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Chinese Tariff Rollback: What Does It Mean for Communities Across Canada? - IRPP In January, Canada and China announced a new trade framework that will lift several Chinese tariffs on Canadian exports as well as Canadian tariffs on Chinese electric cars. Set to take effect March 1...

New IRPP analysis by @ricardochejfec.bsky.social shows Carney’s mission to China will alleviate pressures in many Prairie communities.

Chinese tariffs hammered Canadian exports in 2025. A new trade deal could bring major relief, though some sectors remain exposed.

🔗 irpp.org/research-stu...

24.02.2026 15:57 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1

"Les lacunes du système d’AE sont toujours présentes aujourd’hui, alors que le Canada est confronté à un nouveau choc économique, potentiellement plus préjudiciable que le précédent. Il est temps d’agir." - Rosanna Tamburri et @ricardochejfec.bsky.social, de l'@irpp.org

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21.03.2025 19:58 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
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It’s time to put Canada’s employment insurance program on solid footing Rather than introducing a flurry of stop-gap measures as it did during COVID, Ottawa should make meaningful, long-lasting changes to the EI system.

🇨🇦 Prolonged tariffs could trigger lasting economic shifts. Canada needs a long-term approach—starting with meaningful EI reform. It’s time to act.

Rosanna Tamburi & @ricardochejfec.bsky.social from the @irpp.org’s research team provide recommendations: ⬇️

🔗 policyoptions.irpp.org?p=116135

21.03.2025 14:22 👍 6 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 1

Thanks! That's part of it, but it's also has to do with the size and make up of census divisions (CDs). QC has many small-to-medium CDs where a relatively large share work in these industries. ON has more workers overall but located across fewer, larger CDs.

17.03.2025 15:36 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Not all communities are hit the same by US tariffs. This a great tool by colleagues. The map is cool but, to me, the treemap by industry/province is the most useful in making sense of the data. Have a look!

14.03.2025 18:33 👍 15 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0

New interactive dashboards to help sort out which Canadian communities are most susceptible to U.S. tariffs👇

13.03.2025 16:36 👍 34 🔁 15 💬 0 📌 0
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Measuring community workforce exposure to U.S. exports - IRPP As part of the IRPP’s Community Transformations Project, we’ve thought a lot about how external shocks can disproportionately affect local workforces. Even when the shock seems manageable at the natio...

New @irpp.org tool for assessing impact from US tariffs across Canada.

We may not know what products will be targeted or when, but we have a good sense of which industries rely the most on exports to the US. Explore where workers in those industries live using our new interactive dashboards.

13.03.2025 16:09 👍 50 🔁 21 💬 3 📌 7