Ottawa provides $20-million for B.C.’s forest sector amid softwood duties, trade war
March 19, 2025
The federal government is providing about $20-million in funding to support British Columbia’s forestry sector, part of Ottawa’s effort to bolster the economy amid the Canada-U. S. trade war.Energy Minister Jonathan Wilkinson says it’s more important than ever to support the sector, which is subject to American duties on softwood lumber and now faces the additional threat of steep tariffs from U.S. President Donald Trump.
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Ontario Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie has hired an ex-journalist and former Alberta cabinet minister as her new chief of staff in a renewed effort to take on Premier Doug Ford when the legislature returns this spring.Sandra Jansen, who was a CTV News anchor for a decade until 2007, joined Alberta’s now-defunct Progressive Conservative Party before crossing the floor to the NDP and becoming a minister in Rachel Notley’s government. She left Alberta and returned to Ontario in 2020, where she began volunteering for the federal Liberal Party, including with minister Chrystia Freeland’s...
March 19, 2025 - 18:53 | Laura Stone | The Globe and Mail
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March 19, 2025 - 18:53 | Ivan Semeniuk | The Globe and Mail
Alberta's premier said the ban is necessary because she doesn’t trust how the federal government will calculate greenhouse gas emissions as it crafts its proposed emissions cap.
March 19, 2025 - 18:33 | Globalnews Digital | Global News - Canada
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