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- CTV News
China files WTO complaint over Canada steel duties
Rolled coils of steel sit in the yard at Algoma Steel Inc., the second largest steel producer in Canada, along the St. Marys River in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., Thursday, July 24, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nick Iwanyshyn Beijing, China -- China filed a complaint with the World Trade Organization (WTO) over Canadian steel import restrictions on Friday, the commerce ministry said, escalating simmering trade tensions between Beijing and Ottawa. Economic and political relations between China and Canada have been testy in recent years, with trade ties deteriorating even as both countries are targeted by US President Donald Trump's tariff blitz. Last month, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced an additional 25 percent tariff on steel imports that contain steel melted and poured in China. He said the move was needed to protect the domestic industry after the United States increased import duties on steel to 50 percent, prompting fears that firms would divert exports and dump steel in Canada. China's commerce ministry said in a statement that it had filed a complaint against the Canadian measures on Friday, labelling them 'discriminatory' and saying they 'disregarded WTO rules'. 'Such actions are typical unilateral and protectionist measures that undermine China's legitimate rights and interests and disrupt the stability of global industrial and supply chains for steel,' it added. The WTO complaint comes days after Beijing announced new temporary duties on Canadian imports of canola and preliminary levies on halogenated butyl rubber -- a material used for tyre linings and hoses -- as well as an anti-dumping probe into Canadian pea starch imports. Canada said on Tuesday it was 'deeply disappointed' with the move to impose duties on canola. Beijing had already slapped a 100 percent surcharge on various Canadian agricultural products in March, in what it said was a response to Ottawa's decision last year to place 100 percent tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles.
CBC
44 minutes ago
- CBC
Sask NDP calls on province to release nearly 300 pages of marshal misconduct complaints, investigations
The Saskatchewan NDP is calling on the province to release a collection of documents outlining complaints and investigations into Saskatchewan Marshals Service after the Opposition party submitted a Freedom of Information (FOI) request and got back nearly 300 pages of redacted emails and documents. The NDP had requested all documents related to allegations of misconduct or investigations into the marshals service from November 2022 to May 2025. " This pattern of secrecy and lack of transparency is deeply troubling," NDP MLA Nicole Sarauer said at a Thursday morning news conference. She said even the dates of the emails had been redacted. "That's a lot of documents, especially for a police force that wasn't even doing any on the ground work until this summer." The NDP is calling on Minister for Justice, Policing, Corrections and Public Safety Tim McLeod and Legislative Secretary Michael Weger to be "transparent" with the province and release the documents. The Opposition party said it has already written to the provincial ombudsman to ask for an investigation into the conduct of the marshals service. The NDP has also referred its concerns about the redacted records to the office of Saskatchewan's information and privacy commissioner. " The minister can keep trying to hide it, but the details of this scandal will come out. Folks talk in Saskatchewan," Sarauer said. Sarauer pointed to a complaint made in May, before the service was officially working, about an officer who resigned after the complaint was made. She asked what kind of vetting process happened before that person was hired. "The minister needs to clear the air, explain what happened and also explain what he has done since to ensure that this never happens again," Sarauer said. "It's not very often a police force receives a public complaint before even starting to work.… It really makes one wonder what this person did." Sarauer said it is still unclear from the documents if all 290 are regarding the marshal who has since resigned, or there are multiple complaints against the marshal service. "Decisions regarding Freedom of Information access requests are made internally by the permanent head of the organizations involved in the request, without the involvement of the elected," a spokesperson for the Government of Saskatchewan said in an email to CBC Thursday. It said that in this case that would be the chief marshal of the marshals service. The spokesperson said the NDP has attempted to pressure and dictate the decisions of not just one, but two oversight bodies, the Public Complaint Commission's (PCC) and the ombudsman. "This not only undermines the independence of these offices but sets a dangerous precedent of politicizing processes that are explicitly designed to be neutral and non-partisan," the email said. The PCC's investigation into the complaint involving the marshal service has been completed and has been provided to the service for its review and action, according to the province.
Globe and Mail
an hour ago
- Globe and Mail
Canada Post and CUPW head back to the bargaining table
Canada Post and the union representing 55,000 postal workers are set to head back to the bargaining table today. It's been two weeks since members of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers rejected the employers' latest offers in a majority vote. After more than a year and a half of negotiations, the two sides met with federal mediators on Tuesday and have more rounds of bargaining scheduled for today and Monday. Opinion: Canada Post is a case study in Canadian dysfunctionality The Crown corporation's most recent offers from late May included wage hikes of around 13 per cent over four years and restructuring to add part-time workers. Canada Post says it looks forward to receiving a comprehensive response from the union that addresses the significant and increasing challenges facing the postal service. In the meantime, the union is keeping up its national ban on overtime work.
