Canadians could soon be paying more for a range of products, despite a move Tuesday by the Conservative government to lessen the gap between the prices paid by Canadians and Americans for the same goods.
A 2013 federal budget decision to raise tariffs on items from 72 countries takes effect Jan. 1, 2015, and is expected to net $300 to $350 million for the federal government.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government quietly signed a customs-sharing agreement with China without announcing it to the public, Global News has learned.
And the move has experts worried about the consequences to Canada’s security.
Brian Mulroney has been out of politics for more than two decades, but when he speaks, people generally take notice.
Such was the case when the former Conservative Prime Minister, pronounced that the time has come to end the protectionist regime that controls how dairy, eggs and chicken are priced and produced in Canada.
You may recall this list. It was first printed in the fall of 2009, when global crisis gave rise to an alarming wave of neo-protectionism. With the post-crisis period starting to creep into the rear-view mirror, we are once again getting on with the business of growth.
Canada's gross domestic product expanded at a 2.8 per cent annual pace in the past three months, Statistics Canada said [on Friday], much better than expected by economists.
An increase in exports and an uptick in household spending were the two main drivers of the increase...
