Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Jeff Gray
Publication Date: April 10, 2025 - 14:06
Ontario Premier Doug Ford meets with Utah Governor as bid to reverse tariffs continues
April 10, 2025
Ontario Premier Doug Ford met with Utah Governor Spencer Cox in Toronto on Thursday, saying he is an important ally in the battle to get U.S. tariffs on Canada reversed.Mr. Cox, a Republican perceived as a moderate who has previously spoken out against U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade levies, was on a trade mission scheduled long before Mr. Trump unleashed the trade policy chaos now spooking financial markets. Mr. Cox told reporters at Queen’s Park that he has spoken to Mr. Trump and White House officials and that the aim in Utah – which counts Canada as its second-largest trading partner – is to get all of the tariffs removed.
Indigenous groups in Canada say they want to see Pope Leo XIV continue the reconciliation work started by his predecessor, the late Pope Francis.Francis was recognized as an ally of Canada’s Indigenous Peoples and was known for advancing reconciliation efforts and apologizing — both in the Vatican and in Canada — for the Catholic Church’s role in widespread abuses at residential schools.
May 10, 2025 - 14:52 | Catherine Morrison | The Globe and Mail
The federal government expects to spend about $7 million this fiscal year to store and maintain four custom-made, portable hospitals that cost taxpayers more than $200 million to buy — facilities meant to bolster overwhelmed hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic that were barely used.Early on in the pandemic, as the federal government moved at breakneck speed to respond to a global health crisis, it issued rush orders for these Mobile Health Units.
May 10, 2025 - 14:47 | Kyle Duggan | The Globe and Mail
Canadian snowbirds could stay longer in the United States without a visa if a bill recently proposed in the U.S. House of Representatives becomes law.The bipartisan bill put forward by Reps. Elise Stefanik of New York, Laurel Lee of Florida and Greg Stanton of Arizona proposes to extend the time Canadian citizens can stay in the U.S. without a visa from 180 days to 240.
May 10, 2025 - 14:21 | Ian Bickis | The Globe and Mail
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