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Union says employer is responding to recent organizing drives by reverting to third-party delivery system, Amazon Canada https://www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/markets/stocks/AMZN-Q/ is closing all seven of its Quebec warehouses and laying off 1,700 permanent staff in a move that representatives for some of its workers say is part [...]

Business executives are planning ahead for potential tariffs from Washington by building up inventory across the border and looking at other markets, President Donald Trump has said tariffs are “the greatest thing ever invented” and the best way to “max out” America’s economic power in the face of people and countries that [...]

Byline: NICOLAS VAN PRAET; Staff Japan's Economy Minister says interest by a foreign buyer such as Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. in taking over one of the country's retail champions, Seven & [...]

Lantic’s $300-million expansion project will boost output 20 per cent to meet rising demand for the sweet stuff, On the banks of the St. Lawrence River in Montreal’s East end, Mike Walton is trying to steer a sleepy sugar refiner toward a surprising new renaissance. Here, in a [...]

Byline: ANDREW WILLIS, NICOLAS VAN PRAET Activist fund manager Browning West LP wants to play matchmaker in pilot training company CAE Inc.'s search for a new chief executive officer. On [...]

Discloses 4.3-per-cent economic interest in the aerospace company, asks for formal role in succession planning for retiring CEO Marc Parent, Activist fund manager Browning West LP wants to play matchmaker in pilot training company CAE Inc.’s search for a new chief executive officer. On Friday, Los Angeles-based Browning West disclosed [...]

Byline: NICOLAS VAN PRAET; Staff MONTREAL -- Electric school bus maker Lion Electric Co. bet on transforming an industry ripe for change but now, it finds itself insolvent and desperate [...]

Canadian maker of electric school buses had been scrambling to secure new capital ahead of expiry of credit agreements, Electric school bus maker Lion Electric Co. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/markets/stocks/LEV-T/ bet on transforming an industry ripe for change but now, it finds itself insolvent and desperate for fresh cash. The Canadian company [...]

Byline: NICOLAS VAN PRAET, LINDSAY JONES Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador are vowing to put aside decades of bad blood over the Churchill Falls hydropower station, cementing what they're calling [...]

Byline: ROBERT FIFE, NICOLAS VAN PRAET OTTAWA, MONTREAL -- An agreement in principle has been reached between the governments of Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador on a new contract for [...]

Byline: NICOLAS VAN PRAET; Staff In a world of attention seekers and inflated egos, Neil Rossy is decidedly discreet. You'd be hard-pressed to find a Canadian chief executive who keeps [...]

Byline: NICOLAS VAN PRAET; Staff MONTREAL -- Lion Electric Co. is racing to find new investor backing ahead of a deadline this weekend on its credit agreements as the Canadian [...]

Quebec-based electric school bus maker has struggled to get vehicles out the door owing to various setbacks, Lion Electric Co. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/markets/stocks/LEV-T/is racing to find new investor backing ahead of a deadline this weekend on its credit agreements as the Canadian maker of electric school buses tries to [...]

Byline: NICOLAS VAN PRAET, JAMES BRADSHAW Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec opened an office in India in 2016, betting that the country's favourable demographics would fuel returns in [...]

Byline: NICOLAS VAN PRAET; Staff MONTREAL -- The owner of Paper Excellence Group, the privately held pulp and paper maker that controls a commanding share of Canada's forest products sector, [...]

The joint venture underscores how global efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions have breathed new life into nuclear power, Montreal-based AtkinsRéalis Group Inc. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/markets/stocks/ATRL-T/ has won a joint contract to build two nuclear reactors in Romania – the first new Candu reactors to be built in the world since [...]

Byline: NICOLAS VAN PRAET; Staff MONTREAL -- Japan's Seven & i Holdings is weighing a takeover offer from a member of its founding Ito family, a white-knight bid that could [...]

Junro Ito, a Seven & i vice-president and director, and a member of its founding family, makes surprise move, Japan’s Seven & i Holdings https://www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/markets/stocks/SVNDY/ is weighing a takeover offer from a member of its founding Ito family, a white-knight bid that could thwart efforts by Canada’s Alimentation Couche-Tard [...]

Byline: BRENT JANG, ERIC ATKINS, NICOLAS VAN PRAET VANCOUVER, TORONTO, MONTREAL -- Federal Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon is forcing the reopening of shipping ports by ordering the Canada Industrial Relations [...]

B.C. union leaders say they will challenge Ottawa’s intervention in court, but business groups say Canada’s reputation as a reliable trading partner has been tarnished, Federal Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon is forcing the reopening of shipping ports by ordering the Canada Industrial Relations Board to impose binding arbitration on labour disputes in British Columbia and [...]

Aviation training company’s revenue nearly doubled during Marc Parent’s tenure and share price has more than tripled, but firm has hit some turbulence of late, CAE Inc.’s chief executive is set to step aside after a 15-year run as the Canadian aviation training company tries to get its defence business back on track. Marc Parent [...]

Byline: ERIC ATKINS, NICOLAS VAN PRAET TORONTO, MONTREAL -- Employer lockouts at Canada's two biggest ports have halted much of the country's global trade, putting pressure on the federal government [...]

Dock workers at British Columbia’s ports, including Vancouver, have been locked out since last Monday, Employer lockouts at Canada’s two biggest ports have halted much of the country’s global trade, putting pressure on the federal government to take steps that will limit economic damage. The [...]

Byline: NICOLAS VAN PRAET; Staff The Montreal Port Authority is urging the federal government to step in to end a lengthy labour conflict that's disrupting container handling operations at Canada's [...]

