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Canada Budget Expected to Tackle Homelessness as Crisis Mounts

Canada’s upcoming federal budget will earmark more money to address homelessness, including funds for supportive housing, as cities struggle with encampments and growing unsheltered populations. Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government has said improving affordability and stimulating growth will be top priorities of the spending plan, which will be presented Thursday. Tackling the country’s homelessness problem will be a focus, said...

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Business Groups Press Carney to Relax Canada’s Immigration Curbs

Prime Minister Mark Carney is facing growing pressure from business groups to allow more immigration to address Canada’s labor needs, but the prospect of welcoming more migrants carries political risk for him.

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Trump’s Tariffs Give Carney Cover to Fast-Track Canada Building Push

President Donald Trump’s trade war against Canada is allowing Prime Minister Mark Carney to press the gas pedal on an industrial agenda that would have been deeply divisive just a few years ago. With no end to US tariffs in sight, the former central banker has focused on clearing obstacles to investment, including unwinding rules brought in by his predecessor...

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Trump’s Latest Tariffs Cast Doubt on Canada Investment Revival

President Donald Trump’s latest trade threat against Canada carries a stark reminder for businesses weighing expansion in the northern nation — tariff-free access to the US is far from guaranteed. On Monday, the Trump administration said it would add a new 50% tariff on Canadian packaging products, textiles, horticultural items and other goods, representing about 5% of its exports to...

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Carney’s Trade Push Beyond the US Is Just a Gold Rush, For Now

Prime Minister Mark Carney set an ambitious target last year for the country to double its non-US exports over the next decade, a goal that built on his election campaign pledge to make Canada’s economy less reliant on its southern neighbor. Since then, his government has claimed early signs of success. Its recent budget update said trade diversification efforts “are...

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Canadians Want Lower Immigration Even as Population Growth Stalls

As tighter immigration policies bring population growth to a halt, more than half of Canadians say the country should allow even fewer new immigrants and temporary residents in 2027 compared to this year.

Nojoud Al Mallees, Mario Baker Ramirez, Erik Hertzberg

Eight Charts Show ‘Rupture’ With Canada Under Trump’s Tariffs

Rajan Arora is no stranger to trade turmoil between Canada and the US. Just two days after taking over a small steel-producing firm in southern Ontario in 2018, President Donald Trump slapped 25% tariffs on the metal. Business slowed at Roden Manufacturing, creating cash flow problems for the company.

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Top Canada CEOs' group questions Carney's strategy with Trump

The head of an organization that represents Canadian chief executives questioned Mark Carney’s handling of the relationship with the White House, calling on the prime minister to focus on salvaging the North American trade pact. Article content Carney captured global attention — and annoyed President Donald Trump — with a speech at the World Economic Forum last week. The prime...

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Carney’s Alberta Oil Deal Is Fueling Quebec Separatism, Ex-Minister Guilbeault Says

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s move to placate Alberta with an oil pipeline deal is emboldening a resurgent separatist movement in Quebec, warned former cabinet minister Steven Guilbeault, who resigned over the agreement last week. In an interview with Bloomberg’s Akshat Rathi for the Zero podcast airing Friday, Guilbeault said he understands the prime minister is trying to address discontent over...

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Trump’s No. 1 Canadian Enemy: Doug Ford Relishes Antagonist Role

The premier of Canada’s most powerful province — and arguably the country’s most successful politician today — has gotten under Donald Trump’s skin again. An anti-tariff ad launched by Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s government prompted Trump to lash out Thursday night, announcing all trade negotiations with Canada had been halted. The ad uses excerpts from a 1987 speech by former...

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Ottawa is quietly working on launching a new entity it hopes will be key to housing affordability

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The Conservatives are working hard for blue-collar votes. Will that support materialize?

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has spent the last two and a half years courting the support of blue-collar Canadians and shifting his party’s positions to embrace pro-worker policies. Now he’s hoping to enjoy the fruits of his labour.

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Mark Carney pledges to make Canada an energy superpower, proposes faster project reviews

Liberal Leader Mark Carney pledged a new approach to make Canada an energy superpower and proposed a new federal office to review projects faster. Mr. Carney announced in Calgary on Wednesday that a Liberal government would establish a federal project office with a new mandate to conduct one review per project and issue a decision within two years instead of...

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Mark Carney to visit Europe next week on first official trip as prime minister: sources

Incoming prime minister Mark Carney will take his first official trip abroad next week to London and Paris, according to four sources. Mr. Carney is scheduled to be sworn in as the 24th prime minister on Friday. One of the sources, a British government official, said Mr. Carney is expected to meet with Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Foreign Secretary...

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Trump threats are inspiring Canada to tackle trade war from within

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Singh says NDP will bring forward a non-confidence motion to bring government down

OTTAWA -- NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says New Democrats will bring forward a non-confidence motion to bring the government down in the next sitting of the House of Commons.

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LeBlanc says it's not the government's job to respond to everything Trump posts

OTTAWA -- Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc says it's not the Liberal government's job to respond to everything U.S. president-elect Donald Trump posts online.

