Manufacturing
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With Brexit deal down, U.K. lawmakers have 2 more choices
Deal or no-deal, Britain’s departure from the EU is planned for March 29
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Norway’s US$1T fund to dump oil and gas shares, including Canadian names
The Norwegian government said its motivation was not climate activism but financial
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Alberta funds 16 green transport projects, including zero emissions truck
The truck project is being developed by the Alberta Motor Transport Association
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Garneau to update Canada’s position on Boeing 737 Max 8 as pressure mounts
Sunwing Airlines announced is temporarily grounding its four Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft for “evolving commercial reasons” unrelated to safety
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Mastercard to acquire Toronto-based fintech company Ethoca
Mastercard has made several security-focused acquisitions in recent years. Ethoca’s network connects roughly 5,000 merchants with 4,000 financial institutions
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Garneau meeting with expert aviation panel, has no plans to ground Boeing 737
Boeing’s 737 Max 8 aircraft faces grounding orders or airspace bans from all of Europe as well as Australia and China
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Statistics show illegal U.S.-Canada border crossings climbing
The Border Patrol sector that includes much of upstate New York, Vermont and New Hampshire accounted for more than half of the people who entered illegally from Canada
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BlackBerry creates separate subsidiary to ‘deepen reach’ within U.S. government
BlackBerry’s AdHoc service for crisis communications is used by 1.1 million licensed users, including at the U.S. Departments of Homeland Security, Justice and Energy
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Canada’s SNC-Lavalin decisions affect people in the world’s poorest countries
A wider conversation needs to be had about the economic and political consequences of allowing and condoning corrupt business practices outside of Canada
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UAW chief raises strike pay, issues warning to automakers
Gary Jones told delegates at the union’s bargaining convention that it would raise weekly strike pay from $200 to $250 per week and $275 in January of 2020
