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Defining Canada’s threat landscape: Resetting for a new reality
Atlantic Council
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August 1, 2025
Report August 1, 2025 • 9:00 am ET Print this page Defining Canada’s threat landscape: Resetting for a new reality By Peter Engelke, Ginger Matchett, and Samantha Wong Bottom lines up front Canada’s defense industry, allies, and analysts agree:...
Carney ‘disappointed’ in Trump’s 35% tariff on Canada
Global News
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August 1, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney says he is “disappointed” by U.S. President Donald Trump’s imposition of a 35 per cent tariff on Canada but that even with that move, Canada still faces among the lowest average tariff rates of U.S. trading partners...
AUBUT: Canada's one-way political conversation has to be challenged
Western Standard
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Opinion 'Once a metaphor for shifting public opinion, the Overton Window has been replaced by a mechanism of exclusion — where media, government, and cultural elites now decide which ideas may enter and which must remain forbidden.'
Trump makes good on tariff threat with Canada
The Sault Star
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August 1, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump made good on his promise to increase tariffs to 35 per cent on non-CUSMA Canadian goods. Article content The tariffs go into effect today. Article content Prime Minister Mark Carney issued a statement early today noting...
Canadian venture capital retrenches in second quarter
Consultancy.org
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July 30, 2025
Venture capital (VC) in Canada dropped to $1.57 billion across 116 financings in Q2 2025, down from $2.76 billion across 229 financings in Q2 2024, according to data from CPE Media. Investment in Q2 2025 was up slightly from Q1 2025, which...
Canadian carbon capture and utilization facility breaks ground
Rock to Road
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July 30, 2025
MISSISSAUGA, ONT. – Carbon Upcycling Technologies, a carbon and resource utilization company, and Ash Grove, a CRH Company and one of North America’s leading cement manufacturers, broke ground on Carbon 1 Mississauga, a first-of-its-kind...
Harris warns of "huge complexities" for Irish businesses as Trump hits Canada with 35% tariffs
The Irish Voice
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August 1, 2025
Tánaiste Simon Harris has raised concerns that differing tariffs between Northern Ireland and the Republic could cause "huge complexities" for Irish businesses, following new trade measures announced by US President Donald Trump. Speaking after...
Trump hikes tariffs on Canadian goods to 35% outside USMCA deal
The Print
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August 1, 2025
Washington: U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order increasing tariffs on Canadian goods to 35% from 25% on all products not covered by the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement, the White House said. Goods transshipped to...
Canadians need a feeling of belonging
Terrace Standard
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We're living in a time of heightened political tension, where the appeal of radical, burn-it-all-down solutions has gained ground globally. By Bradley Miller We're living in a time of heightened political tension, where the appeal of radical,...
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With new appointments, are India‑Canada ties finally turning the page under Carney?
Firstpost
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August 1, 2025
Canada has announced a slew of diplomatic postings to India including one of Jeff David who will assume the role of Consul General in Mumbai. David is set to replace Diedrah Kelly, who left India in 2023 and was stationed in Manila since December...
Canada continues arms transfers to Israel despite official denials: Report
Press TV
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Canada has continued to supply weapons to the Israeli regime during its genocide in Gaza, contradicting official claims that such exports had stopped, a new investigation reveals. Published by Arms Embargo Now Campaign (AEN) on Tuesday, newly...
CHARLEBOIS: Canada’s food chain just got tariff-slapped — again. Ottawa has only itself to blame.
Toronto Sun
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August 1, 2025
Breadcrumb Trail Links Columnists In the face of rising tariffs and global trade turbulence, Ottawa didn’t just drop the ball—it left the field entirely, and now Canada’s agri-food sector and Canadians will be paying the price. Customers grocery...
Trump assigns tariffs, delays all except on Canada
The Week Magazine
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August 1, 2025
What happened President Donald Trump Thursday signed a series of executive orders fixing new tariffs of between 15% and 41% on 68 countries and the European Union but he delayed the start of most new import duties until Aug. 7. He diverged from...
Unified on Trump and tariffs, Canada’s premiers differ on next steps
The San Juan Daily Star - Puerto Rico
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August 1, 2025
Organizers remove the flags of Canada’s provinces and territories at the conclusion of a three-day meeting of the premiers in Huntsville, Canada on Wednesday, July 18, 2025. A three-day meeting in response to President Donald Trump’s looming...
New tariffs on Canada take effect Friday; Dozens of other countries delayed
KCCI 8 - Iowa
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August 1, 2025
Steeper tariffs on Canada took effect Friday, but new import taxes on dozens of other countries were delayed in a separate executive order. The order, signed by President Donald Trump late Thursday, updates tariffs on several trading partners and...
Trump slaps 35% tariff on Canadian goods amid escalating political tensions
Business Hallmark
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August 1, 2025
President Donald Trump on Thursday announced sweeping new tariffs on nearly 70 countries, including a sharp 35 per cent levy on Canadian imports, marking a major escalation in his bid to reshape global trade in favour of the United States. The...
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While others given grace, Canada gets short end of stick with 35% Trump tariffs from Aug 1
Firstpost
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August 1, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order increasing tariffs on Canadian goods to 35% from 25% on all products not covered by the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement, the White House said. Goods transshipped to another...
Canada could use thermal infrastructure to turn wasted heat emissions into energy
The Conversation
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July 30, 2025
Buildings are the third-largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in Canada. In many cities, including Vancouver, Toronto and Calgary, buildings are the single highest source of emissions. The recently launched Infrastructure for Good barometer,...
Furious Canadians respond to Trump after being hit with 35 per cent tariff: 'Classic bully move'
Indy100
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August 1, 2025
Donald Trump has made the not-so neighbourly decision to increase tariffs on Canada from 25 per cent to 35 per cent. This new rate takes effect from today (August 1), although the White House confirmed goods covered under the 2020 United...
US spirits sales drop in Canada
China Daily Global
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Sales of US spirits in Canada have dropped by more than 66 percent, and visits by Canadians to the United States have fallen for five straight months — part of what experts say is a politically charged consumer pullback. "The LCBO (Liquor Control...