Canada: Ties to US are 'weaknesses we must correct' - BBC

Research Co. polling puts the Conservatives at 44% and the NDP at 40%, while David Eby and Lorne Doerkson are tied as preferred premier

White House lifts tariffs on some Canadian goods as midterm elections loom53 minutes agoNardine SaadGetty ImagesCanada and the US are currently locked in a tit-for-tat trade war The Trump administration is lifting some of its 50% tariffs on Canadian goods two weeks before the midterm elections, after a Republican candidate in a key Senate race said she had lobbied for the change. Starting on 30 October, tariffs will be eased on products including "plywood sheets, some paper products, certain machinery and refrigeration equipment," the White House said on Friday. Republican Senator Susan Collins, who is in a tight race to keep her seat in Maine, first announced the exemptions, saying they would help her state's agriculture industry. The US imposed a 50% levy on $20bn (£15bn) of Canadian goods after trade talks between the two countries collapsed in August. Getty ImagesMaine Senator Susan Collins is seeking to keep her seat in November's midterm electionsCanada has imposed a series of countermeasures against US tariffs, which Prime Minister Mark Carney said were "necessary to protect our workers".