is hoping to win a seat in the House of Commons. Prime Minister Mark Carney has set Aug. 18 as the date for the vote. Poilievre, who represented the Ottawa-area riding of Carleton for more than ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CFIB says internal trade barriers coming down, but patchwork could create challenges
By Canadian Press on June 30th, 2025
TORONTO — A new report by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business says progress has been made on removing trade barriers within Canada, but it adds that the patchwork of approaches could create new issues. Ryan Mallough, CFIB’s vice-president of legislative affairs, says the progress has been encouraging, but there are also seven different jurisdictions ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Alberta byelection called for Aug. 18, giving Poilievre path to House
By Canadian Press on June 30th, 2025
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney has called a byelection for the riding of Battle River — Crowfoot in Alberta for Aug. 18. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is expected to run in the riding after losing his Ottawa-area seat in the April to Liberal Bruce Fanjoy. Former Conservative MP Damien Kurek resigned the seat earlier ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Political, health leaders among more than 80 new appointees to the Order of Canada
By Canadian Press on June 30th, 2025
OTTAWA — The prime minister’s incoming chief of staff and two doctors who led Canadians through the COVID-19 pandemic are among 83 appointments to the Order of Canada, being announced today by Gov. Gen. Mary Simon. The list includes Marc-André Blanchard, who takes over in July as Prime Minister Mark Carney’s chief of staff. Blanchard ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick thanks Canada for dropping digital services tax
By Canadian Press on June 30th, 2025
OTTAWA — U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick thanked Canada for rescinding its digital services tax in a move to resume trade negotiations with the United States. In a post on social media, Lutnick says the tax would have been “a deal breaker” for any trade deal with the U.S. The Canadian government announced late Sunday ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In the news today: Canada rescinds digital services tax
By Canadian Press on June 30th, 2025
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed… Canada rescinds digital services tax Canada is rescinding its digital services tax and will resume trade negotiations with the United States, Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne said in a statement issued late Sunday night. The announcement came following a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada cancelled its digital services tax. What was it and why did the U.S. hate it?
By Canadian Press on June 30th, 2025
OTTAWA — Tech giants such as Amazon and Google will not have to shell out close to $2 billion as expected today, as Canada moved to cancel the controversial digital services tax on Sunday, just one day before the first payment was due. The announcement from Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne came late Sunday evening, following ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Montreal Jewish museum reopens century-old sewing shop as a pop-up exhibit
By Canadian Press on June 30th, 2025
MONTREAL — For 100 years, H. Fisher & Fils was a fixture of Montreal’s garment industry, serving up orders of buttons, bolts of cloth and sewing supplies from its storefront on St-Laurent Boulevard in the city’s Plateau neighbourhood. As the area transformed and other garment stores moved away, H. Fisher & Fils remained, operated until ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Amid calls for separation, Alberta’s new referendum rules set to formally take effect
By Canadian Press on June 30th, 2025
EDMONTON — As Canada prepares Tuesday to blow out 158 birthday candles, Alberta plans three days later to formalize rules making it easier to have an independence celebration of its own. Beginning Friday, Premier Danielle Smith’s United Conservative government is officially lowering the required threshold for citizens to initiate a provincewide referendum, including on separation. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Is Canada now free of internal trade barriers? Read the fine print
By Canadian Press on June 30th, 2025
OTTAWA — Federal and provincial leaders are working to dismantle internal trade barriers that push up the cost of goods and make it harder to do business within Canada. But anyone expecting all of them to be gone by tomorrow should read the fine print. Throughout the spring federal election campaign, Liberal Leader Mark Carney ... Read More »
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