Economy

Canada Immigration Policy 2026: Mark Carney Government Tightens Temporary Resident Rules as Housing Pressure Mounts

The trade rupture that began on Saturday, 22 August, when Washington imposed a 50 per cent tariff on roughly US$20-billion of Canadian goods, has quickly hardened into something closer to an economic showdown. Prime Minister Mark Carney has answered with a promise to retaliate …

Alliances rarely end with a single event. They erode, until one moment makes the erosion impossible to ignore. For Canada and the United States, that moment came on 22 August, when trade negotiations collapsed and Washington imposed 50 per cent tariffs on roughly US$20 …

Mark Carney is making a bet that would unnerve any risk manager. Faced with a 50% AmericanTariffon roughly US$20-billion of Canadian goods, the Prime Minister has chosen to retaliate rather than negotiate from weakness — matching Washington "dollar for dollar" from 8 September. It …

The debate over whether Canada should answer American tariffs with its energy exports tends to fixate on oil and electricity. But the more revealing strength lies in the breadth of what Canada digs, drills and refines for its southern neighbour. Alongside crude, gas and …

Trade disputes between Canada and the United States are not new. Softwood lumber has been litigated for decades; steel, aluminium and autos have all had their turns as flashpoints. What is different about the confrontation that erupted in late August 2026 is not the …

For the workers who build cars in Windsor, Oshawa and Alliston, theTrade Warstopped being an abstraction on Saturday, 22 August, when talks between Ottawa and Washington collapsed and the United States imposed a 50 per cent tariff on roughly US$20-billion of Canadian goods. The …