Tariffs
Construction Business
Municipal infrastructure boosts Canada’s economy
Investments in local infrastructure are among the most effective ways to boost Canada's economy and create jobs.
Canadian Property Management
Cement and salt to shake off tariffs
The United States government is lifting the 50 per cent tariff it has applied on imports of Canadian cement and road salt since Aug. 29.
Canadian Property Management
Tariff waivers available, but not easy
Canadian wholesalers and distributors of HVAC and refrigeration equipment face a new schedule of import duties on 19 categories of U.S. products, beginning Sept. 8.
REMI Network
Global NGO pushes for Superior claim
“It doesn’t sit well with some egos that the American Falls are kind of nondescript next to Horseshoe Falls so this presents an opportunity to stake out a more impressive namesake,” one observer reasons.
Design Quarterly
Tariff pressure intensifies for woodworkers
Canada’s secondary wood manufacturing sector sees U.S. measure extend beyond previously tariffed finished products into selected furniture, millwork, panels and cutting tools.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
When trade war fallout hits the housing market
Housing developers already battling labour shortages, high interest rates, and soaring land costs now face a new destabilizing force as the Canada–U.S. trade war disrupts every stage of construction.
Canadian Property Management
Retaliatory tariffs set for building products
Radiators, most air conditioners, and LED luminaires and lighting fittings manufactured in the United States are set to be hit with retaliatory tariffs beginning Sept. 8.
REMI Network
Construction hit hard as trade war escalates
Steel, aluminium, lumber and cement are all being hit with damaging new 50 per cent tariffs with the collapse of trade talks between the US and Canada.
Construction Business
Lobbying precedes U.S. cement tariff
The new 50 per cent tariff on Canadian cement imports is expected to exert further upward pressure on construction costs in the United States.
Construction Business
Feds launch rebate program for shipping steel
The federal government has announced the launch of a $100 million rebate program for eligible steel products transportation.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Winter maintenance budgeting gets slipperier
A threatened 50 per cent tariff on Canadian road salt imported into the United States is creating winter maintenance budgeting uncertainties on both sides of the international border.
Construction Business
BuildForce forecasts rise in ICI investment
Institutional, commercial, and industrial (ICI) investment is projected to rise into 2029 on the strength of major project activity.
Canadian Property Management
Envisioned AI ecosystem has CRE components
Commercial real estate could be both a builder and a beneficiary of the artificial intelligence (AI) ecosystem envisioned in the Canadian government’s national AI strategy.
Canadian Property Management
Electricity strategy leans on influencer role
The Canadian government signals its ambitions to be an influencer via the national electricity strategy even though it lacks constitutional jurisdiction over generation, transmission and rate setting.
Canadian Property Management
Tourism promoters make pitch to CRE investors
Tourism promoters recently pitched Canada as a destination for investment returns at MIPIM, the international gathering of property professionals occurring annually in Cannes, France.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
FMs brace for rising workloads and tight budgets
The facility management industry is preparing for higher workloads, modest budget growth and a more deliberate approach to staffing and project risk over the next year.
Canadian Property Management
Tariff blowback exerts ill force on wind farms
Advocates for Canada’s renewable energy industry want wind turbine towers exempted from the list of imported steel-based products that will be subject to a 25 per cent tariff as of Dec. 26, 2025.
