Joan Bryden
Reporter for The Canadian Press
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Year-end deadline for new NAFTA looking impossible, trade experts say
NAFTA negotiators appear to have adopted the lament of the White Rabbit: "The hurrier I go, the behinder I get."
Trudeau, Scheer draw election battle lines over small biz tax proposal
As they exchanged blows, the two leaders gave what is likely a preview of the themes that will underlie their respective election campaigns in 2019.
Morneau chides NDP for opposing end to 'unfair tax advantages' for wealthy
Bill Morneau is putting the squeeze on federal New Democrats, chiding them for failing to support his proposals to end what he calls unfair tax advantages for some wealthy small business owners.
PM defends small business tax changes as doctors complain of negative impact
Justin Trudeau got a small taste of the kind of grief his backbenchers have been getting over the government's plan to end what it calls unfair tax advantages for wealthy small business owners.
Conservative Party sold space to far-right Rebel at leadership convention
A book by Rebel contributor Lauren Southern entitled "Barbarians: How Baby Boomers, Immigrants and Islam Screwed My Generation" was on sale at a Conservative Party of Canada leadership convention.
Judy Foote to quit cabinet, federal politics, necessitating small shuffle
Judy Foote is expected to announce her resignation from the federal cabinet on Thursday.
U.S. signals Trump's Buy American agenda non-negotiable in NAFTA talks
The U.S. appears to be signalling that President Donald Trump's vow to aggressively promote a "buy American, hire American" agenda is not open to discussion during negotiations on a new NAFTA.
Trade experts agree Canada has plenty of leverage in NAFTA negotiations
"Trump has this sort of old-fashioned theory of negotiations, which is that the big guy always wins. It's not the way it works," says Ted Alden, senior fellow at the U.S. Council on Foreign Relations.
B.C. replaces Saskatchewan as fossil fuel thorn in Trudeau's side
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau lost the harshest critic of his plan to impose a carbon tax with Brad Wall's surprise announcement Thursday that he's retiring as Saskatchewan's premier.
Ambrose, ex-Tory minister Moore on council to advise Liberal government on NAFTA
The Trudeau government has tapped the Tories' former interim leader, Rona Ambrose, to help advise on the trilateral trade deal.