Politics

As the federal government mandates automakers to ensure 20 per cent of their inventory is electric vehicles by 2026, manufacturers are calling on Ottawa to cancel the order citing poor sales amid the impact of tariffs from the United States.

The head of an organization representing automakers said he’s “cautiously optimistic” after meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney to urge him to repeal the electric vehicle sales mandate.

The C.D. Howe Institute predicts Ottawa’s recently announced spending plans — which include a much bigger defence budget — will drive its deficits markedly higher in the coming years.

The United States will place a lower-than-promised 20 per cent tariff on many Vietnamese exports, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday, cooling tensions with its tenth-biggest trading partner days before the U.S. president could raise levies on most imports.

Despite a lagging market for green hydrogen, the Newfoundland and Labrador government says it still plans to collect royalties from the province’s nascent renewable energy industry.

Confidence federal public servants have in their senior managers has fallen in recent years, a new survey suggests.

A new law meant to protect supply management might not be enough to shield the system in trade talks with a Trump administration bent on eliminating it, trade experts say.

Prime Minister Mark Carney met with automotive sector CEOs Wednesday morning to discuss U.S. tariffs and ways to protect Canadian supply chains.

Sales of Tesla electric cars fell sharply in the last three months as boycotts over Elon Musk’s political views continue to keep buyers away, a significant development given expectations that anger with the company’s billionaire CEO would have faded by now.

Canada’s commitment to pledge five per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) to defence spending by the next decade could serve as a tailwind for the defence sector, and a needed investment in “self readiness,” one expert says.

The Canada Revenue Agency says taxpayers who already paid the now-defunct digital services tax will have to wait for Ottawa to pass new legislation.

The debate within U.S. President Donald Trump‘s Republican Party over a massive tax-cut and spending bill returns to the House of Representatives on Wednesday, as party leaders try to overcome internal divisions and meet a self-imposed July 4 deadline.

Prime Minister Mark Carney called for national unity and growth Tuesday in a video address celebrating Canada Day.

Canada’s dropping of a tax on U.S. tech giants under the pressure of Donald Trump is fuelling concern about the future of such levies in other countries, particularly in Europe.