Canadian book industry calls on government to keep it out of trade war

Ottawa bookstores warn new Trump tariffs could 'devastate' market, force closures

Ottawa bookstores warn of collapsing sales and shutdowns, but one local publisher sees a chance to loosen the U.S. grip on the industry.

Bookstores warn new Trump tariffs could 'devastate' market, force closures

Canadian bookstores are staring down the start of a trade war chapter they didn’t ask to read. The federal government is threatening a 25 per cent tariff on books and certain paper and pulp products from the U.S. in retaliation for new Trump tariffs expected on April 2. But independent booksellers say the cost won’t stop at the border.

Canadian book industry calls on government to keep it out of trade war

TORONTO - Canada's literary institutions are banding together on the eve of an expected announcement about counter-tariffs on U.S. imports that could include books.

Philatelists React to US Tariffs - Today's Northumberland - Your Source For What's Happening Locally and Beyond

By Cecilia Nasmith/Today’s Northumberland To the growing list of groups urging members to Buy Canadian, add Ontario’s philatelic community. The Cobourg Stamp Club has received – and distributed to its members – an e-mail from the Markham Stamp Club containing a motion approved by the club at its March 7 meeting: “Whereas Canada has been facing the threat of, and the imposition of, unprecedented new tariffs by the United States on Canadian produc…

Canadian book industry calls on government to keep it out of trade war – 105.9 The Region

TORONTO — Canada’s literary institutions are banding together on the eve of an expected announcement about counter-tariffs on U.S. imports that could include books. Booksellers big and small, libraries and publishers are advocating for books to be left off the list of American-made items subject to tariffs from the Canadian government, saying such a move would devastate the industry and restrict the open flow of information. While many Canadian-…