Hour 4 of Ottawa Now for Wed. May 28th, 2025
May 28, 2025
In case you haven’t noticed, fewer Canadians are travelling to the United States in 2025. It probably has something to do with a testy trade war between the two North American neighbours. And for a small town in Maine, this harsh reality is particularly concerning. We explain further in Hour 4. Plus, as Kristy Cameron prepares for her return to the studio tomorrow, she wants to hear your gardening questions for gardening expert Carson Arthur. If you have one, or a few, send them into the CFRA textboard and we’ll read them live during Thursday’s broadcast! And finally, we deliver the latest breaking news as it happens, right here on CFRA’s Ottawa Now.
Unpublished Newswire
For the hundreds of Canadian steelworkers who lost their jobs this year amid President Donald Trump’s trade war, talk of reaching a trade deal between Canada and the U.S. is coming too little, too late.
For Trump, the effects — driving down imports, boosting the U.S. steel industry and winning concessions from Canada — seem to be getting him what he wants.
Initially faced with a 25 per cent tariff on exports to the U.S., which ballooned to 50 per cent in June,
Canadian steel is desperate for a resolution.
Trump imposed the levies under
Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act,...
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