Janyce McGregor
@janycemcgregor.bsky.social
Reporting on Canadian politics and international trade for @CBCNews. Raising three great kids with @michaelpetrou.
"Heavy rotation on the CBC. Whatever in hell that really means." (Kathleen Edwards)
"Heavy rotation on the CBC. Whatever in hell that really means." (Kathleen Edwards)
PSA for shortbread bakers:
Based on empirical testing at my house, I can confirm Sandy French is right. This recipe is better if you make it in advance and leave it in your frig for a few weeks. Best get on it right away!
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Based on empirical testing at my house, I can confirm Sandy French is right. This recipe is better if you make it in advance and leave it in your frig for a few weeks. Best get on it right away!
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Popular shortbread recipe caught up in Meta's ban on Canadian news | CBC News
Hundreds of people have been emailing CBC Kelowna looking for instructions for how to make contest-winning cookies.
www.cbc.ca
November 21, 2025 at 12:32 PM
PSA for shortbread bakers:
Based on empirical testing at my house, I can confirm Sandy French is right. This recipe is better if you make it in advance and leave it in your frig for a few weeks. Best get on it right away!
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Based on empirical testing at my house, I can confirm Sandy French is right. This recipe is better if you make it in advance and leave it in your frig for a few weeks. Best get on it right away!
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
This is an interprovincial trade barrier.
Stephen Crawford on X: "In the face of U.S. tariffs and global uncertainty, we’re taking decisive action to protect Ontario, strengthen our economy, and ensure our workers get the fair shot they deserve. This morning at Etobicoke Ironworks, I had the pleasure of joining @ToddJMcCarthy as we announced https://t.co/ziZTwHLZXl" / X
In the face of U.S. tariffs and global uncertainty, we’re taking decisive action to protect Ontario, strengthen our economy, and ensure our workers get the fair shot they deserve. This morning at Etobicoke Ironworks, I had the pleasure of joining @ToddJMcCarthy as we announced https://t.co/ziZTwHLZXl
x.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:20 PM
This is an interprovincial trade barrier.
Canada, previously:
"We can't develop our resource sector without more foreign investment."
(Some in) Canada, now:
"Oh no! Foreign investors are involved in this priority project! Maybe we shouldn't..."
Folks, we're gonna have to pick a lane here.
"We can't develop our resource sector without more foreign investment."
(Some in) Canada, now:
"Oh no! Foreign investors are involved in this priority project! Maybe we shouldn't..."
Folks, we're gonna have to pick a lane here.
November 14, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Canada, previously:
"We can't develop our resource sector without more foreign investment."
(Some in) Canada, now:
"Oh no! Foreign investors are involved in this priority project! Maybe we shouldn't..."
Folks, we're gonna have to pick a lane here.
"We can't develop our resource sector without more foreign investment."
(Some in) Canada, now:
"Oh no! Foreign investors are involved in this priority project! Maybe we shouldn't..."
Folks, we're gonna have to pick a lane here.
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1/ Unique typing style aside, the President raises an interesting question here:
Why do some like me think Congress and the Founders are comfortable with him banning or licensing an import during an economic emergency, but not applying a tariff on it?
Let's talk about it.
Why do some like me think Congress and the Founders are comfortable with him banning or licensing an import during an economic emergency, but not applying a tariff on it?
Let's talk about it.
November 9, 2025 at 4:52 PM
1/ Unique typing style aside, the President raises an interesting question here:
Why do some like me think Congress and the Founders are comfortable with him banning or licensing an import during an economic emergency, but not applying a tariff on it?
Let's talk about it.
Why do some like me think Congress and the Founders are comfortable with him banning or licensing an import during an economic emergency, but not applying a tariff on it?
Let's talk about it.
It's like he watched a different hearing than everyone else - ?
Bessent says he is optimistic after Supreme Court hearing on tariffs reut.rs/3JNCBlg
Bessent says he is optimistic after Supreme Court hearing on tariffs
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday said he came away from a Supreme Court hearing on the legality of President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs feeling "very, very optimistic."
reut.rs
November 6, 2025 at 12:23 AM
It's like he watched a different hearing than everyone else - ?
I'm covering events on the Hill today but my colleagues are watching SCOTUS for us -- and indeed, those Ontario ads did come up:
www.cbc.ca/news/world/l...
www.cbc.ca/news/world/l...
