• Feds’ tariff response requires a ‘Team Canada’ approach, expert says

  Source: Global News Politics
  Date: 2026-09-24 17:28:49.0
  Tags: [National, Ontario, British Columbia, Trade, Economy, Municipal]

  A report released by the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, in partnership with the City of London and Ivey Business School, emphasizes the need for a Team Canada approach to navigate the uneven impacts of the ongoing U.S.-Canada trade war. Ivey Business School economist Romel Mostafa and London Mayor Josh Morgan highlighted that municipal governments possess critical ground-level intelligence regarding tariff pressures on industries like forestry, mining, and automotive manufacturing. The unpredictability of the U.S. economic relationship has caused investment and job creation pauses, exemplified by London recording an unemployment rate of 9.1 per cent in March due to labor force migration from smaller tariff-hit communities.

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• Liberals sweep all three federal byelections

  Source: Global News Politics
  Date: 2026-09-01 02:04:37.0
  Tags: [National, Quebec, Ontario, British Columbia, Governance, Trade]

  Prime Minister Mark Carney's Liberal Party swept all three federal byelections held on Monday, winning the ridings of Beaches-East York in Toronto, North Vancouver-Capilano, and capturing Chicoutimi-Le Fjord from the Conservative Party, which finished a distant third in that Quebec riding. The electoral victories coincide with a tense international trade climate following Prime Minister Carney's decision on August 21 to halt trade negotiations with the United States over unresolved sectoral tariffs. Both nations have since pledged retaliatory tariffs, involving heightened trade tensions between U.S. President Donald Trump's administration and Canadian officials including Ontario Premier Doug Ford.

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• Voting begins for byelections as Trump trade war looms over Canadians

  Source: Global News Politics
  Date: 2026-08-31 13:31:13.0
  Tags: [National, Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia, Trade, Governance]

  Voting is underway in three federal byelections across the ridings of Beaches-East York in Ontario, Chicoutimi-Le Fjord in Quebec, and North Vancouver-Capilano in British Columbia, which will determine if Prime Minister Mark Carney's Liberal government maintains its slim majority in the House of Commons. According to preliminary figures from Elections Canada, 39,500 Canadians participated in advance polls held from August 21 to August 24. The election takes place amid heightened cross-border economic tensions and trade negotiations involving U.S. President Donald Trump's proposed tariffs against Canada.

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