National Business

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney will be meeting with his cabinet and Canada's premiers to discuss U.S. President Donald Trump's new threat to slap 35 per cent tariffs on Canadian goods next month.

OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada is increasingly expected to keep its benchmark interest rate on hold later this month after the labour market delivered a surprise hiring surge in June.

HALIFAX — Ottawa has announced details of $16 million it's providing for energy projects in the Maritimes.

OTTAWA — Transport Canada says Tesla legitimately claimed thousands of electric vehicle rebates in the final weekend before the department suspended its rebate program.

SURREY, B.C. — The British Columbia provincial court has handed a retired RCMP officer a suspended sentence, saying the man was "reckless" but not deceitful when he convinced a neighbour to invest in his failing cannabis company.

EDMONTON — Alberta and Ottawa have signed off on $203 million for new affordable housing projects across the province.

TORONTO — As a major funding shortfall looms over Pride Toronto, some prominent LGBTQ+ advocates say it's high time to rethink the organization's corporate partnerships and return to its political grassroots.

TORONTO — The latest tariff threat from U.S. President Donald Trump is drawing condemnation from business leaders, though more because of the added uncertainty than the potential direct impact that experts played down.

Restaurant conglomerate CEO Eric Lefebvre says Canadian fast-food diners are proving resilient in the face of tariffs and pricing pressures, but their counterparts in the U.S. are faring much worse. Lefebvre's Montreal-based MTY Food Group Inc.

MONTREAL — The trade war between Canada and the United States hasn't discouraged foreign companies from investing in Montreal, but recent changes to federal and provincial immigration policies are causing the business community some concern, says an