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le carbone, est le meilleur moyen de lutter contre le changement climatique », a-t-il déclaré. M. Poilievre a proposé d’élargir les critères d’admissibilité des entreprises et des industries au crédit d’impôt pour la protection de l’environnement. Selon lui, cela encouragerait un plus grand nombre d’entreprises canadiennes à adopter des mesures visant à réduire les émissions de carbone de leurs activités et aiderait
lignes directrices relatives à la taxe de vente et des critères d’admissibilité aux crédits d’impôt pour les technologies vertes, et la facilitation de la vente par le Canada de ses ressources naturelles, telles que MFHB[OBUVSFM ÆM&VSPQFFUÆEBVUSFT marchés, contribueront à stimuler les entreprises et l’industrie canadiennes, à renforcer l’économie canadienne et à rendre le Canada moins dépendant des États-Unis en tant que marché d’exportation. anything with the U.S. president.” Ottawa has responded to Trump’s tariffs so far with a strategy that involves product- by-product and dollar-for-dollar counter-tariffs on American goods. CMPG officials hope that the federal government will also continue to monitor steel imports from other countries to Canada and take measures to prevent dumping of cheap steel into the Canadian marketplace. Ivaco Rolling Mills produces hot rolled wire and steel billets that are often used in construction projects. CMPG would like to see a government policy that promotes use of Canadian steel in construction work. “Made in Canada (steel) should only be used on Canadian construction projects,” said Perron.
les entreprises de technologies vertes à développer et à commercialiser leurs produits. Il a également proposé de modifier les lignes directrices relatives à la taxe sur les ventes afin d’éliminer la taxe sur les nouvelles maisons construites et vendues, ainsi que sur d’autres articles. M. Poilievre a déclaré que des mesures telles que la suppression pure et simple de la taxe sur le carbone, la révision des
Carney crée une “taxe carbone fantôme” qui continuera d’affecter les prix du pétrole et de l’essence pour les propriétaires, les entreprises et les industries. M. Poilievre a proposé une alternative à la taxe carbone pour aider le Canada à respecter son engagement à réduire le risque de changement climatique. « La technologie, et non les taxes sur
TARIFFS CAUSE LAYOFFS AT IVACO
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8BMLFSSFGFSSFEUPUIFQFSDFOUUBSJGG that U.S. President Donald Trump imposed on Canadian steel exports to the U.S. CMPG officials won’t say how the layoffs are spread out among the three plants that the company operates in L’Orignal and London in Ontario and near Montr é al in Qu é bec. But the United Steelworkers Union has told national media that 30 of the staff at the L’Orignal plant are laid off and the PUIFSFNQMPZFFTNBZCFUFNQPSBSJMZ furloughed for a week. “It’s a very difficult period,” said Fr é d é ric Perron, CMPG director of marketing and business development, in a phone interview Thursday. “Our goal is to maintain as many employees (at work) as we can.” Perron noted that the American tariff has resulted in “some volume loss” for CMPG’s products with its American markets
but the company is working on plans to try and reclaim some of its former Canadian markets, find new markets in Canada, and also expand its foreign marketing beyond Canada and the United States. “This is definitely on our radar,” said Perron. CMPG officials are also waiting to see what effect Trump’s threat to expand his QFSDFOUUBSJGGQMBOUPBMM$BOBEJBOBOE Mexican imports covered under the Canada- U.S.-Mexico Agreement on Free Trade (CUSMA). That is supposed to happen in early April. If that happens, Canadian steel FYQPSUTUPUIF64XJMMIBWFBOPUIFSQFS cent tariff added to the already-existing one. “This is a most critical date,” said Perron, “when we’ll have to make new decisions if it comes to that point. If there’s one thing we can be sure of it’s that we can’t be sure of
Ivaco Rolling Mills is laying off some of its workforce because of the American tariffs on Canadian steel. Officials for the Canada Metals Processing Group (CMPG), part of The Heico Companies, announced earlier this week of plans to lay off 140 employees at the three steel- processing plants that the company owns. That includes the Ivaco Rolling Mills at L’Orignal. “This was an extremely difficult decision GPSPVSDPNQBOZ uTUBUFE.BUU8BMLFS $.1( president, in a news release, “and not one that was made lightly, but necessary for the business in the current environment.”
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