Trade war between the U.S. and Canada continues to escalate Trump Backs Down Due to Market Trouble Last week, our team wrote about the imposition of 25% across the board tariffs on Canadian goods by the Trump administration. The resulting tariff showdown resulted in...
We get it. Elections are unsettling: they’re often unpredictable, always disruptive and endlessly intoxicating for the political watchers among us. Counsel’s Ontario team has kept its ear to the ground of the Ontario political environment to bring you our 3 keys...
This week’s political earthquake in Ottawa has caused everyone to ask, “what’s next?”. Counsel’s federal team is being asked every day to predict the outcome of the Liberal leadership race and the timing of a general election that will likely happen in rapid...
Analysis and Overview of Ontario’s 2024 Fall Economic Statement Amidst anticipation of a potential spring 2025 provincial election, today Ontario’s Minister of Finance Peter Bethlenfalvy released the province’s 2024 Fall Economic Statement (FES). The statement and...
In part one of our two-part blog, we noted some of the “hot” issues that face the Ford government in this legislative session and stated that health care would be a “shield” issue – something that the government will be forced to play defense on – and that Ford’s team...