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Trudeau weighs his options as his path to stay on as prime minister narrows

OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is considering his options after Chrystia Freeland's bombshell resignation Monday heightened calls for him to step down.

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Trudeau weighs his options as his path to stay on as prime minister narrows

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is considering his options after Chrystia Freeland's bombshell resignation Monday heightened calls for him to step down. Freeland resigned as finance minister on Monday — the same day she was scheduled to present the fall economic statement and just days after Trudeau told her she would be moved out of the finance job.

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Trudeau weighs his options as his path to stay on as prime minister narrows

OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is considering his options after Chrystia Freeland's bombshell resignation Monday heightened calls for him to step down.

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Housing crisis voted Canadian Press News Story of the Year

OTTAWA -- Canada's housing shortage, widely recognized as a national crisis and the catalyst of significant immigration cuts, is The Canadian Press News Story of the Year.

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Canada’s inflation rate down a tick to 1.9% in November

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Liberals' fiscal update focused on Trump overshadowed by Freeland resignation

OTTAWA -- The Liberals' fiscal update was intended to encourage business investment and beef up border security ahead of Donald Trump's return to the White House next month.

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Liberals' fiscal update focused on Trump overshadowed by Freeland resignation

The Liberals' fiscal update was intended to encourage business investment and beef up border security ahead of Donald Trump's return to the White House next month. But the sudden resignation of Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland hours before the document was tabled instead ignited even more political and economic uncertainty.

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Liberals' fiscal update focused on Trump overshadowed by Freeland resignation

OTTAWA -- The Liberals' fiscal update was intended to encourage business investment and beef up border security ahead of Donald Trump's return to the White House next month.

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Liberal Housing Minister Sean Fraser says he won't seek re-election

Ottawa -- Housing Minister Sean Fraser says he will not be running in the next federal election, citing family reasons.

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Liberal Housing Minister Sean Fraser won't seek re-election: official

OTTAWA -- Federal Housing Minister Sean Fraser will not be running in the next federal election, according a senior government official.

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Fall fiscal update to grapple with Trump presidency, expected to show larger deficit

The Liberals' fall economic statement Monday is expected to show a larger-than-promised deficit and offer details on how the government will tackle the threat of U.S. tariffs ahead of Donald Trump's inauguration in the new year. A senior government official said the fiscal update will include measures to incentivize business investment in Canada.

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Fall fiscal update to grapple with Trump presidency, expected to show larger deficit

OTTAWA -- The Liberals' fall economic statement Monday is expected to show a larger-than-promised deficit and offer details on how the government will tackle the threat of U.S. tariffs ahead of Donald Trump's inauguration in the new year.

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BoC delivers jumbo interest rate cut, signals slower pace of cuts moving forward

OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada lowered its key interest rate by half a percentage point on Wednesday but signalled a slower pace of rate cuts moving forward.

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Freeland doesn't commit to meeting her own deficit target in fall economic statement

OTTAWA -- Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland is not committing to meeting the $40.1-billion deficit target she set for the government last year.

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Finance minister says government's fiscal update coming Dec. 16

OTTAWA -- Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland will publish the government's fall economic statement on Dec. 16, just before members of Parliament are expected to head home for the holidays.

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GST break would cost Ottawa $2.7B if provinces with HST asked for compensation

OTTAWA -- The federal government's GST holiday would cost as much as $2.7 billion if provinces with a harmonized sales tax asked for compensation, the parliamentary budget officer said on Monday.

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GST break could cost Ottawa $2.7B if provinces don't waive compensation: PBO

The parliamentary budget officer says the federal government's GST holiday could cost as much as $2.7 billion, if provinces don't waive their entitlement to compensation. The Liberal government intends to lift the federal sales tax on a slew of items between Dec. 14 and Feb. 15, framing the measure as help with affordability.

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GST break could cost Ottawa $2.7B if provinces don't waive compensation: PBO

OTTAWA -- The parliamentary budget officer says the federal government's GST holiday could cost as much as $2.7 billion, if provinces don't waive their entitlement to compensation.

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Jobless rate reaches 6.8% in November, highest since January 2017 outside of pandemic

OTTAWA — Canada’s unemployment rate jumped to 6.8 per cent last month as more people looked for work in a weak job market, shifting expectations toward a jumbo interest rate cut next week.

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Tariffs on Chinese EVs, aluminum and steel to raise federal revenues by $473M: PBO

OTTAWA -- The parliamentary budget officer estimates Canada's tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, aluminum and steel will increase federal revenues by $473 million over five years.

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Poilievre offers two hours on Monday for Freeland to present fall economic statement

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is offering to give up time on an opposition day in the House of Commons to allow Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland to present the fall fiscal update. Poilievre says he will allow Freeland two hours to present the fall economic statement on Monday -- a day allocated for Conservatives to present their own motions in Parliament...

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Poilievre offers two hours on Monday for Freeland to present fall economic statement

OTTAWA -- Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is offering to give up time on an opposition day in the House of Commons to allow Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland to present the government's fall fiscal update.