LIVE UPDATES | U.S. Supreme Court justices question Trump’s sweeping use of tariffs | CBC
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November 5, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I'm covering events on the Hill today but my colleagues are watching SCOTUS for us -- and indeed, those Ontario ads did come up:
www.cbc.ca/news/world/l...
www.cbc.ca/news/world/l...
Even by the standards of the genre, an extraordinary round of gaslighting by Trump admin officials on the Sunday talk show circuit. It’s become too overwhelming to fact check point by point. I guess that’s the strategy.
November 2, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Even by the standards of the genre, an extraordinary round of gaslighting by Trump admin officials on the Sunday talk show circuit. It’s become too overwhelming to fact check point by point. I guess that’s the strategy.
OMG. All of it.
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
© CBC/Radio-Canada 2025. All rights reserved.
www.cbc.ca
October 31, 2025 at 5:10 PM
OMG. All of it.
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
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"The Ontario ad was right: Reagan would not have approved of Mr. Trump’s protectionist trade policies, particularly when aimed at allies."
Excellent piece from @douglasirwin.bsky.social
Reagan: "We should beware of the demagogues who are ready to declare a trade war against our friends — weakening our economy, our national security and the entire free world — all while cynically waving the American flag
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/o...
Reagan: "We should beware of the demagogues who are ready to declare a trade war against our friends — weakening our economy, our national security and the entire free world — all while cynically waving the American flag
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/o...
Opinion | The Canadians Are Right About Reagan and Free Trade
www.nytimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 6:38 PM
"The Ontario ad was right: Reagan would not have approved of Mr. Trump’s protectionist trade policies, particularly when aimed at allies."
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Krugman is spot on. In 1982, I headed up the Commerce Department’s Industry Advisory Committee Program for trade negotiations. Earlier, under Reagan, I ran Commerce’s Trade Negotiations Division. I saw Reagan’s trade policy up close and personal. Trump, you’re not a Ronald Reagan.
No, Ronald Reagan Didn’t Love Tariffs
He wasn’t a free-trade purist, but he was nothing like Trump.
open.substack.com
October 27, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Krugman is spot on. In 1982, I headed up the Commerce Department’s Industry Advisory Committee Program for trade negotiations. Earlier, under Reagan, I ran Commerce’s Trade Negotiations Division. I saw Reagan’s trade policy up close and personal. Trump, you’re not a Ronald Reagan.
New from me:
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Canadian ranchers want U.K. trade deal terminated | CBC News
Canada’s ranchers are calling on the federal government to terminate the trade agreement it’s had in place with the United Kingdom since Brexit, part of a renewed push to persuade the British governme...
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October 23, 2025 at 11:38 PM
New from me:
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Has to be understood in context of the slow-walking that has been happening overall bc of ag trade issues. U.K. can't politically stomach the concessions Canada wants, and Canada is holding U.K. cheese exports ransom. Call to terminate the holding pattern deal altogether is a new tactic.
October 23, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Has to be understood in context of the slow-walking that has been happening overall bc of ag trade issues. U.K. can't politically stomach the concessions Canada wants, and Canada is holding U.K. cheese exports ransom. Call to terminate the holding pattern deal altogether is a new tactic.
It's the exact barrier you are imagining:
the long-running battle over slaughter regs/hygeine standards
Canada's in line w/ U.S. regs b/c very cross-border integrated.
Canada's grievance dates back to CETA/Brexit fights, and remains unresolved with both EU and now UK.
www.cattle.ca/canadian-bee...
the long-running battle over slaughter regs/hygeine standards
Canada's in line w/ U.S. regs b/c very cross-border integrated.
Canada's grievance dates back to CETA/Brexit fights, and remains unresolved with both EU and now UK.
www.cattle.ca/canadian-bee...
Canadian Beef Producers Request Termination of the Canada-UK Continuity Agreement - Canadian Cattle Association
The Canadian Cattle Association (CCA) calls for the Government of Canada to initiate the termination of the Canada-UK Continuity Agreement, following the tabling of the UK Accession to the Comprehensi...
www.cattle.ca
October 23, 2025 at 1:44 PM
It's the exact barrier you are imagining:
the long-running battle over slaughter regs/hygeine standards
Canada's in line w/ U.S. regs b/c very cross-border integrated.
