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In the news today: Trump escalates tariffs, Manitoba lab strike ends, Quebec debates
Trump’s new orders target Canadian imports as economists say most retaliatory tariffs are on raw materials and may limit consumer price increases.
- On Tuesday, President Donald Trump signed executive orders to bar imports of certain Canadian goods, responding to Canada's latest set of counter duties against the United States.
- Trade Representative Jamieson Greer attributed the escalation to a "natural consequence" of Canada discriminating against American exports, calling the response "senseless retaliation" over pursuing a trade deal.
- Medical lab workers at Dynacare in Manitoba returned to their posts today after the Manitoba Labour Board ordered an end to a one-day strike by 350 employees.
- About 20 per cent of affected items are consumer products, keeping a lid on overall inflation in the coming months, according to KPMG chief economist Ali Jaffery.
- Twenty-Five years ago, the terror attacks of September 9, 2001, forced Canadians to confront a "dramatic change" as the nation entered the Afghanistan conflict, its longest armed struggle.
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Leaning Left13Leaning Right0Center6Last UpdatedBias Distribution68% Left
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- 68% of the sources lean Left
68% Left
L 68%
C 32%
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