A few hours after President Donald Trump announced that he would impose steep tariffs on Canada, hockey fans in the capital Ottawa booed the Star-Spangled Banner during a National Hockey…
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USA: Global alarm, condemnation as Trump tariffs hit Mexico, Canada and China
A barrage of condemnation has rained down on United States President Donald Trump following his decision to impose stiff tariffs on imports from neighbouring countries, Mexico and Canada, as well as its…
Canada: PM Justin Trudeau imposes 25% tariffs in trade war with US
Canada has announced retaliatory tariffs against the US, in a move that marks the beginning of a trade war between the neighbouring countries. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau set out “far-reaching”…
USA: Trump imposes tariffs but Canada and Mexico hit back
US President Donald Trump has announced sweeping new tariffs on all goods imported from America’s three largest trading partners, China, Mexico and Canada. Trump said the US would impose tariffs…
Canada: We ‘will stand up to a bully’, says PM contender Carney over Trump tariffs
Mark Carney, the frontrunner to be the next Canadian prime minister, has said his country is “going to stand up to a bully” after US President Donald Trump announced tariffs…
Canada: PM Justin Trudeau promises a ‘fight’ is Trump imposes tariffs
Canada will react forcefully and immediately if Donald Trump imposes tariffs, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday. The US president has said he could levy a 25% tariff on…
USA: Canada and Mexico face 25% tariffs on Saturday- Trump
US President Donald Trump has said he will follow through with his threat to hit imports from Canada and Mexico with 25% border taxes, known as tariffs, on 1 February.…
Canada: Temporary foreign worker scheme ‘inherently exploitative’ -Amnesty
Canada has failed to take meaningful action to address systemic abuses in a decades-old foreign worker programme, subjecting thousands of labourers to an “inherently exploitative” system, Amnesty International says. In a…
Canada: Ontario’s ‘Captain Canada’ calls snap election as Trump tariff threat looms
The leader of Canada’s most populous province has triggered a snap election, saying he needs a decisive mandate to fight Donald Trump’s tariff threat. Ontario Premier Doug Ford, who has…
Canada: Life sentence for hitman who killed suspect in 1985 Air India bombings
A hitman who was one of two people who shot and killed a man acquitted in the 1985 bombing of an Air India flight has been jailed for life in…