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SkillsOntario to work with OCOT to promote trades
June 22, 2018 by Allan Janssen

The Ontario College of Trades has signed a deal with SkillsOntario to work together to raise awareness about skilled trades. OCOT CEO and registrar George Gritziotis and SkillsOntario CEO Ian Howcroft have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to enhance their…

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OCOT looks for input on developing its next five-year-plan
June 21, 2018 by Allan Janssen

Ontario College of Trades plans to increase member engagement and make skilled trades more meaningful, attractive, and rewarding.

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SEMA speaks out as trade rhetoric intensifies
June 20, 2018 by Allan Janssen

The Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) has gone on record, saying tariffs imposed by the U.S. government are harming American companies, workers, and consumers. SEMA says its member companies are now grappling with higher-priced steel and aluminum because of global…

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Auto tariffs would chill economic output: report
June 20, 2018 by The Canadian Press

A new analysis by TD Economics says that if the United States goes ahead with tariffs on auto imports it could cut Canadian economic growth by half a percentage point and threaten up to one in five Ontario manufacturing jobs.…

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Tariffs will raise prices, cost jobs, say experts
June 18, 2018 by Adam Malik

Every workday, about 7,400 trucks mostly loaded with automotive parts rumble across the Ambassador Bridge connecting Detroit and Canada, at times snarling traffic along the busy corridor. But if President Donald Trump delivers on threats to slap 25 per cent…

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Ontario College of Trades to hold annual meeting tomorrow
June 18, 2018 by Allan Janssen

Those unable to attend the event at The Chelsea Hotel in Toronto can listen live and ask questions on the Internet.

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Waymo’s self driving car service to include 62,000 minivans
June 5, 2018 by The Associated Press

Google spinoff Waymo plans to launch its fully autonomous technology later this year in the Phoenix area and then expand

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What’s next? NAFTA talks face up hill battle
June 1, 2018 by Mike Blanchfield, The Canadian Press

Now they put their noses to the grindstone and get back to the North American Free Trade Agreement. But it is shaping up to be a complicated, uphill slog. Mexico and Canada have renewed their commitment to the bare-knuckled NAFTA…

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Canada hits back at tariffs in relationship ‘turning point’
June 1, 2018 by Mike Blanchfield, The Canadian Press

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau warned of a new turning point in Canada-U.S. relations while business leaders predicted dire economic consequences on both sides of the border Thursday as Donald Trump’s administration made good on its threat to impose crippling new…

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MEMA slams Trump’s tariffs
June 1, 2018 by Adam Malik

Uncertainty, risk, instability and added costs are just some of the repercussions that will follow the decision of U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration’s decision to impose tariffs on steel and aluminum from Canada, Mexico and the European Union. That’s the…

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U.S. imposing steel and aluminum tariffs on Canada, Mexico, EU
May 31, 2018 by Mike Blanchfield, The Canadian Press

The Trump administration is making good on its threat to slap Canada with hefty steel and aluminum tariffs, setting the stage for a possible trade war and leaving Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the middle of a very divided group…

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NAFTA unresolved, steel tariffs hanging after latest meeting
May 30, 2018 by Mike Blanchfield, The Canadian Press

To hear Chrystia Freeland tell it, NAFTA and steel are like apples and oranges. Canada’s foreign minister is in Washington this week to avert an economic storm that could see Canada sideswiped by crippling U.S. tariffs on imports of steel…