Restaurants Canada wants the tax ‘holiday’ made permanent as end nears

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is gathering with business and labour leaders in Toronto Friday for a summit on how Canada can attract more investment, dismantle internal trade barriers and find new international customers as the threat of U.S. protectionism looms over the country.The get-together comes just days after a last-minute delay in plans by U.S. President Donald Trump to impose steep tariffs on all Canadian imports – a potentially devastating shock that drew fresh attention to Canada’s overreliance on the U.S. market. More than 75 per cent of all this country’s merchandise good...