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Canada’s Anti-Trump Government Tightening Ties with China Is a Choice for Economic Decline

U.S. President Donald Trump has paused proposed 50% tariffs as trade negotiations between Canada and the U.S. continue. While the pause offers a bit of relief for industry leaders, many questions remain about which products could still be impacted and what the final deal will look like. Todd Stafford, President of Northern Cables, joins us from Brockville, Ontario to discuss the potential impact on Canadian businesses and suppliers who rely on U.S. trade.

Vaughan’s Mayor on Trade Wars, Housing & Safety

On this episode of Canadian Innovators, host Ves Sobot talks with Vaughan Mayor Steven Del Duca. Del Duca has led the carpenters union, served as an MPP and Ontario’s Minister of Transportation, and led the Ontario Liberal Party.

Art Laffer’s Blueprint to Unleash Canada’s Economy

On this episode of Canadian Innovators, host Ves Sobot sits down with Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient and former Reagan economic advisor Dr. Art Laffer. They discuss why Canada’s economy is stalling while the U.S. grows, how reciprocal tariff cuts could reset the Canada–U.S. relationship, and Laffer’s blueprint for prosperity: a low-rate flat tax, sound money, spending restraint, deregulation and free trade.

EUROPE IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR AMERICA

Canada should expand trade with Europe and other global markets; but diversification should not come at the expense of repairing and strengthening our most important trading relationship – the United States. Canada and the United States have built one of the world’s most deeply integrated economic relationships. Canadian manufacturers, farmers, energy producers, and small and … Continued

Canadians Deserve Answers

Canada-U.S. trade negotiations have been suspended, with billions of dollars in trade, Canadian businesses and Canadian jobs affected by the ongoing tariff dispute. Canadian deserve to know what happened at the negotiating table and up to the deadline. We call on the Government of Canada to release the facts surrounding the Canada-U.S. trade negotiations, including … Continued

Why This Ontario Manufacturer Refuses To Buy From China

On this episode of Canadian Innovators, host Jocelyn Bamford talks with entrepreneur and award-winning former CTV and CBC journalist Rodney Palmer, owner of Sauna Ray, a nontoxic, medical-grade far infrared sauna made in Ontario.
Rodney explains how his family’s illness in Beijing’s smog led him to redesign the sauna from scratch, why he sources nearly every component within Ontario, and how cheap Chinese imports are being sold to Canadians under fake “Made in Canada” branding.
Drawing on years as a foreign correspondent in India, the Middle East and China, he also draws parallels between what he witnessed in Beijing and what he sees in Canada today, and shares the three things he’d do as Prime Minister to grow Canadian jobs.

CCMBC Calls for a Trade Strategy That Protects Canadian Competitiveness

After promising to approve major projects at “speeds not seen in generations”, PM Mark Carney has backtracked on yet another of his commitments by stating he will be slowing down the major project approval process because the original plan to table legislation before Parliament rises for the summer has angered First Nations and civil society organizations.

Trump Pauses 50% Tariffs: What It Means for Canadian Business | Your Morning

U.S. President Donald Trump has paused proposed 50% tariffs as trade negotiations between Canada and the U.S. continue. While the pause offers a bit of relief for industry leaders, many questions remain about which products could still be impacted and what the final deal will look like. Todd Stafford, President of Northern Cables, joins us from Brockville, Ontario to discuss the potential impact on Canadian businesses and suppliers who rely on U.S. trade.

Ves Sobot discusses US Trade with Marc Patrone

Ves Sobot, senior board member of CCMBC joins Marc Patrone speaking to how Canadian manufacturers are under pressure as the U.S. trade war continues. Ves Sobot says ” Remember this is a trillion dollar friendship with America, to turn the taps off that quickly is awfully dangerous. It would be cataclysmic. It would be like … Continued