The federal government has put together a $6.5-billion aid package and is making temporary changes to the employment insurance program to support Canadian businesses and workers through the trade war with the United States.

President Donald Trump's flurry of tariffs, government layoffs and spending freezes may be doing more to harm the U.S. economy than to fix it.

The federal government is unveiling a $6 billion aid package to support Canadian businesses through the trade war with the United States.

Mr. Pepin was joined by about 50 others in Vancouver, and roughly as many demonstrators assembled from noon onward in Ottawa outside the U.S. embassy, organic outbursts of outrage in response to Mr. Trump sticking to his threat to impose punitive tariffs of 25 per cent across the board on Canadian goods and 10 per cent on energy.

Canada's industry minister is looking to block what he calls "predatory investment behaviour" as the trade war with the United States continues.

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Agreement marks ‘unprecedented progress’ on reducing internal trade barriers, Internal Trade Minister Anita Anand says

The mitigation efforts are meant to protect workers, he said, “and see them through the crisis come hell or high water.” The moves follow the United States' decision to impose tariffs on Canadian goods, disrupting a strong trading relationship and raising costs for consumers on both sides of the border.

Measures include better access to EI and billions of dollars in funding to help businesses impacted by tariffs

Ottawa has reached a deal with the majority of provinces to allow Canadian booze to flow more freely across the country just as U.S. liquor is pulled from their store shelves.