Canadian Broadcasting Corporation is reporting that Canada is set to impose retaliatory tariffs on $27.6 billion worth of U.S. goods beginning Sept. 8. It said these counter-tariffs could increase costs for Canadian businesses already struggling with the ongoing trade war with the United States. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is urging Ottawa to resume trade talks with the U.S. before the new tariffs take effect. California Gov. Gavin Newsom reportedly believes President Donald J Trump will restart trade discussions with Canada in a matter of days. CBC also noted that Canada's big banks are largely shrugging off the trade war's impact.
CBC also reported that Canada's affordability crisis, largely driven by food and shelter costs, is seeing out-of-pocket health care expenses rise at a nearly identical rate since 2022, according to Statistics Canada data. The outlet noted that U.S. tariffs are influencing Alberta's separatism debate, with some viewing the escalated trade war as a unifying external threat and others as a sign of Canadian failure.
In other news, CBC said that finding child care in Nova Scotia is particularly challenging for parents working unusual hours. It also reported on newly unearthed letters in a Grand Falls-Windsor court action, showing how a Catholic church official in Newfoundland and Labrador moved a priest to an Ontario treatment center in 1970 following allegations involving boys, more than 15 years before his sexual assault conviction.
The broadcaster also noted that peach trees in Ontario's Niagara region are threatened by recent historic flooding. Internationally, CBC reported that a hospital fire in Pakistan killed 14 newborns, prompting an immediate inquiry.