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Canadian mayors, workers worry about ‘permanent damage’ from Trump tariffs

Lindsey Cole — Thu, 13 Mar 2025 11:55:47 +0000

OTTAWA – Canadian mayors, workers and industry representatives are warning that the Trump administration’s punishing tariffs on steel and aluminum could cost jobs and cause lasting damage to industries on both sides of the border. They say Canada is already feeling the effects of the tariffs, and they’re hopeful for a change of heart from […]

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Canada and the EU swiftly retaliate against Trump’s steel and aluminum tariffs

Lindsey Cole — Thu, 13 Mar 2025 11:48:46 +0000

BRUSSELS — Major trade partners swiftly hit back at President Donald Trump’s increased tariffs on aluminum and steel imports, imposing stiff new taxes on U.S products from textiles and water heaters to beef and bourbon. Canada, the largest steel supplier to the U.S., said Wednesday it will place 25% reciprocal tariffs on steel products and […]

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LEAP women’s fireside chat: Find people who will bring you ‘out of someone else’s umbrella’

Daily Commercial News — Thu, 13 Mar 2025 11:15:43 +0000

Leaders in both construction and government shared strategies for both coping with setbacks and celebrating their successes at a recent conference for women making their way through the industry. The Vancouver Regional �鶹��ý��ion Association (VRCA) and Canadian �鶹��ý��ion Women (CCW) held the LEAP conference on March 7 with a fireside chat session moderated by both […]

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Manitoba premier hints U.S. firms could be excluded from energy infrastructure work

Daily Commercial News — Thu, 13 Mar 2025 11:05:15 +0000

WINNIPEG — Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says the province’s Crown-owned energy corporation could use its purchasing power to fight back against tariffs imposed by the United States. Kinew says Manitoba Hydro is expected to spend roughly $35 billion over the next two decades on goods required for maintenance and upgrades. He says countries that may […]

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Port of Vancouver reaches record cargo volumes in 2024 as crude oil exports soar

Daily Commercial News — Thu, 13 Mar 2025 11:00:00 +0000

VANCOUVER — The Port of Vancouver moved a record amount of goods through its gates last year, an increase fuelled largely by surging oil exports enabled by the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. Total freight at the country’s biggest port grew five per cent year-over-year to reach 158 million tonnes in 2024, the Vancouver Fraser Port […]

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Carney’s win kills Liberals’ much-delayed plan to change capital gains tax

Daily Commercial News — Thu, 13 Mar 2025 10:05:55 +0000

OTTAWA — Mark Carney’s victory in the Liberal leadership race puts the final nail in the coffin of Ottawa’s controversial plan to hike the inclusion rate on capital gains. When they tabled their budget last spring, the federal Liberals presented the plan to change capital gains as a way to get wealthy Canadians and corporations […]

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Canadian housing organizations form coalition as trade war intensifies

Daily Commercial News — Thu, 13 Mar 2025 08:10:28 +0000

OTTAWA — In response to the trade war that continues to build daily, the Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness (CAEH), the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA), Habitat for Humanity Canada and the Canadian Housing and Renewal Association (CHRA) have formed a coalition to propose a policy plan that protects the nation’s housing industry. Housing Canada: […]

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‘Critical safety failures’ behind deadly Oakridge crane accident, WorkSafeBC says

Lindsey Cole — Thu, 13 Mar 2025 00:27:04 +0000

VANCOUVER – WorkSafeBC says a worker killed at the massive Oakridge Park development site in Vancouver last year when a mould used for concrete fell 26 storeys should never have been able to stand where she was. A report released by the province’s worker safety agency says “several critical safety failures” are to blame for […]

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Carney transition team met with PMO staff Tuesday, hope for PM swearing in by Friday

Daily Commercial News — Wed, 12 Mar 2025 13:27:57 +0000

OTTAWA — Liberal Leader Mark Carney is hoping to be sworn in as Canada’s 24th prime minister by the end of the week but there are some logistical hurdles like security clearances for senior members of his transition team that must happen first. Carney won a landslide victory to take the helm of the Liberals […]

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Trump’s 25% tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports go into effect

Daily Commercial News — Wed, 12 Mar 2025 13:21:31 +0000

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump officially increased tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports to 25 per cent today, promising that the taxes would help create U.S. factory jobs at a time when his seesawing tariff threats are jolting the stock market and raising fears of an economic slowdown. Trump removed all exemptions from his […]

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Adaptable-dwelling, seismic provisions now in effect under BC Building Code

Daily Commercial News — Wed, 12 Mar 2025 11:15:49 +0000

VICTORIA – The Government of B.C. has announced new BC Building Code (BCBC) 2024 provisions for adaptable dwellings and seismic design have come into effect, with adaptable-dwelling requirements being gradually implemented. “After consulting the homebuilding community and recognizing current economic uncertainty, such as the recent U.S. tariff threat, the adaptable-dwelling requirements will be introduced in […]

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Groundbreaking Edmonton CCUS project on receiving end of government funding

Daily Commercial News — Wed, 12 Mar 2025 11:10:22 +0000

EDMONTON — Heidelberg Materials North America has announced the Government of Canada’s Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) department has committed to finalizing negotiations on a contribution agreement for its Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS) project at the company’s cement plant in Edmonton. The project is slated to be the world’s first full-scale […]

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