Category Archives: Automotive
No text of Canada-U.K. trade deal, minister says as Dec. 31 tariff deadline looms
OTTAWA — Canada's International Trade Minister Mary Ng was unable to offer a firm guarantee that MPs will see a bill to ratify the new provisional Canada-Britain trade agreement before Parliament is due to break for Christmas on Dec. 11. Ng
Canada, Britain ink new trade deal, beating Brexit, incorporating expiring EU pact
OTTAWA — Canada and Britain struck a new trade deal on Saturday, allowing the long-standing partners to trumpet a commercial triumph in the face of the economic devastation wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic. The interim deal beat the looming Dec. 31
Canada-Britain trade negotiation in final stages as Dec. 31 tariff deadline looms
OTTAWA — Canada and Britain say they are in the final stages of negotiating a new trade deal before a Dec. 31 deadline. That would prevent Canadian products from seafood to steaks and autos from being slapped with new tariffs when
Federal government still working on investments in Fiat Chrysler, General Motors
OTTAWA — Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry Navdeep Bains says that the federal government is in the process of finalizing funding commitments to General Motors and Fiat Chrysler, after announcing a $295 million investment in Ford earlier thi...
Advocates hope Ottawa expands, renews electric car rebate program
OTTAWA — Electric car advocates are pushing Ottawa to put more money into its zero-emission vehicle rebate program, as the popular program is on track to run out of cash more than a year ahead of schedule. Transport Canada data obtained by
Husband of N.S. mass shooting victim criticizes sale of replica police cars with gear
HALIFAX — The husband of a woman killed in the Nova Scotia mass shooting is criticizing the continued online sale of retired police vehicles that are still equipped with official gear. Nick Beaton, whose pregnant wife Kristen was killed by a gunma...
Statistics Canada says economy posted record 11.6 per cent plunge in April
OTTAWA — The full impact of sweeping economic lockdowns meant to slow the spread of COVID-19 came into sharper view, with new figures showing Canada saw the largest monthly drop on record in April as the country came to a
Tough talk, tariff threats resurface as USMCA readies for Wednesday debut
WASHINGTON — If the long-awaited debut of Canada's new trade pact with the United States and Mexico heralds a new dawn in North American relations, Robert Lighthizer sure has a funny way of showing it. With the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement coming ...