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policyenthusiast said:

Canada removing retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods compliant with CUSMA​

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Canada will remove all tariffs on goods from the United States that are covered by the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) by Sept. 1, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced Friday.

The prime minister said Canada will maintain its tariffs on steel, aluminum and autos as the Liberal government works with the U.S. to craft a new trading relationship between the two countries.

Carney first hinted earlier this month that he may drop some of the counter-tariffs on some goods if it would help Canadian industries weather the trade war with the U.S.
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Obviously, Canadians pay these tariffs, so if this leads to less pressure on prices and inflation that is not a bad thing.
 
Its hard to keep up with all the tariff changes, mostly due the the USA's constantly changing policies on all nations. But If I have this right Canadian goods that are CUSMA compliant were already exempt. So this is Canada matching a policy the USA already had.
 
"Getting to know the people in this region has been the privilege of my life," Poilievre told a crowd at a victory party in Camrose.

Say what??? The privilege of his life?

Greater than getting married? Having children? Previously being elected in Carlton? Being elected leader of his party and leader of the opposition? Belittling a journalist on camera while eating an apple?

And then they wonder why we stop believing them… :(
 
kcantor said:
"Getting to know the people in this region has been the privilege of my life," Poilievre told a crowd at a victory party in Camrose.

Say what??? The privilege of his life?

Greater than getting married? Having children? Previously being elected in Carlton? Being elected leader of his party and leader of the opposition? Belittling a journalist on camera while eating an apple?

And then they wonder why we stop believing them… :(
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Yeah, he was laying on a bit thick here. I think he really means the relief of his life, getting reelected, well after ... you know. As for Carlton, I suspect he will try very hard to avoid mentioning that word ever again.

Perhaps he will reconnect us with his wife and family in time for the next election if he makes it that far, they look good for him in the videos.
 
yeggator said:
Perhaps this a sign of collaboration with the oil companies to get more pipelines built 👀
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One would have thought that the Canadian buying a pipeline to ensure that it got built would have been a sign of collaboration, but I guess that didn't count.
 
yeggator said:
Perhaps this a sign of collaboration with the oil companies to get more pipelines built 👀
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Perhaps, although I see more potential here for LNG and gas pipelines than oil.

However, I do really appreciate the new Federal government seems more willing to let companies make the business case for things rather than say there isn't one, so we will see what happens.
 
MacLac said:
2 - 3 cubicles? Yawn......plus offices throughout the country....no biggie....
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I don't think the quantity of desks is what will make a difference here, since there's a pretty finite number of major projects. The question is how much authority these staffers will have to advance projects past policy roadblocks.
 
MacLac said:
Home town boy bringing the gang to Edmonton. What a pleasure it is to have a local in charge for the first time....think Trudeau would ever be caught dead holding a retreat here?

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That might have been intent but it's actually happening in the GTA.

Probably couldn't arrange flights to YEG from different parts of Canada without a bunch of milk runs.

 
This morning's piece from MMI has been rattling around my head all day. I don't know how they think of this stuff, some brilliant policy analysts there.

Halving DCs Won’t Survive the Political Math
  • Development charges (DCs) need to come down, and the federal government’s plan to compensate municipalities to halve DCs is well-intentioned.
  • The plan, however, would see almost all the compensation go to the Greater Vancouver and Toronto Areas (GVA and GTA), which is politically untenable.
  • DCs in Ontario and BC are, in part, disproportionately higher than Alberta because of choices regarding how many services they allow their use for, and how extensively local municipalities choose to use this taxation capability. An across-the-board reduction does not account for this reality.
  • DC relief will also be a problem if it only compensates municipalities. This would penalize jurisdictions, such as Edmonton, that have established municipal service corporations (MSCs) to handle infrastructure planning and financing, thereby limiting the need for or use of DCs.
  • Any federal program will also have to account for all available growth funding tools, not just DCs, to be vigilant that municipalities do not use alternative housing taxes to make up for lost funding from reduced DCs.
  • There are ways to create DC reduction plans that are regionally fair. The most productive place to focus on addressing DCs is where there is the most universal applicability, like with enhancing the gas tax or promoting the adoption of direct-to-buyer DC policies, among other options.
A chart comparing DC service eligibility by province is going to necessitate glossing over some nuances, but three things become immediately apparent from our Development Charge service eligibility chart (Figure 1):
  1. Ontario allows DCs to be used for a wider range of services compared to either Alberta or BC.
  2. Alberta limits its use more than either Ontario or BC, particularly with big-ticket, hard infrastructure items like transit and solid waste.
  3. How few similarities in service eligibility there are between these three provinces altogether.
While there is more similarity between provinces in hard infrastructure than in soft, even within this service category, there are significant differences between just three provinces. Additionally, not all municipalities take advantage of every service for which they are eligible to collect DCs, or when they do collect them, they may not utilize them to the same extent as a peer does for the same service.

For example, Alberta only allows DCs² to be collected for a very narrow set of services, but also gives Calgary and Edmonton a wide latitude to define for themselves what infrastructure DCs can be collected for. Calgary exercises its powers to charge DCs for services like transit, which other municipalities in Alberta can’t set a fee for, while Edmonton doesn’t use its expansive authority at all, solely collecting for fire infrastructure, which any municipality in Alberta can do.
 
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