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Ontario Premier Doug Ford discusses the ongoing negotiations on the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) with Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, emphasizing the importance of certainty and stability in both countries for job creation, investment, and production increases.
The provincial and territorial premiers held a virtual meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney, on the same day U.S. President Donald Trump dangled – once again – the idea of killing the continental free-trade agreement that’s up for review.
The first ministers’ meeting was closed to media, so the one chance to get a read on things came later in the afternoon, when Ontario Premier Doug Ford held a press conference with Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro. But when reporters asked Ford what update they’d gotten on the fate of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement from the Prime Minister, he was vague.
“Well, they’re ongoing, they’re going to continue negotiating. They’re going to negotiate in good faith, and I think we are going to get through this,” he said.
“The question is, when are we going to get through it? ” Ford said the big thing he’d heard on his recent visit to Washington was a craving for certainty amid the constant flux around trade.
“When we have certainty and stability in both countries, you’re going to see jobs, we’re going to see investment and product and production increases, lower cost of goods,” he said. The purpose of Ford and Shapiro’s joint press conference in Toronto was to present a united front against the President’s tariffs and general belligerence toward Canada, and to tout the ties of friendship, trade and industry linking Ontario and Pennsylvania.
“I know that many Canadians, to many of them, the United States does not feel very welcoming right now. I get that, given the reckless and disrespectful rhetoric coming from our President,” Shapiro said.
“Hear me on this: I respect Canadian sovereignty. Period. ” The two leaders signed a joint memorandum of understanding in front of the cameras. Ford emphasized the $20.5-billion in trade that passed between Ontario and Pennsylvania last year, and argued that the path to greater prosperity and affordability lies in getting rid of the tariffs strangling the economies of both countries.
“That’s our vision for Fortress North America: working together to make life more affordable, to create jobs and to protect North America from external threats,” he said. The federal government is also unveiling its online safety legislation late today. The timing of the announcement didn’t make the deadline for our newsletter, but check out globeandmail.com for more.
In the meantime, there’s context from our recent storiescancelled after White House complaints: The White House had voiced its displeasure about the Ontario Premier’s Washington reception with Ross Perot Jr., board chair at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, before it was abruptly cancelled, according to two American industry sources. At his annual news conference this week, Chief Justice Richard Wagner of the Supreme Court of Canada said the court is aiming to issue its landmark ruling on Quebec’s Bill 21 and the Charter’s notwithstanding clause by the end of November.
The central bank held its benchmark interest rate steady on Wednesday and said the path forward for monetary policy remains uncertain amid a challenging mix of weak economic growth and high energy prices. The federal government announced a new National Advisory Panel on Preventive Health Services on Wednesday, more than a year after it shut down an old version of the panel amid controversy over when to start screening women for breast cancer.
Mark Carney attended the weekly Liberal caucus meeting, and later held a virtual meeting with Canada’s first ministers.will be in Berlin on Thursday and Friday to participate in the 3rd International Uyghur Forum as a guest speaker and panelist.is at the House of Commons today and also attending the retirement party for Senator Marilou McPhedran. No schedules released for other party leaders.met with partners in the Gulf Cooperation Council to discuss developments in the Middle East.
It’s the first stop on a trip through Friday that will also include stops in London and Paris.
“If those rumours that President Trump cancelled – forced the chamber to cancel – the meeting are true, then I think Premier Ford should be wearing that as a badge of honour. I think the fact that he stood up, faced truth to power, I think that’s standing up for Canada, standing up for Ontario, and I think that’s what this is all about.
” –on reports that pressure from the White House caused a U.S. Chamber of Commerce event with Doug Ford and Ross Perot Jr. to be cancelled earlier this week.this challenging time for Canada If my one exposure to her is a guide, she will speak to us calmly and thoughtfully, as she applies the rigour of her formidable experience and intellect to the defence of our federation. She will engage its opponents in venues where her ideas will be challenged and she will listen.
— John Mundy was Canada’s last ambassador to Iran before being expelled in 2007. He is writing a book about his assignment, titled Expelled: A Canadian Ambassador’s Memoir of Ahmadinejad’s Iran. Digital sovereignty is all very well, if it means the ability to regulate the operations of technology companies on your soil. But if it means trying to compete with the U.S. and Chinese AI industries, it’s a fool’s errand.
John Crosbie. On July 1, 1992, the federal fisheries minister in Brian Mulroney’s government was in the Newfoundland community of Bay Bulls, where he was confronted by about 1,000 fishermen and fisheries workers concerned about the state of groundfish stocks. That’s where Crosbie made his comment. He later told CBC, “If there’s a mob after you, you must not show fear.
” The next day, on July 2, Crosbie closed the commercial Atlantic cod fishery to save Northern cod as a species, leading to the layoff of 30,000 workers or 12 per cent of the province’s labour force. The government provided aid to affected workers.
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