Morneau
Canada has ‘high level of confidence’ USMCA will be ratified in US: Morneau
Trump said he planned to give formal notice of his intentions to withdraw from NAFTA, to force US Congress into ratifying new deal.
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New tax incentives for investment could increase Canada’s emissions
Manufacturing and processing companies can write off the full cost of buying new equipment and machinery as soon as they put the purchases to use.
Ottawa ‘on a different economic planet’: Alberta finance minister
Doesn’t have a clear understanding of economic damage caused by the failure to build new pipelines to coastal waters.
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Ottawa’s fall update: $16B competitiveness response to US tax reforms
Plan to help Canada compete with the US for investment dollars forecasts slightly deeper annual deficits over the coming years.
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Ottawa has a competitiveness plan, but it’s unclear how much help is needed
Focus will be on targeted measures to attract investment, rather than broad-based corporate tax reductions.
Feds focused on targeted measures over corporate tax cuts: sources
Bill Morneau consulting business, says he hadn’t ruled anything out.
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Canada needs tax reform, not tinkering
A response is needed to US policies that have reduced personal and business-related taxes.
Canada not considering retaliation against Saudis: Morneau
Kingdom has tried to sting Canada’s economy by halting future trade and investment deals.
Expect job market moderation in the months ahead, internal memo tells Morneau
72,600 positions in the first two months of 2018 after a strong 2017 produced 425,000 jobs.
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Cabinet ministers meet with Mexican president elect in shadow of trade spat [UPDATED]
Canada’s trade team will need to forge a strong relationship with Mexico’s president-elect, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, whom they met July 25.
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Canada launches NAFTA challenge of ‘illegal’ US tariffs on solar panels
Part of Trudeau government’s broader defence of the international-rules based trading order.
Finance ministers to press Morneau about opting out of controversial tax change
Critics warn it will unfairly pile on significant costs for small business owners.
Canada’s US envoy to brief finance ministers on relations with Washington
They’ll be joined at the table by chief financial officers from the private sector.
CPP Investment Board approached about Trans Mountain, CEO says no decision yet
Morneau predicted Trudeau government will have no difficulty selling Trans Mountain pipeline; after uncertainty about its future is resolved.
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US imposing steel and aluminium tariffs on Canada, Mexico, Ross says
Duties of 25% on steel and 10% on aluminum to be enforced for Canada, Mexico and the European Union June 1 at midnight.
