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Quebec remains on board with carbon pricing, but how long will it last?

Quebec remains on board with carbon pricing, but how long will it last?

MONTREAL — Pressure is starting to mount on Quebec to reconsider its cap-and-trade emissions pricing system after the federal consumer price ended Tuesday.
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Judge blocks firing of intelligence agency employees who worked on DEI programs

Judge blocks firing of intelligence agency employees who worked on DEI programs

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge in Virginia blocked the Trump administration's move to fire more than a dozen intelligence agency employees who worked on diversity, equity and inclusion programs . U.S. District Judge Anthony J.
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Trump's 'Liberation Day' is unlikely to free businesses from uncertainty surrounding trade policy

Trump's 'Liberation Day' is unlikely to free businesses from uncertainty surrounding trade policy

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says his tariff announcements slated for Wednesday will amount to a “Liberation Day” for the United States.
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A Senate vote to reverse Trump's tariffs on Canada tests Republican support

A Senate vote to reverse Trump's tariffs on Canada tests Republican support

WASHINGTON (AP) — With President Donald Trump's so-called “Liberation Day” of tariff implementation fast approaching, Senate Democrats are putting Republican support for some of those plans to the test by forcing a vote to nullify the emergency decla
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Canadian book industry calls on government to keep it out of trade war

Canadian book industry calls on government to keep it out of trade war

TORONTO — Canada's literary institutions are banding together on the eve of an expected announcement about counter-tariffs on U.S. imports that could include books.
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Democrats push vote on tariffs targeting Canada as Trump calls for Republican support

Democrats push vote on tariffs targeting Canada as Trump calls for Republican support

WASHINGTON — Democrats in the U.S. Senate are moving forward on a resolution to block sweeping tariffs targeting Canada as President Donald Trump presses Republican lawmakers to continue backing his trade agenda. Sen.
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Social Security Administration probes origin of website portal outage

Social Security Administration probes origin of website portal outage

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Social Security Administration said Tuesday that it is investigating the root cause of website outages that have affected the “my Social Security” portal where recipients access their benefits.
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U.S. lists Quebec's language law in annual report on 'foreign trade barriers'

U.S. lists Quebec's language law in annual report on 'foreign trade barriers'

MONTREAL — Quebec has no intention of softening its language laws, Premier François Legault said Tuesday after the United States listed his government's French-language reform as a barrier to trade.
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Judge in long-running lawsuit declines to block the use of Georgia's voting system

Judge in long-running lawsuit declines to block the use of Georgia's voting system

ATLANTA (AP) — A federal judge has declined to block the use of Georgia's electronic voting system in a long-running lawsuit alleging that the system is vulnerable to attack and has operational issues that could deprive voters of their constitutional
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First Quantum discontinues Cobre Panama arbitration proceedings

First Quantum discontinues Cobre Panama arbitration proceedings

TORONTO — First Quantum Minerals Ltd. says it has agreed to discontinue arbitration proceedings it launched before the International Chamber of Commerce's International Court of Arbitration related to its Cobre Panama mine.
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