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March 7, 2025

Short-Term Tariff Relief - But More Pain Ahead

‍Canada has secured a brief reprieve from U.S. tariffs, but the relief is short-lived. With new trade restrictions set to hit key industries in the coming weeks, businesses must brace for impact.

March 4, 2025

The Start of the Canada - U.S. Trade War

Today, the Canada-US trade war officially began with Donald Trump imposing 25% across-the-board tariffs on all Canadian imports except energy which is subject to a 10% tariff.

March 3, 2025

Conservatives Pivot to "Canada First" as Federal Race Tightens

‍On February 15th, Pierre Poilievre gave a cornerstone speech with a new message centered around “Canada First”, a plan to accelerate jobs, grow investment by reducing taxes and reduce regulations to unleash a free enterprise economy. The threat of US tariffs was presented as a “wake up call” driving Canada to get its house in order to become wealthy and self-reliant.

February 28, 2025

Doug Ford Wins Third, Consecutive, Majority Government in Ontario

Doug Ford and the Ontario PC Party are headed back to Queen’s Park with a third majority mandate.

February 24, 2025

Ontario PC Party releases full platform ahead of Thursday's Election Day

With just three days until election day, the Ontario PC Party has released its platform entitled: Our Plan to Protect Ontario.

Photo: ontariopc.ca

February 20, 2025

Ontario Election 2025 Update/ Week 3

One week to go until Election Day

February 13, 2025

Ontario Election 2025 Update/ Week 2

Campaign Hits Halfway Points as Premiers go to DC

February 6, 2025

Ontario Election 2025 Update/ Week 1

It was a busy first week for all political parties on the 2025 Ontario election campaign trail.

February 2, 2025

Canada Responds to Trump Tariffs

Yesterday, President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order imposing a 25 percent tariff on Canadian goods and a 10 percent tariff on Canadian energy effective Tuesday, February 4, 2025.

January 28, 2025

Premier Ford Seeks Longer Mandate than President Trump to Protect Ontario

Former British Prime Minister Harold Wilson once quipped, “a week is a long time in politics”. If that's the case, then Ontarians could be forgiven if they started using dog years to measure the time since former federal Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland kicked off a series of events with her resignation in mid-December.