Articles for tag: Doug Ford

October 31, 2025

Bay St Signal Editors

Ontario And Webequie Sign C$39.5M Road Pact

Ontario has signed a partnership with Webequie First Nation to move the Ring of Fire road file faster. The province is putting up to C$39.5 million into community priorities, including an arena-equipped centre, rebuilding a fire-damaged airport terminal, and buying materials and equipment for early road work. The terminal blaze in April caused roughly $500,000 in damage, which is one reason the airport rebuild is on the list. Doug Ford said road construction could start as early as June 2026, if Ottawa pares back what he calls duplicative federal steps. Canada amended the Impact Assessment Act on June 20, 2024

October 24, 2025

Bay St Signal Editors

Ontario Ad Torpedoes Talks, Diversify Now

Ontario’s C$75 million Reagan-themed advertisement handed Washington the perfect excuse to freeze tariff talks. Canada lost negotiating leverage overnight and now stares at a familiar problem: 75.9 percent of exports still ride the U.S. pipeline. The mechanism is simple: the ad poked Trump, Trump killed the talks, supply chains and investment plans stalled. Cut Reliance, Build Capacity U.S. trade tantrums are no longer shocks, they are structural. Ottawa must treat them as a permanent risk and shrink single-market exposure. Three levers exist. First, redirect federal financing, procurement, and tax credits toward firms that add capacity inside Canada rather than expand