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Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters chief executive Dennis Darby talks to the Financial Post about the real impacts already hitting Canadian manufacturers in the trade war. Despite trade war, ‘Elbows up’ has its limits Canada can afford to wait out Trump’s trade war, say two prominent policy vets

‘My life is effectively destroyed’: Allison Inquiry exposes twin faces of fight against COVID vaccine policies

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OTTAWA — Patricia Leidl arrived in Ottawa this week eager to tell a painful story about her reaction to the COVID-19 vaccine that even some of her own friends have questioned. After an uneventful first shot against the COVID virus, Leidl received a second dose of vaccine on June 10, 2021, just days before she…

Here are all the recent warnings about how AI ‘could kill us all’ within a decade

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An artificial intelligence researcher for California-based Anthropic who quit this week offered ill portents that the company and its competitors are “locked in a race” to perfect the technology, even though they “earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade.” Other prominent individuals in the field have also offered…

B.C. doctor fined $28,000 for refusing to inject trans-identifying teen with puberty blocker

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The British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal has ordered a B.C. family doctor to pay $28,100 in compensation for refusing to administer a puberty-blocking drug to a transgender-identifying teen over his religious beliefs. According to the ruling, Dr. Henry Ajaero discriminated against the transgender youth by denying medical services based on gender identity. “I am not…

Republican lawmaker wants to rename Lake Erie: ‘Let’s call it Lake Pennsylvania’

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A Republican congressman from Pennsylvania is planning to put a resolution before the U.S. House of Representatives urging President Donald Trump, Congress and the United States Secretary of the Interior to rename Lake Erie as “Lake Pennsylvania.” The reasoning behind the name change derives from the lake’s modern identity, David Maloney said in a press…

Justin Trudeau to launch his own production company at Toronto film festival

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OTTAWA — Former prime minister Justin Trudeau and his longtime chief of staff Katie Telford will be walking down the red carpet for TIFF to launch a new entertainment production company called Hope & Hard Work on Friday. According to a launch party invitation circulated this week, Trudeau and Telford are expected to launch the…

Trump is angry about the loonie ‘imbalance’: But what does he mean and what can he do about it?

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U.S. President Donald Trump opened a new front in the trade war earlier this week, accusing Canada of running a currency “imbalance” two days before Canadian counter-tariffs took effect. “Canada’s (currency) dollar imbalance with the U.S. is unacceptable. It has been that way for years — but no longer!” he wrote in a social media…

Donald Trump raises the stakes of the trade war with Canada

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Canada’s trade war with the United States is becoming more severe. Donald Trump has retaliated against Ottawa’s counter-tariffs with planned product bans, more duties and a move against Canadian goods in U.S. federal contracts. ‘We’re just a victim of it’: Nova Scotia businesses brace for prolonged trade war What you need to know about Bombardier…

Poilievre tells U.S. audience Canadians are feeling ‘wounded’ from U.S. trade actions

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OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre was in New York City on Thursday, urging Americans to return to two-way tariff-free trade between Canada and the U.S. “Let’s knock down those tariffs and focus on building a stronger North America for our two separate countries,” said Poilievre, during an interview on CNBC’s Squawk Box. Poilievre is…

Buffalo Bills recruit Barenaked Ladies to play O Canada at home opener

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