Unpublished Newswire

California’s governor is trying to drum up more Canadian tourism to his state by distancing himself from U.S. President Donald Trump. And he’s doing that literally, reminding Canadians how far from Washington his state is. “California, it’s the ultimate playground,” Gavin Newsom says in a video recently posted to social media. “Two thousand miles from Washington and a world away in mindset....

The Ontario government is introducing its promised legislation to begin the removal of barriers that frustrate trade between provinces, changes the province says are needed to boost economic growth within Canada as the country faces down U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs.In material provided to reporters, the government cites a Macdonald-Laurier Institute study suggesting the reduction of various regulatory barriers between provinces could add as much as $200-billion a year to the country’s economy. But some economists say the real impact may be harder to measure and that lifting...