Economy
Business leaders meet with Trudeau to discuss corporate tax reform, pay equity
Prime minister says Canada’s current rates continue to be competitive; corporations look at other criteria when deciding where to invest.
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Global economy at stage where stimulus can be ‘steadily withdrawn’: Poloz
Bank of Canada signals it will gradually raise benchmark interest rate from its current level of 1.75% to between 2.5% and 3.5%.
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Government urged to rein in Canadian Commercial Corporation on arms deals
Liberals are reviewing all future export permits for sales to Saudi Arabia in response to Jamal Khashoggi’s murder.
NAFTA 2.0 could draw some jobs back to US, but at what cost?
Review of the agreement suggests it could also mean higher prices for consumers and more inefficiencies for businesses.
USMCA a lost opportunity for freer trade between Canada and US: report
Fraser Institute says opportunity squandered with protected industries that were off-limits from the start.
US factories grew more slowly in October
Trade disputes are taking a toll.
US senator says China, US ‘competitors but not adversaries’
Republican senators have offered an olive branch to Beijing ahead of the midterms.
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Trudeau’s wrong-headed approach to climate change
Trying to solve a problem with the wrong solution will inevitably lead to failure.
Statistics Canada reports GDP up 0.1% in August boosted by oil and gas subsector
Helping drive the growth was the mining, quarrying and oil and gas extraction sector which rose 0.9 per cent.
At a small US factory, Trump’s trade war forces hard changes
Tariffs are hurting US businesses.
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Canadian competitiveness lags because of US tax reform
635,000 jobs, $85 billion in GDP and $20 billion in government revenue could be at risk.
Ontario, Saskatchewan premiers vow to reduce provincial trade barriers
Ford and Moe said they have signed a memorandum of understanding, will act quickly.
Remove US steel, aluminum tariffs before signing USMCA: Mexican minister
Won’t accept any American proposal to agree to a quota system on metals as a way for the US to remove the duties.
Bank of Canada raises rate, signals future hikes could arrive sooner
The rate is now higher than it’s been in about a decade.
Setting global benchmarks in advanced manufacturing
Canadian industry needs to step up its game when it comes to research and innovation.
