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'We are completely exposed in the North': Why Canada needs to unlock the Arctic — now
The Americans have also historically done the heavy lifting in terms of keeping the Russians away, allowing Canada to ...
Mark Carney walks a fine line on climate in a tight campaign
At the far right of the political spectrum, attempts to discredit his climate credentials are well underway. Jordan Peterson, ...
Terence Corcoran: Trump’s tariffs promote rising interventionism
The arrival of President Donald Trump and his trade-killing tariffs is seen on the interventionist left as proof that global ...
Matthew Lau: Poilievre’s deferred capital gains tax initiative worthy of attention
Lower taxes for capital gains reinvested in Canada should help revive an economy that has been in a Liberal-induced coma for ...
Canada adds more retaliatory tariffs as Trump’s trade war hits the world
While Canada isn’t being targeted by Trump’s global tariffs, the country is being hit by U.S. automobile, steel and aluminum tariffs and still faces the ongoing threat of economywide fentanyl-related ...
'Unprecedented' times will test investors: Kelley Keehn
Kelley Keehn, co-founder of Money Wise Workplaces, talked with Financial Post’s Larysa Harapyn about how you can protect yourself against market volatility. “It really is a time of heightened ...
China hikes tariffs on U.S. goods to 84% as trade rift worsens
U.S. equity futures fell about 1.7 per cent after China announced new tariffs on U.S. goods, a move that came after the Asian country vowed to “fight to the end.” Stocks in Europe slumped more than 4 ...
Short sellers mint US$159 billion profit in six days as stocks sink
Short sellers, or traders who wager on share price declines, are up US$159 billion in paper profits over just six trading days after an escalating trade war sent the United States stock market ...
Stampede out of stocks gathers momentum as China ups ante in trade war
United States equity futures fell more than 2 per cent after China announced new tariffs of 84 per cent on U.S. goods. Stocks in Europe plunged 4 per cent. Treasuries slid, driving the 10-year yield ...
Alberta-based Corinne, 69, wonders if her retirement savings will last
Alberta-based Corinne* has been happily retired for the last three years, but at 69, she wants to make sure her retirement savings will last and potentially fund a retirement home until her death.
Roots has 'limited' tariff exposure, watching for shift in consumer sentiment
Roots Corp. says tariffs likely won’t have much of a direct effect on its business, but could weigh on consumer confidence. Meghan Roach, chief executive of the Toronto-based apparel company, said the ...
Canada to impose counter-tariffs on U.S. auto imports on Wednesday
Prime Minister Mark Carney had announced the measures on April 3, the same day 25 per cent U.S. tariffs on Canadian vehicles ...