Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said on July 21 that new US tariffs on Canadian goods violate the CUSMA trade agreement, while agreeing in a phone call with Trump to intensify trade discussions; Canadian provinces agreed to cut barriers on cross-provincial alcohol sales in a concession aimed at defusing Trump's latest move
Canada's 24th Prime Minister, a former central bank governor whose career spans Goldman Sachs, two G7 central banks, and the UN climate finance chair.
full dossier ›US President Donald Trump on July 20 signed three proclamations under Section 338 of the Tariff Act imposing 50% tariffs on a wide range of Canadian exports, set to take effect in 30 days; the move extends to goods previously shielded by the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement, a sharp escalation of the ongoing trade dispute
US President Donald Trump on July 17 accused Canada of 'willful negligence' in forest management and said the cost of pollution from Ontario wildfire smoke 'must' be added to existing tariffs on Canadian goods; Ontario Premier Doug Ford told Republican politicians to stop 'chirping' and send help as Canada had done for the US
Canada's federal government confirmed the Gordie Howe International Bridge connecting Windsor, Ontario and Detroit, Michigan will open July 27, after the US and Canada resolved a dispute that had caused the cancellation of a June ribbon-cutting; Canada is set to forgo more revenue than originally planned as part of the deal, which followed public criticism from US President Donald Trump
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney met Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Jeddah on July 9, the first visit by a Canadian leader to Saudi Arabia in 26 years; the two sides announced a partnership across trade, education, technology and critical minerals; a Canadian business leader called the outcome a high-water mark for Canada-Saudi relations
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr and First Lady Araneta-Marcos departed Manila July 1 for a four-day visit focused on a bilateral Philippines-Canada FTA, critical minerals and defense ties; the last Philippine presidential visit to Ottawa was in 2015
Canada's central bank sets the overnight rate within a 2% inflation-control framework jointly agreed with the Canadian federal government, as the primary lever on Canadian dollar borrowing costs.
The Building Canada Act's debut fast-track designation pits Arctic sovereignty against Indigenous consent
A bilingual Prairie 'institutionalist' fills the Western seat left by Justice Martin
Canada's PM banks 13 critical-minerals partnerships and a France intelligence pact, while caught reassuring Trump over Chinese EV imports