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Lloyd Axworthy accuses Carney of taking 'bootlicking' approach to Trump
OTTAWA - Former Liberal foreign affairs minister Lloyd Axworthy is accusing Prime Minister Mark Carney of taking a "bootlicking" approach to U.S. President Donald Trump at the expense of Canadian valu...
Jul 02, 2025
US stocks add a bit more to their all-time high
NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. stocks are adding to their records on Monday as Wall Street nears the finish of a second straight winning month. The S&P 500 was 0.2% higher in its first trading after complet...
Jun 30, 2025 A currency trader watches monitors near a screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, June 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
CFIB says internal trade barriers coming down, but patchwork could create challenges
TORONTO - A new report by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business says progress has been made on removing trade barriers within Canada, but it adds that the patchwork of approaches could creat...
Jun 30, 2025
Crypto industry pushing Canada to follow U.S. lead in embracing stablecoins
TORONTO - As the U.S. government takes big steps to usher cryptocurrency into mainstream finance, one of the world's biggest crypto exchanges is urging the Canadian government to match and exceed thos...
Jun 30, 2025 Coinbase employee Daniel Huynh holds a celebratory bottle of champagne as he photographs outside the Nasdaq MarketSite, in New York's Times Square, Wednesday, April 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Is Canada now free of internal trade barriers? Read the fine print
OTTAWA - Federal and provincial leaders are working to dismantle internal trade barriers that push up the cost of goods and make it harder to do business within Canada. But anyone expecting all of the...
Jun 30, 2025 Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks at a news conference in the Foyer of the House of Commons in Ottawa on Friday, June 20, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
U.S. and Canada restart trade talks after conflict over digital services tax
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney said Monday his move to drop Canada's digital services tax is part of the broader trade negotiation with the United States, even as the White House said Carney "cav...
Jun 30, 2025
Canada cancelled its digital services tax. What was it and why did the U.S. hate it?
OTTAWA - Tech giants such as Amazon and Google will not have to shell out close to $2 billion as expected today, as Canada moved to cancel the controversial digital services tax on Sunday, just one da...
Jun 30, 2025
Here's how provinces are trying to remove Canada's internal trade barriers
Efforts to boost interprovincial trade have kicked into high gear amid the U.S.-Canada tariff war. Here's a look at some trade agreements, legislation and proposals among provinces and territories tha...
Jun 30, 2025
First Nations say Alberta data centre approach won't attract big tech players
CALGARY - The chiefs of four First Nations in Alberta say they're eager to take part in the province's nascent data centre industry, but argue the province is taking the wrong approach to attract larg...
Jun 27, 2025
PM says negotiations continue as Trump says he's ending trade talks over digital tax
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney says he did not speak Friday with Donald Trump before the U.S. president announced a sudden end to trade negotiations in response to Ottawa's plans to push ahead wi...
Jun 27, 2025
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