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30.08.26 - 13:39
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Canada Is Poaching America′s Top Scientists (ZeroHedge)
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Canada Is Poaching America's Top Scientists
Canada is taking advantage of growing uncertainty within the US academic system by offering hundreds of millions of dollars to researchers willing to move north, according to Bloomberg.
The Canadian government has committed C$504 million, or roughly $362 million, to support 64 scientists and scholars joining universities across the country. Three quarters of the recruits currently work in the United States, many at institutions including Harvard, MIT and the University of North Carolina. The remaining researchers are arriving from a dozen other countries, including China, Japan, Germany and the UK. Nearly half of the group coming from the US are Canadian citizens returning home.
The new arrivals include Sara Seager, a leading planetary scientist leaving MIT for the University of Toronto, and MIT materials scientist James LeBeau. The University of British Columbia is adding Brian Kuhlman, whose protein research was connected to work recognized by the...
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29.08.26 - 18:36
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Trump vs Carney: Cars, homes, booze and more caught in US-Canada tariff war (Times of India)
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The recent imposition of new tariffs on vehicles and construction materials has intensified the trade conflict between the US and Canada. This has also led to surging import taxes on other household products and alcoholic beverages. Both businesses and consumers are likely to feel the pinch with escalating costs, potentially affecting employment rates. Moreover, these disputes cast a shadow of uncertainty over the USMCA trade agreement....
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29.08.26 - 13:18
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′If it′s made in the US, I don′t buy it′: Canadians on boycotting Trump′s America (The Guardian)
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Avoiding US goods and services – from tech to whisky to air travel – has forced many to find a new way of livingFor William McDonald, 38, a diesel mechanic from Thunder Bay, Ontario, “Canadian is always the first choice,” even if it means his weekly bills are higher.“As soon as Trump started putting those tariffs on in February [last year], I started boycotting US goods,” he said. “Avoiding American products has driven my costs up, and I'm still happy to do it. Continue reading......
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28.08.26 - 23:24
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Tariffs Could Bring Canada Auto "To Its Knees" (Bloomberg)
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President Trump vowed this week to hike tariffs on Canadian cars, trucks, automotive parts, and steel to 50% at the start of next year as part of an ongoing trade war threat with the country. Linda Hasenfratz, Executive Chair of Linamar, says that after decades of free trade in automotives between he US and Canada, the implementation of such high tariffs would "cripple the industry." (Source: Bloomberg)...
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