\n<\/p>\n
Three cabinet ministers are wrapping up their visit to Washington, D.C., and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau<\/a> is set to address the mayors of some of Canada\u2019s biggest cities as Canada\u2019s 30-day reprieve from U.S. tariffs continues.<\/p>\n<\/p>\nNatural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson, Defence Minister Bill Blair and Industry Minister Fran\u00e7ois-Philippe Champagne are all in Washington, wrapping up meetings with U.S. officials this week. The three ministers are expected to speak to the media Thursday.<\/p>\nA group of mayors of the 23 largest cities in Canada are also meeting Thursday in Ottawa to \u201cdiscuss key shared priorities amid an upcoming federal election, and the impacts of a Canada-U.S. tariff war.\u201d<\/p>\nThe Federation of Canadian Municipalities\u2019 Big City Mayors\u2019 Caucus will hold a press conference later in the day, after which Trudeau will make remarks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t1:49<\/time>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTrump\u2019s tariff eliminate the de minimis exemption<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\nSpeaking to reporters Wednesday, Champagne said Ottawa has been working to ease free trade barriers between provinces as pressure grows to try to mitigate the impacts of potential tariffs.<\/p>\n\nStory continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\u201cI can tell you, having spoken to a number of premiers, the premiers are ready. The country is ready. Businesses are ready,\u201d Champagne told reporters on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\nGet daily National news<\/h3>\nGet the day’s top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\nChampagne said the federal government was also planning a \u201cCanada First procurement policy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t\tTrending Now<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t\tRCMP reveals new video of migrant interception at Canada-U.S. border<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t\tDriver charged in Gaudreau deaths says brothers were more impaired than him<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\nTransport and Internal Trade Minister\u00a0Anita Anand<\/a>\u00a0told reporters in Halifax on Wednesday that Ottawa was making \u201cfast-paced progress with all of the provinces and territories.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t\t\tMore on Canada<\/button>\n\t\t\tMore videos<\/button>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\u201cWe had an urgent meeting on Friday of the relevant ministers. At that meeting, we reached three strong recommendations,\u201d she said.<\/p>\nCanada\u2019s Committee on Internal Trade met last week to discuss how to open up trade between Canada\u2019s provinces. Anand said the first major recommendation that the committee agreed to implement is mutual recognition of regulations across the country.<\/p>\n\u201cThat is, in other words, respecting the rules in place in other jurisdictions. So, you don\u2019t have to comply, if you\u2019re a trucker, with moving your lights to a slightly different location if you cross a provincial boundary,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\u201cSecondly, we all agreed to reduce the exceptions in the Canadian Free Trade Act.\u201d<\/p>\nAnand said the committee also agreed to make labour mobility across Canada smoother, making it easier for a professional certified in one province to practise in another.<\/p>\n\nStory continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\nTrudeau also discussed the lifting of interprovincial trade barriers in his meeting with Canada\u2019s premiers.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\t\t© 2025 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
<\/p>\n
Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson, Defence Minister Bill Blair and Industry Minister Fran\u00e7ois-Philippe Champagne are all in Washington, wrapping up meetings with U.S. officials this week. The three ministers are expected to speak to the media Thursday.<\/p>\n
A group of mayors of the 23 largest cities in Canada are also meeting Thursday in Ottawa to \u201cdiscuss key shared priorities amid an upcoming federal election, and the impacts of a Canada-U.S. tariff war.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Federation of Canadian Municipalities\u2019 Big City Mayors\u2019 Caucus will hold a press conference later in the day, after which Trudeau will make remarks.<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t1:49<\/time>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTrump\u2019s tariff eliminate the de minimis exemption<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\nSpeaking to reporters Wednesday, Champagne said Ottawa has been working to ease free trade barriers between provinces as pressure grows to try to mitigate the impacts of potential tariffs.<\/p>\n\nStory continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\u201cI can tell you, having spoken to a number of premiers, the premiers are ready. The country is ready. Businesses are ready,\u201d Champagne told reporters on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\nGet daily National news<\/h3>\nGet the day’s top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\nChampagne said the federal government was also planning a \u201cCanada First procurement policy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t\tTrending Now<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t\tRCMP reveals new video of migrant interception at Canada-U.S. border<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t\tDriver charged in Gaudreau deaths says brothers were more impaired than him<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\nTransport and Internal Trade Minister\u00a0Anita Anand<\/a>\u00a0told reporters in Halifax on Wednesday that Ottawa was making \u201cfast-paced progress with all of the provinces and territories.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t\t\tMore on Canada<\/button>\n\t\t\tMore videos<\/button>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\u201cWe had an urgent meeting on Friday of the relevant ministers. At that meeting, we reached three strong recommendations,\u201d she said.<\/p>\nCanada\u2019s Committee on Internal Trade met last week to discuss how to open up trade between Canada\u2019s provinces. Anand said the first major recommendation that the committee agreed to implement is mutual recognition of regulations across the country.<\/p>\n\u201cThat is, in other words, respecting the rules in place in other jurisdictions. So, you don\u2019t have to comply, if you\u2019re a trucker, with moving your lights to a slightly different location if you cross a provincial boundary,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\u201cSecondly, we all agreed to reduce the exceptions in the Canadian Free Trade Act.\u201d<\/p>\nAnand said the committee also agreed to make labour mobility across Canada smoother, making it easier for a professional certified in one province to practise in another.<\/p>\n\nStory continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\nTrudeau also discussed the lifting of interprovincial trade barriers in his meeting with Canada\u2019s premiers.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\t\t© 2025 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
