Trump threatens 100% tariffs on Canada if it becomes a "drop off port" for China, warning the deal would destroy Canadian businesses and way of life.

Activity in Canada’s services industry contracted even more sharply to start the new year, extending a downturn as tariffs and broader uncertain continue to weigh heavily, data released Wednesday showed.

Ms. Simon made her comments hours after she joined Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand and Greenland’s Foreign Minister Vivian Motzfeldt in raising the Canadian flag over a new consulate in Greenland’s capital. The ceremony was also attended by a group of more than 70 Inuit leaders from across Canada.

There are some areas where Canada has real leverage. It has rare-earth minerals that the U.S. covets. Cars produced in Michigan and Ohio rely on Canadian parts. It’s by far the largest foreign supplier of energy to the U.S. These exports are made possible by physical infrastructure — pipelines, grids, power lines — that are hard to replace quickly.

"We're moving quickly," Farrah Storr, head of international at Substack, tells THR after hiring Mark Swierszcz as its new Canadian head of partnerships, with more country hires in the works worldwide.

It’s been a long time since anyone tested whether the Canadian market is big enough to be a draw for manufacturing

The defiance against America that has consumed Canadian life for over a year now has finally spread to the rest of the West. The message of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s speech at Davos last month — that of a “ rupture in the world order ” — was not new for Canadians.