As of 11 a.m. eastern on Thursday, Brent crude prices were around US$100.60 per barrel as conflict in the Red Sea drove oil tanker traffic in the crucial Bab el-Mandeb strait down.
The U.S. says the tariffs, to be applied Aug. 19, are in response to provincial bans on U.S. liquor, Canada’s supply-managed dairy system and quotas on certain U.S. vehicles.
The June 29 report by the government’s threat assessment agency also spoke of a longer-term extremism problem caused by the normalization of antisemitic acts.
The federal government released the text of what it’s calling an agreement in principle with the U.S. for the Gordie Howe International Bridge, including on revenue sharing.
