Mary Ng

The United States opened a new chapter on Wednesday, December 9, 2020, in the book of trade tensions with Canada, formally complaining that U.S. dairy producers are being unfairly shut out of markets north of the border.

The federal government says American duties on Canadian softwood lumber exports continue to be "unfair" and "unjustified," even if they have been reduced.

A group of more than 60 major American industry associations are trying to stop Canada’s efforts to reduce plastic pollution.

United States President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump have tested positive for the virus that causes COVID-19. Here is a look as some Canadian politicians who have tested positive or needed to isolate themselves and get tested for COVID-19.

NDP, CFIB say the program is a good first step, but have raised concerns about the program’s viability, including the fact that it relies on landlords to participate.

The federal government rolled out a $1-billion package on Wednesday, March 11, 2020, to help the country's health-care system and economy cope with the novel coronavirus outbreak as the number of cases in Canada grew, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau warned that the situation could get worse, and the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has taken Canada's campaign for a seat on the United Nations Security Council directly to African diplomats with a speech that tried to emphasize his boyhood connection to the continent.

"The energy is there. The women entrepreneurs are there," says the minister in charge of the Women Entrepreneurship Strategy.

The Trudeau government has added $10 million in direct investment for companies owned and led by women, after receiving a flood of applications for funding last year.

The Canadian government is directly investing in women-owned businesses as part of its $2 billion Women Entrepreneurship Strategy. Introduced in the 2018 federal budget, the strategy aims to support women in entrepreneurship and double the number of women who own businesses in Canada by 2025.

Friday morning at the Tsawwassen Coast Inn hotel in Delta, the Minister of Small Business and Export Promotion announced a new government fund of $20M for women in business. The fund, a part of the government's women's entrepreneurship strategy, can assist women looking to grow their businesses, expand into new markets, upgrade facilities, equipment or improve technologies.

The federal government is announcing today, August 9, 2018, that credit card companies have agreed to trim the fees they charge the country's businesses by 10 basis points.

Conservative and Democrat candidates gave their Liberal rivals a bit of a scare Monday in a pair of byelections in Ontario where some of Justin Trudeau's policies and promises played a central role.

A candidate pulled out of a Liberal nomination fight for a federal byelection in Ontario on March 2, days after she said the race was set up to favour one of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's aides.

Canada's trade minister is thanking the departing head of the World Trade Organization for his help trying the reform the troubled referee for global trade.