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Enforce the CUSMA or it won't be 'worth the paper it's printed on,' top U.S. business leader says

May 16, 2023

The Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA)  is at substantive risk unless the three partners are held accountable for continuing to violate aspects of the deal, the head of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce says.

Union says tentative agreement reached for 120,000 public servants

May 1, 2023

The Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) says it has reached a tentative contract agreement with the Treasury Board covering more than 120,000 federal government workers across the country.

Feds approve major expansion B.C. container port despite environmental, labour opposition

April 22, 2023

The federal government has given the OK to a major new container terminal on Canada's West Coast.

It says Roberts Bank Terminal 2 in Delta will open up Canada's throttled marine supply chain and promises environmental concerns will be addressed.

What 2023 might bring for the postwar rules-based trading system

January 9, 2023

This is from the 9 January 2023 edition of The Globe and Mail.

Lawrence Herman Lawrence Herman is an international lawyer with Herman & Associates and a senior fellow at the C.D. Howe Institute in Toronto.

December 2022 Business Barometer - Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB)

January 3, 2023

Canada's small business long term confidence has seen a small uptick in December, while the short term has further declined.

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