The leader of Canada’s main automaking province swiftly criticized a new trade deal with China that lowers Beijing’s tariffs on Canadian canola in exchange for eased import rules on Chinese electric vehicles.

Ontario politicians and Canada’s largest private sector union are slamming Canada’s new trade agreement with China, saying it puts domestic auto jobs at risk with no guarantee of investments. Prime Minister Mark Carney announced Friday that Canada has agreed to slash its 100 per cent tariff on Chinese EVs for up to 49,

While some provincial leaders have been quietly pushing for a reciprocal easing of trade restrictions, Ontario Premier Doug Ford has taken a decidedly harder line. He has made it clear that he does not support lifting the tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles under any circumstances.

A British owned, Canadian-made whisky is at the centre of a spat between two provinces that is testing a unified "Team Canada" approach in the face of US tariffs. It started after the whisky maker, Diageo, said it will shut down a bottling plant in Ontario to move some of it closer to US consumers.

Last September, Mr. Ford dumped a bottle of Crown Royal out in front of TV cameras to protest the planned shutdown of the plant in Amherstburg, Ont. − months after banning all U.S. booze from the province’s liquor stores in response to President Donald Trump’s tariffs.

Some trade analysts have warned that a deal with China also risks provoking U.S. President Donald Trump. The U.S. first imposed 100 per cent tariffs on Chinese EVs in a bid to prevent local companies from being undercut by cheaper, heavily state-subsidized autos from China, and Canada quickly followed suit.

A British-owned whisky, made in Canada is sparking a fight between Ontario and Manitoba, putting Canada's \"Team Canada\" unity to the test amid US tari.

Manitoba's premier called on Doug Ford to "do a 180" and not follow through with plans to stop selling Crown Royal in Ontario.