Canada
Conservatives will build permanent military base in Iqaluit, says Poilievre
Speaking at a press conference Poilievre said CFB Iqaluit would serve as a base for Royal Canadian Air Force operations defending Canada’s Arctic and for search and rescue missions. He said the base would be operational within two years of him becoming prime minister. “One hundred per cent of the cost of the base will come from the foreign aid budget,” he said.
Premiers head to Washington amid U.S. tariff threat. What to expect
The premiers are set to spend two days making the case to U.S. lawmakers and business leaders that tariffs would unnecessarily harm both countries' economies.
Jordan’s Principle claims soar 367% and ‘not within the spirit’ of why it was created: Indigenous Services minister
Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu says changes will protect the integrity of Jordan's Principle, which has been under fire for straying from its original intent.
Trade Minister Ng, Justice Minister Virani won't run in next election
Virani posted on social media Monday that his life in politics has taken a toll on his family life. He said his wife Suchita Jain and his two sons have for the past decade "only known a life with their husband and dad in politics, frequently out of the city, sometimes out of the country." Ng posted a letter on social media that cites a long list of achievements but does not explain why she is not running again.
Débat du PLC en français | La candidate Ruby Dhalla veut un traducteur
Ruby Dhalla, candidate à la direction du Parti libéral du Canada, a déclaré que, même si elle travaille encore sur ses compétences en français, elle prévoit demander un traducteur pour l’aider lors du débat du parti en français qui approche.
New laws not the 'only tool' to strengthen ballot integrity: elections chief
Chief electoral officer Stéphane Perrault acknowledges that proposed changes to bolster the integrity of the next national vote are unlikely to become law before Canadians head to the polls next. But Perrault said legislative tweaks are not the "only tool in the box" to deal with foreign meddling and other threats.
In an interview, Perrault stressed the importance of making voters aware of the electoral safeguards already in place.
The Provinces
Tarifs : Rio Tinto se prépare à tout, selon le directeur de la division Aluminium
Le grand patron de la division Aluminium de Rio Tinto affirme se préparer à tous les scénarios d'ici une annonce officielle de tarifs douaniers américains.
B.C.'s Rio Tinto Alcan smelter to feel Trump's sudden aluminum tariff
"The smelter’s impact extends beyond production. In 2023 alone, it contributed $517 million to the British Columbia economy and invested $3.2 million in local community initiatives."
McGill University announces budget cuts in response to new Quebec policies
Administrators at the Montreal university say McGill is dealing with many of the same challenges facing other Canadian post-secondary institutions, including cuts to international student enrolment. But they say McGill has also been hit hard by the Quebec government's decision to increase tuition for out-of-province students and to claw back enrolment revenue.
X and ‘municipal values’: Why a Halifax councillor wants the city to stop using it
“With Musk now a ‘special government employee’ of the Trump administration, it is very clear that platform goes against our municipal values of evidence-based decision making and diversity, equity, inclusion & accessibility, to name a few. X is no longer a medium that many reputable organizations are comfortable associating with.,” a councillor argued.
Elsewhere
Trump steel tariffs raised prices, shriveled up demand, led to job losses, some Michigan workers say
This piece was written in 2020, and reviewed the results of Trump's first go at steel and aluminum tariffs While the tariffs failed to boost overall steel employment, economists say they created higher costs for major steel consumers, killing jobs at companies including Detroit-based automakers General Motors and Ford.Nationally, steel and aluminum tariffs resulted in at least 75,000 job losses in metal-using industries by the end of last year, according to an analysis by Lydia Cox, a Ph.D. candidate in economics at Harvard University, and Kadee Russ, an economics professor at the University of California, Davis. In all, they estimated, the trade war had caused a net loss of 175,000 U.S. manufacturing jobs by mid-2019.
Biden and Europe remove Trump's steel and aluminum tariffs, but it’s not free trade
Another study, from 2021, of the effects of Trump's first tariff war For every job in a US iron or steel mill, for example, roughly 20 people work in industries for which steel inputs account for at least 5 percent of production costs. Trump's protection of aluminum and steel and the trade war tariffs he imposed on China hit the US manufacturing sector hard. Several scholars have found that these tariffs were almost entirely absorbed by importers (and not passed on to foreign exporters), squeezing their profit margins and reducing US manufacturing employment. The metals tariffs themselves caused the disappearance of an estimated 75,000 manufacturing jobs in the United States. US exporters have also struggled to compete for customers abroad because of the higher costs paid for metals at home.
Trump Tariffs: The Economic Impact of the Trump Trade War
The Trump administration imposed nearly $80 billion worth of new taxes on Americans by levying tariffs on thousands of products in 2018 and 2019, amounting to one of the largest tax increases in decades.
Trump’s proposed ‘land grabs’ mean US now seen as a risk, says Munich security report
Since his inauguration, the US president has mooted acquiring land for the US in Greenland and Panama, and suggested Canada could be a 51st US state. The signals from Washington increasingly indicate that the US no longer wants to be the guardian of the liberal international order, but it is far from clear which other countries may be willing and able to provide much-needed global public goods.
Trump’s invasion threats violate international law: Canadian ambassador
The Canadian ambassador to France says threats by U.S. President Donald Trump to invade another country violate international law.
Trump Muses About a Third Term, Over and Over Again
He has floated the idea frequently. In public, he couches the notion of staying in office beyond two terms as a humorous aside. In private, Mr. Trump has told advisers that it is just one of his myriad diversions to grab attention and aggravate Democrats, according to people familiar with his comments. And he has made clear that he is happy to be past a grueling campaign in which he faced two assassination attempts and followed an aggressive schedule in the final weeks. (🎁 link)
From immigration to DOGE, Stephen Miller is more powerful in the White House than ever
Miller is now one of the most powerful people in government, with a direct line to Trump and – perhaps more importantly – a canny ability to translate Trump’s policy ideas into action. “The American people voted for dramatic change implemented by Donald Trump,” Miller told CNN in an interview last week. “So, it is essential for him to get control of government.”
The Calendar
- 0400 ET: Paris - PM Trudeau attends an AI Action Summit Plenary Session
- 0900 ET: Montreal - Public Services and Procurement Min Jean-Yves Duclos makes an announcement about an RCAF project.
- 0930 ET: Charlottetown, PE - Housing and Infrastructure Minister Nathaniel Erskine-Smith makes an infrastructure funding announcement.
- 1100 ET: Chambord, QC - LPC MP Marc Serré makes a funding announcement
- 1230 ET: Judique, NS - ACOA Min Gudie Hutchings and LPC MP Mike Kelloway make a funding announcement
- 1600 ET: Victoria - Treasury Board President Anita Anand makes a funding announcement
- 1830 ET: Surrey, BC - Veterans Affairs Min Darren Fisher makes an announcement.