Speaking to reporters Wednesday, Champagne said Ottawa has been working to ease free trade barriers between provinces as pressure grows to try to mitigate the impacts of potential tariffs.<\/p>\n
Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
\u201cI can tell you, having spoken to a number of premiers, the premiers are ready. The country is ready. Businesses are ready,\u201d Champagne told reporters on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Get the day’s top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
Champagne said the federal government was also planning a \u201cCanada First procurement policy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t\tTrending Now<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t\tRCMP reveals new video of migrant interception at Canada-U.S. border<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t\tDriver charged in Gaudreau deaths says brothers were more impaired than him<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\nTransport and Internal Trade Minister\u00a0Anita Anand<\/a>\u00a0told reporters in Halifax on Wednesday that Ottawa was making \u201cfast-paced progress with all of the provinces and territories.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t\t\tMore on Canada<\/button>\n\t\t\tMore videos<\/button>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\u201cWe had an urgent meeting on Friday of the relevant ministers. At that meeting, we reached three strong recommendations,\u201d she said.<\/p>\nCanada\u2019s Committee on Internal Trade met last week to discuss how to open up trade between Canada\u2019s provinces. Anand said the first major recommendation that the committee agreed to implement is mutual recognition of regulations across the country.<\/p>\n\u201cThat is, in other words, respecting the rules in place in other jurisdictions. So, you don\u2019t have to comply, if you\u2019re a trucker, with moving your lights to a slightly different location if you cross a provincial boundary,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\u201cSecondly, we all agreed to reduce the exceptions in the Canadian Free Trade Act.\u201d<\/p>\nAnand said the committee also agreed to make labour mobility across Canada smoother, making it easier for a professional certified in one province to practise in another.<\/p>\n\nStory continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\nTrudeau also discussed the lifting of interprovincial trade barriers in his meeting with Canada\u2019s premiers.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\t\t© 2025 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\n\t\tTrending Now<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t\tRCMP reveals new video of migrant interception at Canada-U.S. border<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t\tDriver charged in Gaudreau deaths says brothers were more impaired than him<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\nTransport and Internal Trade Minister\u00a0Anita Anand<\/a>\u00a0told reporters in Halifax on Wednesday that Ottawa was making \u201cfast-paced progress with all of the provinces and territories.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t\t\tMore on Canada<\/button>\n\t\t\tMore videos<\/button>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\u201cWe had an urgent meeting on Friday of the relevant ministers. At that meeting, we reached three strong recommendations,\u201d she said.<\/p>\nCanada\u2019s Committee on Internal Trade met last week to discuss how to open up trade between Canada\u2019s provinces. Anand said the first major recommendation that the committee agreed to implement is mutual recognition of regulations across the country.<\/p>\n\u201cThat is, in other words, respecting the rules in place in other jurisdictions. So, you don\u2019t have to comply, if you\u2019re a trucker, with moving your lights to a slightly different location if you cross a provincial boundary,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\u201cSecondly, we all agreed to reduce the exceptions in the Canadian Free Trade Act.\u201d<\/p>\nAnand said the committee also agreed to make labour mobility across Canada smoother, making it easier for a professional certified in one province to practise in another.<\/p>\n\nStory continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\nTrudeau also discussed the lifting of interprovincial trade barriers in his meeting with Canada\u2019s premiers.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\t\t© 2025 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\n\t\t\t\tRCMP reveals new video of migrant interception at Canada-U.S. border<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t\tDriver charged in Gaudreau deaths says brothers were more impaired than him<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\nTransport and Internal Trade Minister\u00a0Anita Anand<\/a>\u00a0told reporters in Halifax on Wednesday that Ottawa was making \u201cfast-paced progress with all of the provinces and territories.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t\t\tMore on Canada<\/button>\n\t\t\tMore videos<\/button>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\u201cWe had an urgent meeting on Friday of the relevant ministers. At that meeting, we reached three strong recommendations,\u201d she said.<\/p>\nCanada\u2019s Committee on Internal Trade met last week to discuss how to open up trade between Canada\u2019s provinces. Anand said the first major recommendation that the committee agreed to implement is mutual recognition of regulations across the country.<\/p>\n\u201cThat is, in other words, respecting the rules in place in other jurisdictions. So, you don\u2019t have to comply, if you\u2019re a trucker, with moving your lights to a slightly different location if you cross a provincial boundary,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\u201cSecondly, we all agreed to reduce the exceptions in the Canadian Free Trade Act.\u201d<\/p>\nAnand said the committee also agreed to make labour mobility across Canada smoother, making it easier for a professional certified in one province to practise in another.<\/p>\n\nStory continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\nTrudeau also discussed the lifting of interprovincial trade barriers in his meeting with Canada\u2019s premiers.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\t\t© 2025 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n
