AGP Executive Report
Last update: 11 hours agoVia Rail Push: Prime Minister Mark Carney announced $4.7B for Alstom to build and repair 313 passenger cars for Via Rail, with work in Thunder Bay and Quebec—first Canadian-built Via cars in 40 years, supporting about 700 jobs. Trade Tensions: The announcement lands as Canada prepares dollar-for-dollar retaliatory tariffs on $27.6B of U.S. imports after trade talks collapsed. Money Laundering Crackdown: Fintrac fined New Brunswick and Nova Scotia Crown gaming bodies for missing suspicious transaction reports and weak compliance policies. Fraud Alert: RCMP warned of a Bitcoin ATM scam where fraudsters impersonate the Government of Canada and pressure victims to transfer crypto. Identity Theft Scare: The FBI is investigating reports that digital scans of 153M U.S. and Canadian driver’s licenses are being sold on the dark web. Environmental Fight: Environmental Defence launched an ad blitz urging Ottawa to protect Southern Resident orcas as proposed project-review changes could weaken species protections.
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