
Car quotas and labour rights: Two key changes in the newly signed USMCA
Initial analysis on the final text of the new North American trade pact Canada signed on Friday is pointing to two changes – one potentially

Car quotas and labour rights: Two key changes in the newly signed USMCA
Initial analysis on the final text of the new North American trade pact Canada signed on Friday is pointing to two changes – one potentially

Five Canadian business stories to watch this week
More bank earnings BMO Financial Group releases its fourth-quarter and year-end results on Tuesday and National Bank of Canada reports its results on Wednesday to

Trump to kill old NAFTA to push Congress to approve USMCA
The original NAFTA deal has landed back atop Donald Trump’s hit list, with the U.S. president again declaring he intends to terminate the 24-year-old trade

Statistics Canada says pace of Canadian economic growth slowed in third quarter
The pace of economic growth in Canada slowed in the third quarter as business investment spending moved lower and the growth in household spending slowed,

A timeline of Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk’s frayed relationship with fans
Two exiles will return to Ottawa’s Canadian Tire Centre on Saturday: star defenceman Erik Karlsson and former super-fan Shaila Anwar, who hasn’t been to a

Ottawa-area MPP leaves Tory caucus over decisions affecting francophones
A Progressive Conservative legislator who publicly denounced Ontario’s decision to eliminate the independent office of the French-language services commissioner and a planned French-language university has

Feds remove regulatory barriers to trade, hope provinces will follow suit
The federal government is taking immediate steps to remove some regulatory barriers to trade across the country, hoping to persuade provinces to follow its example.

Ottawa Senators’ COO shoots back at Watson over LeBreton comments
The Ottawa Senators fired back at Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson after he told reporters on Wednesday the NHL team wanted the city to pay for

Tribunal orders feds to postpone contract in $60B warship project
The $60-billion effort to build new warships for Canada’s navy is facing another delay after a trade tribunal ordered the federal government to postpone a

‘Baby Boomer’ retirements will cause a huge wave of business transfers: CFIB
Approaching “baby boomer” retirements will result in a huge transfer of business ownership over the next five to 10 years, but only a small percentage
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