Canadian diplomats working in the US have been directed to stay away from candidates running in the midterm elections, and to keep a low profile to avoid allegations by the Trump administration of political interference, people familiar with the matter said.
Under written guidance distributed Tuesday, Canadian officials are barred from meeting with or even being in the same room as midterm candidates — all House candidates and a third of the Senate — unless given special permission.
No country right now better reveals the transformation in the way the world sees America — the way we’ve turned from ally and partner to bully and predator — than Canada.
In late August, Prime Minister Mark Carney, of Canada, walked away from trade talks with the Trump administration. He did so knowing that the retaliation could be ruinous for the Canadian economy.
OH Wow! Carney ruined our economy to save us!
It helped China because that was Carney’s orders.
Industry Minister Mélanie Joly is giving the American parent company of Hamilton-based Stelco 15 days to reverse layoffs before turning to the courts.
In a “demand letter” sent to Ohio-based Cleveland-Cliffs on Thursday, Joly says the company is violating its commitments under the Investment Canada Act.
“In the event Cliffs fails to comply with this demand, the Minister may, pursuant to section 40 of the Act, make an application to a superior court,” the letter, obtained by Radio-Canada, reads.
Here is my statement on Stelco: https://t.co/OSZ0q4FAZJ
— Mélanie Joly (@melaniejoly) October 22, 2026
The shortest flight path from Russia to the United States would take an enemy bomber over the North Pole and across Canadian airspace. During the Cold War, that simple fact was the impetus for the creation of the North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD, which forged an integrated radar network across the two countries, effectively treating North American airspace as a single defensive zone.
Link fixed! h/t BT
OTTAWA — The Canadian economy will slow to a crawl over the coming months, which will lead the Carney government to increase both its borrowing and interest payments more than what was expected just four months ago, Ottawa’s fiscal watchdog said Tuesday in a new report.
With the federal budget scheduled for Nov. 5, the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) added to the government’s fiscal squeeze by projecting that the Canadian economy will grow this calendar year by just 0.9 per cent and 1.5 per cent in 2027, down from the 1.1 per cent and 1.6 per cent that were forecast just four months ago. The slower growth is primarily a function of the Canada-United States trade war escalation that started in June.
The U.S. Ambassador says the idea of Canadians partnering with the United States “is under attack here in Canada.”
Envoy Pete Hoekstra, speaking in Gatineau on Tuesday at a conference on the space sector, played down a costly trade war currently under way between the U.S and Canada, and signalled Washington is closely watching talk from Ottawa about scaling back dealings with the U.S.
From the Trump administration’s perspective, the U.S. is “not in a trade war with Canada,” Mr. Hoekstra said. Rather, he said, Washington is trying to determine what level of tariffs should apply to Canadian products if sellers want to gain access to the U.S.
A threat aimed at a Canadian aircraft maker has run into a powerful American concern: jobs in Kansas. President Donald Trump signalled on October 19 that he would soften his position toward Bombardier after Republican Senator Roger Marshall pressed the company’s case. Speaking in Park City, near Wichita, Trump acknowledged its local presence and promised help. The remarks offered a measure of reassurance after his September threat to block U.S. sales. They also exposed how closely Canadian aircraft production is tied to American workers and suppliers. For Bombardier, the immediate question is whether that political assurance will become lasting clarity about access to a crucial market.
The Canada-U.S. trade war is poised to grind on for the foreseeable future, as sources tell CBC News hope of a deal before the American midterm elections has completely faded.
According to three sources with knowledge of the situation, Canadian government officials have been informing industry groups over the past few weeks that there is no expectation a deal can be reached before the Nov. 3 vote.
Ontarians are right to rally around their province (and country) in the face of aggressive trade policies from the Trump administration. But although United States tariffs have clearly hurt both Ontario’s manufacturing sector and its broader economy — a fact Premier Doug Ford spends a lot of time talking about — Ontario’s economy was in trouble long before Trump launched his trade war.
I wonder if dumping millions of culturally incompatible 3rd World fast food workers had anything to do with it.
In one of his increasingly rare public appearances these days, Ontario Premier Doug Ford last week lamented the state of things.
He began a speech to a Toronto business audience by noting that next month would mark “two years of crisis and chaos from the White House.”
Amid the resulting upheaval, Ford said, there “has been a growing realization that Canada’s relationship with the United States has changed, permanently.”
Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. chief executive Lourenco Goncalves on Monday criticized Prime Minister Mark Carney for “snatching defeat from the jaws of victory” in trade, and he extended “kudos” to U.S. President Donald Trump for a job well done, as the U.S. steelmaker remains locked in conflict with Ottawa over hundreds of layoffs in Canada.
On Sept. 28, Stelco Inc. announced that it was laying off up to 500 workers in Hamilton and Nanticoke, Ont.
It is now exactly 562 days since Donald Trump announced his “Liberation Day” tariffs. Even longer since he proclaimed that the United States no longer needs Canadian cars (not to mention lumber, energy, and dairy). In that time, there has been despair, lots of head-scratching, even more outright bewilderment, and, of course, the requisite amount of political finger-pointing. What there hasn’t been a lot of — at least not as it pertains the Canada’s auto industry — is the kind of planning one would expect when faced with an existential threat to a country’s second largest industry.
Foreign-owned companies can qualify for federal contracts under Ottawa’s Buy Canadian policy despite government claims the program will strengthen domestic manufacturing and protect Canadian jobs, according to federal documents.
Blacklock’s Reporter says internal records from Industry Minister Mélanie Joly’s department acknowledge the importance of building Canadian industrial capacity, while separate documents show businesses with 100% foreign ownership can still qualify as Canadian suppliers.
TORONTO – The number of empty horse stalls inside the stables that line Toronto’s historic Woodbine Racetrack is increasing.
Three years ago, Woodbine Racetrack was home to roughly 1,900 horses. That number is now 1,600 and dropping fast, as Canadian breeders, thoroughbreds and buyers gallop south of the border, lured by U.S. tax breaks that are beginning to decimate Canada’s industry.
Federal Industry Minister Mélanie Joly says the government will force a sale of Stelco’s Canadian operations if planned layoffs aren’t rescinded — and she didn’t rule out Ottawa taking a stake.
“They must keep the jobs in Canada or face the prospect of having to sell their Canadian assets,” Joly warned U.S.-based Cleveland-Cliffs in a speech to the Canadian Club in Toronto Friday.
