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VOL 24 - ISSUE 04
SATURDAY, MARCH 8, 2025
Trump delays tariffs until April 2 but Canada tariffs remains Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc said Ottawa will suspend a second wave of retaliatory tariffs after U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday to pause some new duties on Canada and Mexico and reduce potash levies to 10 per cent. LeBlanc posted on social media that Canada will not proceed with planned retaliatory tariffs on $125 billion of U.S. products until April 2, and will continue to push the Trump administration to drop all of its latest duties.
The province’s fiscal plan includes a record $10.9 billion deficit, but it doesn’t include any
Ford gunning for ‘zero tariffs’ imposed on Canadians
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Ontario Premier Doug Ford pledges to “hold the line” and says Canadians must not parley with the US on half-tariffs in the hope of averting a full continental trade war. Continued on Page 7...
BC’s 2025 budget falls flat for business groups and unions Reaction continues to pour in just a day after the B.C. budget was tabled in the Legislature by Finance Minister Brenda Bailey.
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major new initiatives or spending, which has disappointed business groups, unions, and some civic leaders. The Independent Contractors and Businesses Association says the budget shows that the NDP is out of touch with the economic storm brewing out of the U.S. and, specifically, the Trump tariffs. “The government is spending as if everything is fine when the reality is, British Columbia is on the brink of a recession,” CEO Chris Gardner stated. “This budget was out of date before it was even printed. A full-blown trade war with the United States will hammer B.C. exports, drive up costs for builders, and put tens of thousands of jobs at risk,” he added. Continued on Page 7...
Judge rules 2 should face USA extradition in human smuggling river deaths of Indian Family
Romanian family (left) and Indian family (right)
A Quebec Superior Court judge ruled two people from Akwesasne should face extradition to the U.S., where they face charges related to a human smuggling run across the St. Lawrence River that ended in the drowning deaths of nine people on March 29, 2023. Continued on Page 4...
Trudeau’s grocery bills cost taxpayers $81K in 1 year The average Canadian family spent $29,989 on groceries in 2022 and 2023 combined, according to Canada’s Food Price Report. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau charged taxpayers $81,428 for household groceries in the 2022-23 fiscal year, according to access to information records obtained by the Canadian
Taxpayers Federation (CTF). Over 2 years, his total food expenses reached $157,642, with taxpayers covering 83% of the costs. The CTF revealed Trudeau spent $188,864 for “food and food preparation” between 2021 and 2023. Taxpayers paid $157,642 of that amount, while the rest was reimbursed by the Prime Minister’s Office. The figures have sparked criticism as Canadians grapple with soaring grocery prices. “The fact that Trudeau spent more on food than what the average Canadian worker makes in an entire year is outrageous,” said Franco Terrazzano, CTF Federal Director. Continued on Page 6...
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