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Liberal minister says Trump was joking when he suggested Canada become 51st state

OTTAWA -- Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc says president-elect Donald Trump was joking when he suggested Canada become the 51st U.S. state during a dinner with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Florida on Friday.

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Poilievre calls for asylum seeker cap, border plan as U.S. tariff threat looms

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has demanded the federal government present a plan before Parliament to beef up border security as U.S. president-elect Donald Trump threatens to impose stiff tariffs on Canada. Poilievre says the plan should include measures to increase patrols and technology to crack down on illegal drug trafficking, as well as tightening visa rules and working with provincial...

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Poilievre calls for asylum seeker cap, border plan as U.S. tariff threat looms

OTTAWA -- Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has demanded the federal government present a plan before Parliament to beef up border security as U.S. president-elect Donald Trump threatens to impose stiff tariffs on Canada.

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Federal government posts $13B deficit in first half of the fiscal year

OTTAWA -- The Finance Department says the federal deficit was $13 billion between April and September.

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Liberals, NDP pass bill to enact two-month GST holiday in House of Commons

The Liberals' GST holiday bill is one step closer to becoming law after it was passed by a majority of the House of Commons late Thursday night. The two-month tax break covers dozens of items, including children's clothes and toys, video games and consoles, Christmas trees, restaurant and catered meals, wine, beer, candy and snacks. It would take effect on...

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Poilievre calls two-month GST break inflationary, says Tories will vote against it

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says his party will vote against Liberal legislation to remove GST off a slew of items over the holidays. The government introduced the bill in the House of Commons on Wednesday afternoon, and it's expected to be debated today. The two-month tax break covers dozens of items commonly purchased over the holidays, including children's clothes and...

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Poilievre calls two-month GST break inflationary, says Tories will vote against it

OTTAWA -- Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says his party will vote against Liberal legislation to remove GST off a slew of items over the holidays.

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Canada didn't live up to its values on immigration in recent years, Carney says

Former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney says Canada didn't live up to its values on immigration over the last few years as it allowed more people into the country than it could absorb. Carney, who is currently a special adviser to the Liberal party, made those comments during an event in Ottawa held by Cardus, a Christian think tank.

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Canada didn't live up to its values on immigration in recent years, Carney says

OTTAWA -- Canada didn't live up to its values on immigration over the last few years as it allowed more people into the country than it could absorb, said former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney.

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Quick quotes: How Canada is reacting to Trump's threat to impose a 25 per cent tariff

OTTAWA -- Here's how notable Canadian politicians and business groups are reacting to U.S. president-elect's threat to impose a 25 per cent tariff on all goods coming from Canada:

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Freeland says the two-month GST holiday is meant to tackle the 'vibecession'

OTTAWA -- Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says the federal government is hoping a temporary break on GST will address a 'vibecession' that has gripped Canadians.

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The winners and losers of the Liberals' holiday tax break and cash giveaway

OTTAWA -- The Liberal government is pulling out the federal wallet to put more money into people's pockets over the holidays, but its recently announced affordability measures create winners and losers.

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Liberals plan to give $250 cheques to millions of Canadians, cut GST over holidays

OTTAWA -- The Liberal government plans to temporarily lift the federal sales tax off a slew of items just in time for Christmas and send cheques to millions of Canadians this spring, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Thursday.

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Federal government plans to give $250 cheques to millions of Canadians, cut GST

OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government plans to temporarily lift the federal sales tax off a slew of items just in time for Christmas and send cheques to millions of Canadians this spring.

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Trudeau expected to announce temporary GST break on some items, NDP says

OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to announce on Thursday a temporary GST break for certain essential items to help ease affordability pressures.

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Business groups say Canada needs to plan differently for Trump's second term

OTTAWA -- Donald Trump's mandate to get tough on trade is expected to be stronger in his second term as U.S. president, posing different challenges for Canada than his first four years in the White House.

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Business groups say Canada needs to plan differently to deal with Trump's second term

OTTAWA -- Donald Trump's mandate to get tough on trade is expected to be stronger in his second term as U.S. president, posing different challenges for Canada than his first four years in the White House.

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Canadian business groups say Trump's second term may bring different risks for Canada

OTTAWA -- Donald Trump's mandate to get tough on trade is expected to be stronger in his second term as U.S. president, posing different challenges for Canada than his first four years in the White House.

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Canadian business groups say Trump second term may bring different risks for Canada

OTTAWA -- Donald Trump's mandate to get tough on trade is expected to be stronger in his second term as U.S. president, posing different challenges for Canada than his first time in the White House.

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Economy stalled in August, Q3 growth looks to fall short of Bank of Canada estimates

The Canadian economy was flat in August as high interest rates continued to weigh on consumers and businesses, while a preliminary estimate suggests it grew at an annualized rate of one per cent in the third quarter. Statistics Canada’s gross domestic product report Thursday says growth in services-producing industries in August were offset by declines in goods-producing industries. A preliminary...

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Economy stalled in August, Q3 growth looks to fall short of Bank of Canada estimates

The Canadian economy was flat in August as high interest rates continued to weigh on consumers and businesses, while a preliminary estimate suggests it grew at an annualized rate of one per cent in the third quarter.