By Murray Sherriffs
Montreal’s ‘Unscented Company has stopped soap production with a business in Vermont, due to tariffs and has shifted work back to Canada, because CEO Anie Rouleau says that the current tariff environment could cost her business about $150,000 by the end of this year.
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Voters head to the polls today in three federal by-elections in Quebec, Ontario and British Columbia, and many feel that the trade war will be front-of-mind as they cast their ballots.
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Affordability and the economy is of concern to voters, as Quebec’s election campaign enters day five, and party leaders have taken note as they unveil ways they feel will ease financial pressures.
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Quebec Liberals and Québec Solidaire are promising to make housing more affordable, the Conservatives are proposing tax cuts, the CAQ has unveiled its fiscal plan and the Parti Québécois is proposing stricter immigration policies to protect the French language.
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The school year begins this week in Montreal: Lester B. Pearson School Board students today; English Montreal School Board, tomorrow. Staffing remains a concern at both boards as teachers look at the pressures that come with the job and the pay they don’t receive for it. And pay heed to speed zones, as tomorrow’s leaders advance their education.
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The federal and Quebec governments are giving $50 million+ dollars to organizations that help the thousands of women and children who are victims intimate-partner violence and remain in private-market rental housing. Renters will receive financial assistance through Quebec’s Rent Supplement.
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Montreal police detectives are looking for the man interrupted by a witness to him trying to set fire to himself a the El Khawa restaurant on Jean Talon.
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Canadiens captain Nick Suzuki says Arber Xhekaj is a big, important piece for the Habs locker room and on the ice, and hopes that he’ll get signed quickly.
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Sun / 25º today
Showers / 21º tomorrow
