Pompeo visits Ottawa
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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has arrived on Parliament Hill for a meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ahead of the upcoming G7 summit. Discussions with the prime minister will centre around a number of hot-button issues, including relations with China and the detention of Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor there. Pompeo said […]
Wholesale sales inch up
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Statistics Canada says wholesale sales climbed 0.6 per cent to $64.1 billion in June following a drop of 1.9 per cent in May. Economists had expected an increase of 0.3 per cent for June, according to the financial markets data firm Refinitiv. Sales were up in four of seven subsectors, representing 54 per cent of […]