Tag: Quebec

  • Bombardier Hit

    Trump’s threat to bar the Quebec jetmaker from the American market wiped more than six per cent off its shares, drew objections from a Republican senator and an American union, and exposed the limits of using market access as a trade weapon against a company with suppliers in 47 states. MONTREAL, September 9, 2026 –…

  • Dairy On Edge

    Quebec’s premier convenes an emergency meeting on agriculture as Canada’s supply-managed dairy sector, along with thousands of small exporters from hockey stick makers to cabinet shops, braces for Wednesday’s 50 percent American tariff MONTREAL, August 16, 2026 The anxiety radiating through Canada’s farm belt and factory floors this weekend is most acute in Quebec, where…

  • Provinces Brace

    Quebec convened emergency sector meetings, Ontario refused to restock American whisky, and federal ministers briefed their provincial counterparts as a 50 per cent tariff deadline exposed the seams in Canada’s negotiating coalition. MONTREAL, Aug. 14, 2026 Quebec Premier Christine Fréchette spent Thursday in a Montreal boardroom with the province’s leading economic stakeholders, working through a…

  • Liquor Standoff

    Quebec declares the American alcohol boycott a matter of provincial jurisdiction alone, complicating a federal negotiation in which liquor shelves have become a tariff trigger OTTAWA, August 9, 2026 – The Quebec government has told Ottawa and Washington that American alcohol will remain off provincial liquor store shelves until the province is satisfied with the…

  • Lumber Ruling

    A Quebec remanufacturer that spent seven years outside the U.S. countervailing duty order on softwood lumber has been put back inside it, and the case that did it is a warning about how long trade litigation can run and how little finality a favourable rate confers. WASHINGTON, Aug. 7, 2026. The U.S. Department of Commerce…

  • Lumber Duty Hit

    A Quebec remanufacturer is pulled back inside the softwood countervailing duty order after a seven year court fight, and the ruling carries a warning for every Canadian lumber trading company WASHINGTON, August 6, 2026 A Quebec lumber remanufacturer that spent seven years outside the United States countervailing duty order on Canadian softwood lumber has been…

  • Dairy Duel

    Trump’s 50 percent tariffs land Canadian milk, whey and lactose on Washington’s hit list and reopen a decades-old fight over supply management, but Ottawa says the market will not open further COATICOOK, Quebec, July 24, 2026 On a dairy farm ten kilometres from the American border, Angus MacKinnon has been expecting this fight for a…

  • Dairy Targeted

    Milk, whey and lactose join Washington’s 50 percent tariff list as Trump takes aim at Canada’s supply management system. Producers say the farmgate hit is limited, but the fight over a system Ottawa calls non-negotiable is only beginning. Peacock Tariff Consulting, Canada Trade Desk. Dateline Coaticook, Quebec, July 23, 2026. COATICOOK, Que. Canada’s dairy sector…

  • Lumber Squeeze

    Quebec rolls out a fresh loan program for softwood producers as Canadian mills brace for a U.S. duty ruling due within weeks, the Section 232 tariff bites, and Ottawa presses Washington for a truce that may hinge on quotas. By the Peacock Tariff Consulting Canada Trade Desk | Filed July 14, 2026 OTTAWA, July 14,…