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Provide an update on passport service delivery to Canadians
What is the Department doing to ensure that seniors receive the benefits to which they are entitled in a timely way?
Canada is experiencing one of its largest waves of job losses in years, as Hudson’s Bay moves forward with plans to close all of its stores and lay off a total of 8,000 employees by June 1, 2025. The terminations are occurring in stages, aligned with the schedule of store closures.
There is some uncertainty regarding how the United States will approach the upcoming CUSMA trilateral review in a context of unjustified tariffs imposed on Canadian and Mexican imports.
Following the conclusion of CEPA negotiations with Indonesia on December 2, 2024, Canada is preparing to sign and bring the agreement into force as soon as possible.
On February 4, 2025, the Government announced the successful conclusion of FTA negotiations between Canada and Ecuador, and subsequent procedures towards signature and ratification.
Canada and Mercosur members are exploring possible resumptions of free trade agreement negotiations, which have been on hold since 2020.
Canada and the Philippines announced the launch of exploratory discussions for a potential bilateral FTA on December 5, 2024.
Canada's typical position in trade negotiations is to exclude supply managed products from tariff liberalization. Canada has only provided new market access for these products in CETA, CPTPP, CUSMA.
Diversifying Canada's international trade was a key theme of the Prime Minister's May 21 Mandate Letter to Cabinet and is an issue of growing interest given current uncertainty in global trade.