Good morning. Ottawa’s promised levies on a wide range of American imports to Canada have officially come into effect. More on that below, along with military talks with China and political unease in Germany.

Canada is staring down the risk of a trade war escalation with the United States as the PMO said Monday that there have been no eleventh hour talks on the weekend to avert Ottawa’s imposition of countertariffs. Instead, President Donald Trump released a steady stream of derisive posts about our country and floated a ban on Canadian jet-maker Bombardier.

In Quebec: U.S. tariffs remain a concern for Quebeckers, with Premier Christine Fréchette warning of the effects on the province. She called a special cabinet meeting yesterday, putting her election campaign on hold one day before Canadian retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods are set to take effect.

In sports: To give the NFL’s Washington Commanders a new home, the stadium’s developers need to navigate a difficult construction environment that has slowed building across the United States, one marked by rising material costs linked to tariffs, as well as fluctuating oil prices and a tight labour market.

Keep reading

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• For residents of York, Pa., day-to-day concerns overshadow Trump’s trade war
• U.S. businesses think looming countertariffs will inflict pain, but not misery
• Here’s how Canada’s countertariffs could hit your wallet

Canada has restarted military talks with China after a break of more than eight years that began with Beijing’s jailing of Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor in late 2018. The two countries held a new “defence co-ordination dialogue” in Ottawa on Sept. 4, according to a statement issued by China’s Ministry of National Defence.

The details: Beijing was the only side to announce this new milestone in thawing relations between Canada and China. Carney’s government, which has faced blowback from the U.S. over its new “special partnership” with China, issued no statement to mark the event.

The far-right Alternative for Germany party surged to a resounding victory in a regional election Sunday. The party – which wants to deport immigrants, halt support for Ukraine and restore ties with Moscow – fell a little short of winning a majority in its quest to form the country’s first far-right state government since the Second World War.

The latest: Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Monday ruled out working with AfD after the election, but he conceded the result had shaken his party “to its very foundations.” The AfD is appealing to lawmakers from Merz’s conservatives to support its bid to rule the eastern state, however Merz characterized the current political moment as a fight for the survival of Western values.

Stigma, silence and unmanaged symptoms are taking a heavy toll on working women and the country. One estimate from the Menopause Foundation puts the cost of unmanaged symptoms at $3.5-billion a year to the Canadian economy. Some countries have started to act. Can we do the same?

The context: Symptoms hit the majority of women between the ages of 45 and 55, when they are at the top of their game in skills, experience and seniority. There are dozens of different symptoms, and their average duration is about seven years, though the effects can last for 10 years or more. Half of women in Canada, according to one survey by the Menopause Foundation of Canada, say they are unprepared for this transition in life.