Canada imposed tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles and steel and aluminum.

And nearly half a million Canadians are accessing employment insurance benefits as unemployment surges.

Plus, after admitting more than one million temporary foreign workers in Canada, the Trudeau government is cracking down on the program, pledging to bring fewer foreign workers in while strengthening restrictions.

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