Newfoundland and Labrador is suspending support for CETA and all trade agreements currently being negotiated with the federal government.
Darin King, the province's business minister, said the province's dispute with Ottawa over CETA — the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement — is still focused on a controversial fisheries investment fund.
Canada has been the target of more claims in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) than its Mexican and American partners, a new study has found.
The federal government is threatening to throw a wrench into Alaska’s plans to build on Canadian turf exclusively with American steel and iron.
On December 31, 2014, the Canada Gazette published an order proclaiming into force sections 2, 5 and 6, subsection 7(6) and sections 43, 44 and 60 of the Combating Counterfeit Products Act, c. 32, S.C. 2014, as of January 1, 2015. The Act itself received Royal Assent on December 9, 2014.
Oil prices, in a seeming freefall, have severely dampened small business optimism across the country. Any potential boost in sentiment from lower energy costs has yet to materialize, while the diminished outlook in oil producing regions has been swift. CFIB’s December Business Barometer® Index fell four points to 61.9.
