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Canada's unemployment rate jumps to 6.9% in April as Trump tariffs bite
Canada's unemployment rate rose to 6.9% in April, the highest since November, as U.S. tariffs started to hit Canada's ...
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Trump puts idea of Canada as 51st state ‘behind us,’ says Ambassador Pete Hoekstra
President Donald Trump has put the idea of Canada becoming the 51st state “behind us,” according to Michigan’s Pete Hoekstra, ...
Bank of Canada to start cutting rates again as jobs blow from tariffs materializes, economists say
The Bank of Canada’s mandate continues to rest with inflation stability — “vital at a time of heightened volatility,” she ...
Baffled by the Trump Tariffs, C.E.O.s Lean on the Word ‘Uncertainty’
With little ability to see how far the Trump administration is taking its disruptive policies, corporations and investors ...
Canada’s Financial Stability Faces Stiff Test From U.S. Tariffs, Bank of Canada Says
Annual central bank report says there is a risk permanent tariffs could cause high unemployment and business insolvencies.
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Kansas builders face uncertain prices as U.S. and Canada ‘keep flexing their muscles’ on tariffs
“Canada is the source of upwards of 80% of our lumber, so that’s a huge issue for the homebuilding industry in particular,” ...
Montana farmers fight Trump’s ‘random’ tariffs — calling for ‘stability and accountability’ in US trade policy
The executive branch has “overstepped its constitutional and statutory authority on these tariffs,” MFU’s Schweitzer said in ...
Trump’s Tariffs May Add Nearly $5,000 to the Average Family’s Annual Grocery Costs
A new analysis from Yale’s Budget Lab shows 2025 trade policies are set to drive grocery prices up once again. Fresh produce ...
Mother's Day tariff trouble: Flower costs rising with 80% of cut flowers sold in US imported
Studies have found that up to 80% of all cut flowers sold in the U.S. are imported. See local florist suggestions, latest ...
Facing tariffs and uncertainty, Canadian firms look past US markets
President Donald Trump's tariff war - and his repeated threats to annex Canada - are upending decades of close trade ties ...