\n\t\t\t\tDriver charged in Gaudreau deaths says brothers were more impaired than him<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\nTransport and Internal Trade Minister\u00a0Anita Anand<\/a>\u00a0told reporters in Halifax on Wednesday that Ottawa was making \u201cfast-paced progress with all of the provinces and territories.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t\t\tMore on Canada<\/button>\n\t\t\tMore videos<\/button>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\u201cWe had an urgent meeting on Friday of the relevant ministers. At that meeting, we reached three strong recommendations,\u201d she said.<\/p>\nCanada\u2019s Committee on Internal Trade met last week to discuss how to open up trade between Canada\u2019s provinces. Anand said the first major recommendation that the committee agreed to implement is mutual recognition of regulations across the country.<\/p>\n\u201cThat is, in other words, respecting the rules in place in other jurisdictions. So, you don\u2019t have to comply, if you\u2019re a trucker, with moving your lights to a slightly different location if you cross a provincial boundary,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\u201cSecondly, we all agreed to reduce the exceptions in the Canadian Free Trade Act.\u201d<\/p>\nAnand said the committee also agreed to make labour mobility across Canada smoother, making it easier for a professional certified in one province to practise in another.<\/p>\n\nStory continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\nTrudeau also discussed the lifting of interprovincial trade barriers in his meeting with Canada\u2019s premiers.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\t\t© 2025 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n
Transport and Internal Trade Minister\u00a0Anita Anand<\/a>\u00a0told reporters in Halifax on Wednesday that Ottawa was making \u201cfast-paced progress with all of the provinces and territories.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t\t\tMore on Canada<\/button>\n\t\t\tMore videos<\/button>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\u201cWe had an urgent meeting on Friday of the relevant ministers. At that meeting, we reached three strong recommendations,\u201d she said.<\/p>\nCanada\u2019s Committee on Internal Trade met last week to discuss how to open up trade between Canada\u2019s provinces. Anand said the first major recommendation that the committee agreed to implement is mutual recognition of regulations across the country.<\/p>\n\u201cThat is, in other words, respecting the rules in place in other jurisdictions. So, you don\u2019t have to comply, if you\u2019re a trucker, with moving your lights to a slightly different location if you cross a provincial boundary,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\u201cSecondly, we all agreed to reduce the exceptions in the Canadian Free Trade Act.\u201d<\/p>\nAnand said the committee also agreed to make labour mobility across Canada smoother, making it easier for a professional certified in one province to practise in another.<\/p>\n\nStory continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\nTrudeau also discussed the lifting of interprovincial trade barriers in his meeting with Canada\u2019s premiers.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\t\t© 2025 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\n\t\t\tMore on Canada<\/button>\n\t\t\tMore videos<\/button>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\u201cWe had an urgent meeting on Friday of the relevant ministers. At that meeting, we reached three strong recommendations,\u201d she said.<\/p>\nCanada\u2019s Committee on Internal Trade met last week to discuss how to open up trade between Canada\u2019s provinces. Anand said the first major recommendation that the committee agreed to implement is mutual recognition of regulations across the country.<\/p>\n\u201cThat is, in other words, respecting the rules in place in other jurisdictions. So, you don\u2019t have to comply, if you\u2019re a trucker, with moving your lights to a slightly different location if you cross a provincial boundary,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\u201cSecondly, we all agreed to reduce the exceptions in the Canadian Free Trade Act.\u201d<\/p>\nAnand said the committee also agreed to make labour mobility across Canada smoother, making it easier for a professional certified in one province to practise in another.<\/p>\n\nStory continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\nTrudeau also discussed the lifting of interprovincial trade barriers in his meeting with Canada\u2019s premiers.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\t\t© 2025 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\u201cWe had an urgent meeting on Friday of the relevant ministers. At that meeting, we reached three strong recommendations,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Canada\u2019s Committee on Internal Trade met last week to discuss how to open up trade between Canada\u2019s provinces. Anand said the first major recommendation that the committee agreed to implement is mutual recognition of regulations across the country.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat is, in other words, respecting the rules in place in other jurisdictions. So, you don\u2019t have to comply, if you\u2019re a trucker, with moving your lights to a slightly different location if you cross a provincial boundary,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cSecondly, we all agreed to reduce the exceptions in the Canadian Free Trade Act.\u201d<\/p>\n
Anand said the committee also agreed to make labour mobility across Canada smoother, making it easier for a professional certified in one province to practise in another.<\/p>\n
Trudeau also discussed the lifting of interprovincial trade barriers in his meeting with Canada\u2019s premiers.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
\n\t\t© 2025 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
![\"Click](\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/neyps7n9ai-nhunl0qi44\/WEB_6P_SMALL_BUSINESS_DE_MINIMIS.jpg?w=1040&quality=70&strip=all\")