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
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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,
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.
‘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
Senate passes back to work bill, putting end to rotating postal strikes
Mail service will resume all across the country at noon Tuesday after the Senate passed legislation ordering an end to five weeks of rotating strikes
Five Canadian business stories to watch this week
Maybe not pot Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. will release its second-quarter results on Tuesday. The company’s chairman said in September that reluctance from its own employees
General Motors to close Oshawa plant, affecting thousands of jobs: source
The union representing workers at the General Motors assembly plant in Oshawa, Ont., are promising “one hell of a fight” after the automaker announced it
Canadian banks look to in-house hackers to improve and test cybersecurity
Hackers are targeting Toronto-Dominion Bank’s internal systems at all hours using cutting-edge techniques, but the bank’s head of cybersecurity isn’t losing sleep over them –
‘We will fight’ in court if back to work legislation passes, postal union warns
The Trudeau government introduced legislation Thursday that could see striking Canada Post employees forced back to work, but said it would hold off debating the
Liberals’ fall update features $16B competitiveness response to U.S. tax reforms
The federal Liberals have come up with a $16-billion answer to Canada’s competitiveness concerns. The government’s long-awaited plan to help Canada compete with the United
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