Canada's grievance dates back to CETA/Brexit fights, and remains unresolved with both EU and now UK.
www.cattle.ca/canadian-bee...
the long-running battle over slaughter regs/hygeine standards
Canada's in line w/ U.S. regs b/c very cross-border integrated.
Canada's grievance dates back to CETA/Brexit fights, and remains unresolved with both EU and now UK.
www.cattle.ca/canadian-bee...
And...
In a news conference on Parliament Hill just now, the Canadian Cattle Association called for Canada to TERMINATE its trade continuity agreement with the U.K. because it continues to put up barriers to Canadian beef exports.
Just in case anyone thought trade diversification politically easy...
In a news conference on Parliament Hill just now, the Canadian Cattle Association called for Canada to TERMINATE its trade continuity agreement with the U.K. because it continues to put up barriers to Canadian beef exports.
Just in case anyone thought trade diversification politically easy...
FES, 2018:
50% export growth by 2025
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Then came:
2 Michaels, Covid, Biden normalization, Ukraine, Nijjar killing
Goal articulated by PM Carney tonight: 2x non-U.S. growth (!)
Numerically impossible w/out big plays in Asia. Should be an interesting fall summit season.
50% export growth by 2025
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Then came:
2 Michaels, Covid, Biden normalization, Ukraine, Nijjar killing
Goal articulated by PM Carney tonight: 2x non-U.S. growth (!)
Numerically impossible w/out big plays in Asia. Should be an interesting fall summit season.
www.cbc.ca
October 23, 2025 at 1:14 PM
And...
In a news conference on Parliament Hill just now, the Canadian Cattle Association called for Canada to TERMINATE its trade continuity agreement with the U.K. because it continues to put up barriers to Canadian beef exports.
Just in case anyone thought trade diversification politically easy...
In a news conference on Parliament Hill just now, the Canadian Cattle Association called for Canada to TERMINATE its trade continuity agreement with the U.K. because it continues to put up barriers to Canadian beef exports.
Just in case anyone thought trade diversification politically easy...
It's just one of my archived pieces, for BG reference -- try this one if you want to share my deja vu:
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Morneau's fall economic statement tries to coax businesses to look beyond U.S. | CBC News
Finance Minister Bill Morneau's Fall Economic Statement puts more money where the Trudeau government's mouth is on its trade diversification strategy, in an attempt to nudge more businesses into pursu...
www.cbc.ca
October 23, 2025 at 1:51 AM
It's just one of my archived pieces, for BG reference -- try this one if you want to share my deja vu:
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
FES, 2018:
50% export growth by 2025
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Then came:
2 Michaels, Covid, Biden normalization, Ukraine, Nijjar killing
Goal articulated by PM Carney tonight: 2x non-U.S. growth (!)
Numerically impossible w/out big plays in Asia. Should be an interesting fall summit season.
50% export growth by 2025
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Then came:
2 Michaels, Covid, Biden normalization, Ukraine, Nijjar killing
Goal articulated by PM Carney tonight: 2x non-U.S. growth (!)
Numerically impossible w/out big plays in Asia. Should be an interesting fall summit season.
www.cbc.ca
October 23, 2025 at 1:25 AM
FES, 2018:
50% export growth by 2025
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Then came:
2 Michaels, Covid, Biden normalization, Ukraine, Nijjar killing
Goal articulated by PM Carney tonight: 2x non-U.S. growth (!)
Numerically impossible w/out big plays in Asia. Should be an interesting fall summit season.
50% export growth by 2025
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Then came:
2 Michaels, Covid, Biden normalization, Ukraine, Nijjar killing
Goal articulated by PM Carney tonight: 2x non-U.S. growth (!)
Numerically impossible w/out big plays in Asia. Should be an interesting fall summit season.
Reposted by Janyce McGregor
Just to be clear, the case is about specific tariffs under IEEPA. Even if SCOTUS says these tariffs are illegal, Trump has loads of other tariffs options, so his claims here make no sense.
