Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Allison Jones
Publication Date: August 21, 2025 - 14:11
Tariffs weigh on Ontario’s economy as manufacturing sector sheds jobs
August 21, 2025
Ontario’s economy has recently started to feel the impact of American tariffs, shedding 38,000 jobs in the second quarter of 2025, the province’s financial watchdog said Thursday in a report.
Financial accountability officer Jeffrey Novak said hits to employment in that timeframe include the early impacts of the tariffs, as well as broad economic factors.
Unpublished Newswire
Secularism Minister Jean-François Roberge says the government is uneasy with what he describes as a growing phenomenon of people praying in the streets, especially in Montreal.
August 28, 2025 - 13:24 | Alessia Simona Maratta | Global News - Canada
Nine Manitoba manufacturers will be receiving a share of more than $21 million in funding to help improve productivity and stay competitive internationally.
August 28, 2025 - 13:16 | Sam Thompson | Global News - Canada
It would seem almost impossible to spend billions of dollars on Ontario’s housing problems without producing a positive result, yet Premier Doug Ford’s government is managing to do it.
The PC government has committed $5.2 billion to two major programs to speed up housing construction and increase supply, but the province’s housing situation is getting worse, not better.
The numbers are not good. A
new RBC housing study...
August 28, 2025 - 13:12 | Randall Denley | National Post
Comments
Be the first to comment