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Mark Carney
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UK, France and Canada target West Bank settlement trade as pressure on Israel intensifies
Britain, France and Canada will introduce national measures banning trade in goods from Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, while a 12-country coalition considers wider restrictions over settlement expansion and violence.
Mark Carney brings passenger rail manufacturing back to Canada with C$4.7bn deal
Canada will spend more than C$4.7 billion on 313 new VIA Rail passenger cars manufactured by Alstom Canada in Ontario and Quebec, bringing domestic intercity passenger-car production back for the first time in roughly four decades.
Mark Carney’s Liberals sweep three by-elections and preserve slim Canadian majority
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberal Party has won all three August 31 federal by-elections, retaining its slim parliamentary majority and flipping a previously Conservative Quebec riding during worsening tensions with the United States.
Mark Carney’s €100bn global defence bank has secured only €5bn so far
Canada’s proposed Defence, Security and Resilience Bank aims to mobilise around €100 billion for allied rearmament, but Reuters reports it has secured only about €5 billion in commitments while Germany and the United Kingdom remain outside.
Canada targets C$27.6bn of US goods as Trump-Carney trade war deepens
Canada will impose tariffs of up to 50% on C$27.6 billion of US imports from September 8 as the breakdown in Trump-Carney trade talks turns into a broader economic confrontation.
US-Canada trade deal falls apart at the deadline as 50% tariffs revive economic confrontation
Canada has suspended negotiations with Washington and promised matching tariffs after last-minute talks failed to prevent 50% US duties on about C$28 billion of Canadian goods.
Trump pauses 50% Canada tariffs after saying US and Canada reached trade deal
Donald Trump has postponed new 50% tariffs on about $20 billion of Canadian goods for three days after saying the United States and Canada reached a last-minute trade agreement, giving Mark Carney’s government a narrow window to finalize terms.
Canada paid for the Gordie Howe bridge, so why will the United States receive part of its revenue?
The Gordie Howe International Bridge has opened between Detroit and Windsor, adding critical freight capacity while leaving questions over toll revenue, traffic volumes and Canada-US trade relations.
Why Trump’s 50% Canada tariffs could reignite a North American trade war
Trump’s 50% Canada tariffs could test USMCA, raise consumer costs and escalate trade tensions with Mark Carney’s government.
Canadian wildfire smoke reaches New York as Ontario communities face destruction
Northern Ontario is burning while smoke reaches US cities. Canada now faces a combined evacuation, infrastructure and public-health test across North America.