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Brian Platt

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Ottawa, ON, Canada

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Past articles by Brian:

Canada Joins US and EU in Banning TikTok From Government Phones

Canada will bar civil servants from using TikTok Inc. on government-issued mobile devices, according to an internal memo seen by Bloomberg News. → Read More

Prime Minister Trudeau says Canada seeking to recover object downed over Yukon

Canada is searching for the object shot down in its far north on Saturday but the weather is posing challenges, says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau → Read More

Climate groups ask Ottawa to omit blue hydrogen from subsidies

'Investing in fossil hydrogen would lock Canada into a future of fossil fuel use,' the climate coalition said. Read more. → Read More

Trudeau Eyes Billions to Patch Canada’s Creaking Health System

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is preparing to commit billions of dollars to help shore up a strained health-care system, opening the spending taps for a service that many Canadians say isn’t working well. → Read More

U.S. sets up second dispute panel on Canadian dairy quotas under trade deal

U.S. says Ottawa is still undermining access to its dairy market. Find out more. → Read More

US Sets Up Dispute Panel on Canadian Dairy Quotas Under Trade Deal

The US set up a second dispute-settlement panel to resolve differences with Canada over its dairy quotas, saying Ottawa is still undermining access to its market under a trade deal between the nations. → Read More

Oil firms eye $15 billion growth fund to match Biden's subsidies

Firms are seeking a chunk of the Canada Growth Fund to help fund large-scale carbon capture plans. Find out more. → Read More

Oil firms eye $15 billion growth fund to match Biden's subsidies

Firms are seeking a chunk of the Canada Growth Fund to help fund large-scale carbon capture plans. Find out more. → Read More

Mexico, Canada win auto trade dispute against U.S.

Mexico and Canada won a USMCA dispute with the U.S. over cars shipped across regional borders. Find out more → Read More

Mexico, Canada Win Trade Ruling Against US on Duty-Free Cars

Mexico and Canada won a trade dispute with the US over cars shipped across regional borders, providing automakers more incentive to make vehicles in those nations. → Read More

Canada goes after $26 million in assets from Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich

It marks the first time Canada is using a law that allows for sanctioned assets to be forfeited by a court order. Foreign Minister Melanie Joly said the country is the first in the Group of Seven to implement this measure against Russia. → Read More

Canada goes after $26 million in assets from Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich

Canada intends to seize US$26 million in sanctioned assets from Roman Abramovich, with proceeds used to help reconstruct Ukraine. Read more. → Read More

Trudeau's tilt away from China resonates in poll on trade ties

Canadian public opinion has turned against trade with China as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government promises to pivot toward democratic allies in Asia. → Read More

China is 'increasingly disruptive global power,' warns Trudeau's foreign minister

Justin Trudeau's top diplomat warned on China as 'increasingly disruptive' as Ottawa prepares to unveil its Indo-Pacific strategy. Read on → Read More

Trudeau expected to propose new tax on stock buybacks

Aim is to encourage companies to invest in their own business → Read More

Inflation hurting fight against inequality, Trudeau insider warns

Inflation requires carefully targeted spending to reduce its impact on low-income Canadians, says Tyler Meredith. Read more. → Read More

A Canadian Right-Winger Pits the ‘Have-Nots’ Against the ‘Have-Yachts’

Pierre Poilievre, challenging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, vows to lead a conservative revolution in a famously liberal country. → Read More

Germany Taps 'Boundless' Fuel Potential in Canada Hydrogen Deal

Canada intends to start shipping green hydrogen produced by wind farms to Germany by 2025, the first step in a partnership to help Europe’s biggest economy… → Read More

Canada Says Ukraine Gas Route Isn't Alternative to Nord Stream

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s top energy official defended his country’s decision to release a sanctioned turbine for the key Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline,… → Read More

Canada lays out two options for oil and gas industry emissions cap

Cap-and-trade system and another option that would impose a steeper carbon price on the sector. Read on for more → Read More