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CBC
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- CBC
Carney's done ‘good job' putting Canada first in U.S. trade negotiations, Erin O'Toole says
Prime Minister Mark Carney said Tuesday U.S. President Donald Trump seems wedded to tariffs and any trade deal with the Americans may include accepting some levies on exports. Former Conservative leader Erin O'Toole said Carney has 'generally done a really good job' resetting the tone of negotiations, while making sure core parts of the economy remain exempt from tariffs.
Winnipeg Free Press
39 minutes ago
- Winnipeg Free Press
Number of Canadians with favourable view of U.S. has fallen, poll suggests
WASHINGTON – Amid months of tariffs and taunts from U.S. President Donald Trump, a new poll suggests the percentage of Canadians who have a favourable view of the United States has fallen and is now on par with the number who think positively about China. The survey by the Pew Research Center suggests one-third of Canadians — 34 per cent — now have a favourable view of the United States. It marks a 20 percentage point decrease from last year. The same percentage of Canadians had favourable views of China — a 13 point increase. 'For the last few years … many people have preferred the U.S. to China by a sizable margin,' said Laura Silver, associate director of global attitudes research at the Washington-based research centre. Now, she said, 'there's no daylight between the two.' Pew polled people in 25 countries and the survey found positive views of China increased in more than half the nations. There was also an increase in people who viewed Chinese President Xi Jinping favourably. 'This is the first real tick up that we've seen that we would describe as an increase across the board,' Silver said. Trump returned to the White House with an agenda to realign global trade and upend geopolitics by targeting friend and foe alike. Critics of Trump's tactics have said the ongoing instability will push countries to form closer ties with China. Canada was an early target with Trump repeatedly calling former prime minister Justin Trudeau 'governor' and insisting Canada should become a U.S. state. The president hit Canada and Mexico with duties he linked to fentanyl trafficking in March, only to walk back the tariffs for goods that comply with the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement on trade a few days later. Trump took his trade war to the world in April with so-called 'reciprocal' tariffs but paused the devastating duties a few hours later saying it would give time for countries to make a deal with America. He kept in place a 10 per cent tariff for most countries. China was hit by the hardest duties, prompting a brief but escalated tariff standoff between the world's two largest economies. The U.S. president has been sending out letters to nations suggesting they will be hit with high duty rates if no deal is made by Aug. 1. Trump did go ahead with specific tariffs targeting steel, aluminum and automobile imports, with copper duties also set to come into place on Aug. 1. Pew, a non-partisan think tank, surveyed 28,333 adults across 24 countries – not including the United States – from Jan. 8 to April 26 by phone, online and in person. The centre also surveyed 3,605 Americans from March 24 to March 30 by phone, online and in person. The poll reports 26 per cent of all people surveyed said they had confidence in the Chinese president, while 22 per cent said the same for Trump. 'That reflects both a rising view of Xi and a quite dramatically negative view of Trump,' Silver said. The changing views were especially stark in Mexico, where 45 per cent of people said it's more important for their country to have strong economic ties with China than with the U.S. — up from 37 per cent in 2019 and 15 per cent in 2015. Monday Mornings The latest local business news and a lookahead to the coming week. Canada's relationship with China was roiled during the first Trump administration when in 2018 Canadians Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig were taken into custody in China. It followed the arrest of Huawei's chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou in British Columbia at the request of the United States. Silver said the 2025 polling is the first time there hasn't been a wide gap in how Canadians view the world's two largest economies since the relationship with China took a 'nosedive.' The Pew Research Center survey found the share of Canadians who said the U.S. was more important for economic ties had dropped to 67 per cent from 87 per cent in 2019. 'Now, while it's still a majority, it's down more than 20 percentage points with a corresponding rise in the share who prefer China,' Silver said. This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 15, 2025.
CTV News
an hour ago
- CTV News
Rezoning debate reignites fears over contamination at former CBC Calgary site
A redevelopment in Hillhurst is causing some concern among residents. Mason DePatie has details. Concerns over soil contamination are taking centre stage at Calgary city hall as council considers a controversial inner-city redevelopment in Hillhurst. During Tuesday's meeting, city council will decide on changing the land use designation for 1706 Westmount Blvd. N.W. It's the former site of the former CBC building, which has sat vacant for several years. Rezoning debate reignites fears over contamination at former CBC Calgary site Residents in Hillhurst are concerned about creosote contamination from a redevelopment, but the area councillor says there is no danger. Anthem Properties is looking to build a 269-unit apartment complex on the site, requiring the lot to be changed to a District Control District allowing multi-residential development. While residents do have some concerns about the complex, the main issue is what would be buried beneath it. Decades ago, a wood treatment plant operated across the Bow River, leaving behind creosote contamination that seeped under the river. The province filed a report in 2022 that found contamination at the Westmount site is mostly confined to the south portion of the lot and does not pose a risk through inhalation. But with construction on the horizon, the report does little to quell the nerves of those who live nearby. Jim Stirling, a Hillhurst resident and engineer by trade, is concerned that the excavation will stir up the creosote. 'What we're asking for is that they suspend the land use approval and appoint an independent panel to study the evidence that we've gathered to demonstrate our concerns,' he said. Rezoning debate reignites fears over contamination at former CBC Calgary site Ward 7 Coun. Terry Wong said he has heard from dozens of concerned community members about the issue. 'We've been advised by Alberta Environment that there is not a great risk,' he said. 'Most of that creosote is buried very, very deep in the bedrock, and a significant amount of clay above it and the water table. So again, disturbance of the creosote shouldn't be a problem.' Anthem Properties previously told CTV News that it would need to dig about three metres deep to build its single-storey parkade, leaving 1.2 metres above ground. It also notes that it has a risk management plan that includes testing, reporting, monitoring, and an exposure control protocol. If council approves the rezoning, construction could begin as early as next summer, with completion expected in 2028.
