In this edition:
- Trudeau says Canada will respond to Trump’s steel, aluminum tariffs if necessary
- Canadian Chamber research pinpoints most tariff-vulnerable cities in Canada
- St. Catharines bans election signs from businesses effective immediately
- Niagara-on-the-Lake councillors agree to enlarge Heritage Conservation District study area
- Key ceremony celebrates four new Habitat homeowners
- Newcomer and refugee services under a new name in Niagara
- Danes launch campaign to ‘buy’ California from US
- Focus on Finance & Economy
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Trudeau says Canada will respond to Trump’s steel, aluminum tariffs if necessary
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says U.S. President Donald Trump’s new 25 per cent tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, including from Canada, are “entirely unjustified,” and “unacceptable.”
Speaking to travelling reporters just as the sun was rising in Paris, Trudeau said that the federal government will be working with U.S. administration in the lead-up to the tariffs coming into effect, to highlight their negative impact, but “if it comes to that, our response of course will be firm and clear.”
“We will stand up for Canadian workers. We will stand up for Canadian industries,” the prime minister said Tuesday.
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Canadian Chamber research pinpoints most tariff-vulnerable cities in Canada
According to new analysis released today by the Canadian Chamber’s Business Data Lab, Saint John, New Brunswick, Calgary, Alberta, and Windsor, Ontario, are the Canadians cities most vulnerable to U.S. tariffs.
The U.S. Tariff Exposure Index can be found here. Users can interact with the Index to quickly find relevant information for each of Canada’s 41 Census Metropolitan Areas (CMAs) with populations over 100,000, including local GDP, population figures, trade values, and the number of companies in the city that export to the U.S.
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St. Catharines bans election signs from businesses effective immediately
Candidates running in St. Catharines may want to double check their election signs after city councillors adopted a new bylaw Monday night banning them from all non-residential properties.
The bylaw — effective immediately — also limits the number of signs allowed on residential properties to no more than one per candidate.
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Niagara-on-the-Lake councillors agree to enlarge Heritage Conservation District study area
An Ottawa-based consultant will be reviewing a potentially expanded Queen-Picton Heritage Conservation District created in 1986.
Councillors agreed during their Feb. 4 planning committee to hire Cultural Spaces, a heritage consulting firm, to conduct an updated Heritage Cultural District Plan study.
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Key ceremony celebrates four new Habitat homeowners
Through the unwavering support of their strong network of suppliers and subtrades, Centennial Homes proudly completed construction on four townhomes in Thorold for Habitat for Humanity Niagara – at no cost to the charity.
This impactful collaboration was ignited by a shared passion for giving back when Centennial Homes’ Founder and President, Domenic DiLalla, connected with Habitat Niagara CEO, Mark Carl, to explore how they could make a real difference – and they delivered in a big way.
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Newcomer and refugee services under a new name in Niagara
The Niagara Folk Arts Multicultural Centre has changed their name to Bridges Niagara. Executive Director Emily Kovacs says the move comes as the organization battled with two different identities that included newcomer services and the long standing Folk Arts Festival.
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Danes launch campaign to ‘buy’ California from US
Thousands of Danish people have signed a “Denmarkification” petition to buy California from the U.S. in response to President Donald Trump’s bid to acquire Greenland.
The online petition has garnered nearly 200,000 signatures from the Scandinavian country home to nearly 6 million people.
“Los Angeles? More like Løs Ångeles,” the petition reads.
Focus on Finance & Economy
‘Chaotic moment’: How Trump threw a wrench in the gears of Canadian e-commerce
On any given day, Canadian-based logistics company GoBolt processes and ships nearly 100,000 items for retailers such as Holt Renfrew & Co. Ltd. and IKEA. Around 65 per cent of its deliveries are destined for the U.S., and virtually all of those are valued at US$800 and under, which qualifies them for what’s known as the “de minimis” exemption to the Tariff Act of 1930.
“You create an electronic manifest via an online tool (that) includes simplified details like shipment type and recipient information,” said Jarrett Stewart, GoBolt’s senior vice-president of commercial. “Then you submit it to the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP). If your manifest was submitted properly, you will cross without issue.”
Or at least, that’s how it worked until earlier this month, when U.S. President Donald Trump hurled a wrench into the gears of global e-commerce by cancelling the exemption for goods originating from China and Canada as part of separate tariff orders against both countries.
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