SPINNING PLATES — DOMINIC LEBLANC is not lacking for priorities. Cabinet’s pointman on government finances, Canada’s premiers and key players in the Trump transition is starting to prepare an annual budget — and, according to the Globe, a bulky tariff relief package.

Homan, an ex-border agent and media pundit known for his tough talk on immigration, was tapped by Trump in November to carry out the biggest deportation effort in U.S. history, potentially involving the removal of millions of undocumented immigrants.

The return of United States President Donald Trump to the White House has delivered a jolt to the stewards of Canada’s $2.1 trillion economy. Already buffeted by domestic pressures such as stagnating growth and a housing crisis, Ottawa is now facing the threat of tariffs from the US, its biggest trading partner.

President Donald Trump’s plans for tariffs on Canada and Mexico, two nations vital for U.S. energy and auto imports, threaten to set off a trade war.

President Donald Trump did not immediately impose tariffs on Monday as previously promised but said he was thinking about imposing 25% duties on imports from Canada and Mexico on Feb. 1 over illegal immigrants and fentanyl crossing into the U.

U.S. President Donald Trump will not impose his promised tariffs on Canada, Mexico or China on his first day in office, but he suggested that he could still hit Canada with tariffs as early as February.

We dodged a bullet,” said John McKay, a veteran member of the Canadian House of Commons, from the ruling Liberal Party. “We were pleased to have not been mentioned once.”

Canada is prepared to impose retaliatory tariffs on the U.S. if Trump eventually moves ahead with any trade action. Officials have already drawn up a plan that will levy immediate tariffs on $37-billion worth of American goods if Trump moves against Canada.

Donald Trump has reiterated that the U.S. does not need Canada’s oil, gas, autos or lumber. Quite obviously the tariffs are coming. Our leaders can wring their hands and structure retaliatory tariffs of their own, but this will only be a short-term solution, if even that.

But it was to be the most consequential. NATO, already tracking incidents of suspected cable-cutting, responded. Within three weeks, the alliance had put a coordinated group of warships to sea ...

The race to replace Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is now set, with former central banker Mark Carney and former Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland the two biggest names to have declared their candidacy.

The more the Republican president talks about the NATO alliance, the greater the concerns about his commitment to the international partnership. By Steve Benen Donald Trump has spent years ...