Why Carney’s economic overhaul is clashing with Canada’s unions

Toronto, Canada: As Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney races to make the country less dependent on the United States, attract billions in new investment and get major projects built faster, his economic overhaul is running into resistance from a group that says it wants many of the same things: organised labour.The latest clash, over the right to strike, comes after months of mounting pressure on Ottawa from Washington, DC.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Why does Canada want to join the Europe-led JEF military partnership?list 2 of 4Canadians warm to EU ‘associate membership’ proposallist 3 of 4Trump tariffs hit Canada’s dairy farmers as US sales stalllist 4 of 4Canada’s BC sues OpenAI over ChatGPT role in Tumbler Ridge school shootingend of listUS President Donald Trump, since taking up a second term in office last year, has imposed steep tariffs on Canadian goods and weakened trade agreements – perilous moves as Canada has historically sent close to 80 percent of its exports to its southern neighbour. He has repeatedly piled on with the tariff threats to make Canada the 51st US state.Canada has responded with retaliatory tariffs, while a broader movement to “Buy Ca...