Justin Trudeau

Mexico and Canada strike back with retaliatory tariffs on US

Officials in Canada and Mexico struck back hours after President Donald Trump imposed a 25% tariff Saturday on imports from the neighboring countries, announcing they would retaliate by implementing their own import duties on U.S. goods.

Trump signed an executive order putting 25% tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico, while Chinese products will receive an additional 10% tariff. Canadian energy imports will only be tariffed at 10%.

The U.S. duties on all three countries will be fully in...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/mexico-and-canada-strike-back-with-retaliatory-tariffs-on-us

CP cierra el servicio ferroviario en medio de un conflicto laboral

Canadian Pacific inició un “cierre estructurado” de su servicio ferroviario en todo Canadá después de que una ruptura en las conversaciones con el sindicato Teamsters el sábado llevó a un paro laboral de 3.000 maquinistas, conductores y trabajadores de patio.

El sindicato y la dirección de los ferrocarriles se culparon mutuamente de haber provocado el paro, que aumenta la presión sobre los mercados agrícolas de Estados Unidos y Canadá, ya afectados por la pandemia.

“Estamos muy decepcionados con...

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CP shuts down rail service amid labor dispute

Canadian Pacific began a “structured shutdown” of its rail service across Canada after a breakdown in talks with the Teamsters union on Saturday led to a work stoppage by 3,000 train engineers, conductors and yard workers.

The union and railroad management blamed each other for causing the shutdown that places more pressure on U.S.-Canadian agriculture markets already straining from pandemic-related issues.

“We are very disappointed with this turn of events,” Dave Fulton, spokesperson for the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/cp-shuts-down-rail-service-amid-labor-dispute

Ontario orders 12 truck operators out of service over Freedom Convoy protest

A police car is parked in front of three rows of trucks during the freedom convoy protest in Ottawa.

Ontario’s Ministry of Transportation is taking 12 truck operators out of service — suspending their operating authorities and ordering the seizure of their license plates — in connection with their role in the Freedom Convoy protest in Ottawa, Canada.

A spokesperson for the ministry declined to identify the operators or say if they included any carriers. The spokesperson also would not say how long the suspensions would last.

Sources close to the ministry told FreightWaves that at least one...

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Canada vows crackdown on truckers, carriers involved in protests, border blockades

A police officer in a yellow jacket with the word "POLICE" talks to a truck driver in Ottawa, Canada.

The Canadian government plans to crack down on the truckers and carriers involved in the protests and blockades that have swept the country.

“Today we are serving notice that we will freeze corporate bank accounts and cancel the insurance of trucks being used in protests that have blocked the countries,” Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland said Monday. “Send your semi-trailers home.”

Freeland made the threat after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced he was invoking the country’s...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/canada-vows-crackdown-on-truckers-carriers-involved-in-protests-border-blockades

Canadá promete reprimir a los camioneros y transportistas implicados en las protestas y los bloqueos fronterizos

A police officer in a yellow jacket with the word "POLICE" talks to a truck driver in Ottawa, Canada.

El gobierno canadiense planea tomar medidas enérgicas contra los camioneros y transportistas involucrados en las protestas y bloqueos que han barrido el país, dijo un alto funcionario el lunes después de que el primer ministro Justin Trudeau tomó la medida extraordinaria de declarar una emergencia nacional.

“Hoy estamos notificando: Si su camión está siendo utilizado en estos bloqueos ilegales, sus cuentas corporativas serán congeladas, el seguro de su vehículo será suspendido”, dijo la...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/canada-promete-reprimir-a-los-camioneros-y-transportistas-implicados-en-las-protestas-y-los-bloqueos-fronterizos

Los camioneros del Convoy de la Libertad dicen que algunos partidarios los avergüenzan

A truck driver wearing a hat talks to a man holding a protest sign at the Freedom Rally in Ottawa.

OTTAWA, Ontario – El camionero de Indiana Brian Gregg miró a través del parabrisas de su Kenworth rojo y negro el lunes por la tarde con una sonrisa de desprecio mientras señalaba la Dodge Ram aparcada en medio de un cruce.

La camioneta había llegado esa mañana, mucho después de que la mayoría de los camiones comerciales del Convoy de la Libertad llegaran a la capital canadiense, con un cartel montado en la parte trasera en francés. Traducido, decía: “Juntos y unidos: Libertad”. Poco después,...

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Was the trucking message in Ottawa drowned out by ‘jackass’ protesters?

A truck driver wearing a hat talks to a man holding a protest sign at the Freedom Rally in Ottawa.

OTTAWA, Ontario — Indiana trucker Brian Gregg peered through the windshield of his red and black Kenworth on Monday afternoon with a sneer as he pointed to the Dodge Ram parked in the middle of an intersection. 

The pickup had arrived that morning, long after most of the commercial trucks from the Freedom Convoy poured into the Canadian capital, with a sign mounted in the back in French. Translated it read, “Together and United: Freedom.” Not long after, an ambulance with lights and sirens going...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/was-the-trucking-message-in-ottawa-drowned-out-by-jackass-protesters

Camionero de Florida en la caravana de Canadá: “Estamos aquí para unirnos a un movimiento

A semi truck moves forward as people holding signs and Canadian flags cheer on.

VAUGHAN, Ontario – DeAndre Mahadeo, propietario de un camión con sede en Florida, al igual que otros camioneros que pasaron por delante de una multitud de simpatizantes a las afueras de Toronto, fue despedido con entusiasmo el jueves, cuando se preparaba para dirigirse a la capital, Ottawa, en una protesta contra el mandato de la vacuna COVID-19 en la frontera.

Cientos de personas de todas las edades les llamaron héroes e incluso luchadores por la libertad mientras 15 o 20 camiones y unos...

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