With the new NAFTA, the Government of Canada is working hard to create new opportunities for workers and businesses on both sides of the border.
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Brexit: Parliament gets to decide between no deal and delay
February 27, 2019
British Prime Minister Theresa May bowed to intense political pressure [on February 26] and handed control of Brexit to Parliament, telling lawmakers they will get to choose between leaving the European Union on schedule — with or without a divorce deal — and asking the EU to postpone departure day.
Over 200 groups launch USMCA Coalition
February 27, 2019
More than 200 companies and associations representing manufacturers, technology companies, farmers, ranchers, and service providers ...launched the USMCA Coalition [on February 26, 2019], which will advocate for congressional approval of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce said in a press release...
Business Barometer: Small business optimism edged up in January
February 27, 2019
Small business optimism edged up in January, but not nearly enough to counter the steep dive it had taken the month before. CFIB’s Business Barometer® Index rose two-and-a-half points to 56.1 to open 2019, but it remains about five points below readings taken in the fall of 2018—which themselves were weak by historical norms. Healthy index levels should be 65 or above.
Canada Gazette - Notices and Proposed Regulations
February 23, 2019
The following was published in Part I of the Canada Gazette on February 9 and 16, 2019.
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