Trump: "If this country is not allowed to have tariffs, if this country is not allowed to have the president negotiate on behalf of it w/tariffs, we are put in a position where we're gonna be a 3rd world country. We can't let that happen. I think it's the most important case that we are gonna have"
October 22, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Just to be clear, the case is about specific tariffs under IEEPA. Even if SCOTUS says these tariffs are illegal, Trump has loads of other tariffs options, so his claims here make no sense.
No - a new one has been issued. Extending for another two months. Order in Council will be posted later, but news release is out.
October 17, 2025 at 10:06 PM
No - a new one has been issued. Extending for another two months. Order in Council will be posted later, but news release is out.
Lovely to hear! I will let him know.
October 9, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Lovely to hear! I will let him know.
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Tariff exemptions mean that applied rates are below the headline. Whereas 94% of US goods imports from China face duties, for imports from Canada the share is just 10%.
From @tobyn.bsky.social
www.ft.com/content/c8f0...
And the NY Fed
libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org/2025/10/a-co...
From @tobyn.bsky.social
www.ft.com/content/c8f0...
And the NY Fed
libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org/2025/10/a-co...
October 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Tariff exemptions mean that applied rates are below the headline. Whereas 94% of US goods imports from China face duties, for imports from Canada the share is just 10%.
From @tobyn.bsky.social
www.ft.com/content/c8f0...
And the NY Fed
libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org/2025/10/a-co...
From @tobyn.bsky.social
www.ft.com/content/c8f0...
And the NY Fed
libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org/2025/10/a-co...
Reposted by Janyce McGregor
October 1, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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DHS deems collecting tariffs "essential," so will keep collecting them in the event of a government shutdown.
Meanwhile, if past USTR practice is any indication, negotiations on trade deals to obtain relief from the tariffs will pause.
www.politico.com/newsletters/...
Meanwhile, if past USTR practice is any indication, negotiations on trade deals to obtain relief from the tariffs will pause.
www.politico.com/newsletters/...
September 29, 2025 at 2:05 PM
DHS deems collecting tariffs "essential," so will keep collecting them in the event of a government shutdown.
Meanwhile, if past USTR practice is any indication, negotiations on trade deals to obtain relief from the tariffs will pause.
www.politico.com/newsletters/...
Meanwhile, if past USTR practice is any indication, negotiations on trade deals to obtain relief from the tariffs will pause.
www.politico.com/newsletters/...
Reposted by Janyce McGregor
It's not that the US can't find some way to tax its own citizens for consuming foreign movies. They can.
It's that the US probably doesn't want to fire the starting gun on the "let's tariff services" conversation for the same reason Saudi Arabia didn't bankroll Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth."
It's that the US probably doesn't want to fire the starting gun on the "let's tariff services" conversation for the same reason Saudi Arabia didn't bankroll Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth."
September 29, 2025 at 2:46 PM
It's not that the US can't find some way to tax its own citizens for consuming foreign movies. They can.
It's that the US probably doesn't want to fire the starting gun on the "let's tariff services" conversation for the same reason Saudi Arabia didn't bankroll Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth."
It's that the US probably doesn't want to fire the starting gun on the "let's tariff services" conversation for the same reason Saudi Arabia didn't bankroll Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth."
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ALCOA CEO: “.. Tariffs can change very quickly, and therefore we don’t make an investment in the US based on a tariff.”
@semafor.com @beyer.house.gov
www.semafor.com/article/09/2...
@semafor.com @beyer.house.gov
www.semafor.com/article/09/2...
September 24, 2025 at 7:22 PM
ALCOA CEO: “.. Tariffs can change very quickly, and therefore we don’t make an investment in the US based on a tariff.”
@semafor.com @beyer.house.gov
www.semafor.com/article/09/2...
@semafor.com @beyer.house.gov
www.semafor.com/article/09/2...
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Pretty big news in global trading circles
China will no longer ask for or avail itself of benefits and flexibilities for developing countries as a part of World Trade Organization negotiations, Beijing announced on Tuesday.
China will no longer ask for or avail itself of benefits and flexibilities for developing countries as a part of World Trade Organization negotiations, Beijing announced on Tuesday.
China says it will no longer seek developing country benefits at the WTO | InsideTrade.com
China will no longer ask for or avail itself of benefits and flexibilities for developing countries as a part of World Trade Organization negotiations, Beijing announced on Tuesday.
insidetrade.com
September 24, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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