U.S. President Donald Trump says he is ‘not looking for concessions’ from Canada as the White House confirmed he’s going forward with 25 per cent levies on imports from Canada on Saturday. Trump added he will ‘probably’ set tariffs on Canadian oil at 10 per cent.

New tariffs against Canada and Mexico are expected to begin on March 1 but will include a process for the countries to seek specific exemptions for certain imports, three people familiar with the planning told Reuters.

Canada’s economy contracted more than expected in November, as activity across a majority of sectors shrank due to work stoppages across inland transportation and at ports, Statistics Canada said on Friday.

Liberal leadership candidate Mark Carney will abandon his party’s consumer carbon tax and replace the policy with an incentive program that rewards Canadians for making green choices.

The American public dislikes them, along with business leaders, many Republicans and nearly all experts. But Trump has a zeal on the import taxes, and surrounding himself with like-minded figures.

Uncertainty is the reality for Mounties who patrol the Canada-U.S. border, the flashpoint in the increasingly uneasy bilateral relationship. CBC News shadowed one officer for hours earlier this week to get a sense of their challenges in this political climate.

Defence Minister Bill Blair spent a portion of Thursday touting the Liberal government’s plan to build an additional 668 military housing units, of which internal documents show only 36 will be completed this year.

The federal government is likely to reverse course on changes to the capital gains tax that were announced in the last federal budget, CBC News has learned. 

U.S. President Donald Trump says he will decide Thursday night if oil will be a target of the hefty tariffs he’s threatening to impose on Canadian goods.