About 1,200 dockworkers have been locked in a lengthy conflict with the Maritime Employers Association for more than a year over a new labour contract, The Montreal Port Authority is urging the federal government to step in to end a lengthy labour conflict that’s disrupting container handling operations at Canada’s second-largest port, saying the city’s [...]

Byline: NICOLAS VAN PRAET; Staff MONTREAL -- The professional order that oversees engineering in Quebec is weighing the conduct of former SNC-Lavalin chief executive Jacques Lamarre, including allegations that he [...]

Disciplinary council hearings to consider whether Mr. Lamarre infringed the L’Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec’s code of ethics and professional duties in the early 2000s when he was CEO of SNC-Lavalin, The professional order that oversees engineering in Quebec is weighing the conduct of former SNC-Lavalin chief executive Jacques Lamarre, including allegations that he sanctioned the purchase of a luxury yacht [...]

Byline: NICOLAS VAN PRAET; Staff GardaWorld Security Corp.'s top executives are taking majority control of the Canadian company in a deal valued at $13.5-billion, eyeing dramatic growth in the years [...]

The executives are buying BC Partners’ majority stake in the security company and will hold roughly 70% of the equity, GardaWorld Security Corp.’s top executives are taking majority control of the Canadian company in a deal valued at $13.5-billion, eyeing dramatic growth in the years ahead. The private security firm’s [...]

After a recent acquisition binge and concerns over its environmental record and foreign ownership brought it into the spotlight, the Richmond, B.C.-based company is determined to turn the page, Paper Excellence Group, the privately held pulp and paper maker that now controls a commanding share of Canada’s forest products sector, is adopting Domtar as its business name as it [...]

Byline: NICOLAS VAN PRAET; Staff MONTREAL -- Paper Excellence Group, the privately held pulp and paper maker that now controls a commanding share of Canada's forest products sector, is adopting [...]

Byline: JAMESON BERKOW, NICOLAS VAN PRAET Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. is planning to finance a potential acquisition of Japanese 7-Eleven parent Seven & i Holdings Co. Ltd. mostly with debt, borrowing [...]

In an interview Thursday night, Couche-Tard chief financial officer Filipe Da Silva said he’s confident any new debt could be repaid quickly, Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/markets/stocks/ATD-T/ is planning to finance a potential acquisition of Japanese 7-Eleven parent Seven & i Holdings Co. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/markets/stocks/SVNDY/ Ltd. mostly with debt, borrowing tens of billions of [...]

Byline: NICOLAS VAN PRAET, JAMESON BERKOW Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. is vowing to pursue retailer Seven & i Holdings for as long as it takes, as the Canadian convenience store giant [...]

Byline: NICOLAS VAN PRAET; Staff MONTREAL -- BRP Inc. is putting the bulk of its marine business up for sale as it wrestles with a postpandemic brew of softening consumer [...]

CEO Allan Miller confident that convenience store giant will engage in takeover talks, Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/markets/stocks/ATD-T/ is vowing to pursue retailer Seven & i Holdings https://www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/markets/stocks/SVNDY/ for as long as it takes, as the Canadian convenience store giant tries to lay the [...]

Recreational vehicle maker wrestling with softening consumer demand and greater competition, BRP Inc. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/markets/stocks/DOO-T/ https://www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/markets/stocks/DOO-T/is putting the bulk of its marine business up for sale as it wrestles with a postpandemic brew of softening consumer demand and greater competition. Barely five [...]

Byline: NICOLAS VAN PRAET; Staff MONTREAL -- A restructuring plan announced by Seven & i Holdings Co. last week falls short of what's needed, and the company should pivot instead [...]

Artisan wants Seven & i to start due diligence, calls the Japanese company’s restructuring plan alternative ‘too little, too late’, A restructuring plan announced by Seven & i Holdings Co. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/markets/stocks/SVNDY/ last week falls short of what’s needed and the company should pivot instead to opening substantive talks on a [...]

Byline: NICOLAS VAN PRAET; Staff MONTREAL -- Canadian engineering giant WSP Global Inc. is eyeing more multibillion-dollar takeovers as chief executive officer Alexandre L'Heureux pushes on with a growth strategy [...]

The Montreal-based engineering company will continue to make acquisitions that boost its earnings power, Canadian engineering giant WSP Global Inc. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/markets/stocks/WSP-T/ is eyeing more multibillion-dollar takeovers as chief executive officer Alexandre L’Heureux pushes on with a growth strategy that’s already made the company one [...]

Taiga won bankruptcy protection in July after running out of money in its bid to scale up production, A British electric boat entrepreneur has won control of Canada’s Taiga Motors Corp., as the maker of electric off-road vehicles steers out of bankruptcy protection with new hopes for a [...]

Byline: TIM KILADZE, NICOLAS VAN PRAET The Toronto office of Romspen Investment Corp. has been searched by Quebec's tax agency during an investigation into one of the private mortgage lender's [...]

Search warrant connected to an investigation into unpaid Quebec sales tax by one of its borrowers, Toronto-based Romspen says, The Toronto office of Romspen Investment Corp. has been searched by Quebec’s tax agency during an investigation into one of the private mortgage lender’s borrowers. Revenu Québec collects taxes in [...]

Buying Seven & i would be the largest-ever takeover of a Japanese company, requiring what would be by far the largest equity issuance in Canadian history, Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/markets/stocks/ATD-T/ founder and chairman Alain Bouchard is an avid fisherman and often evokes his passion for the sport to describe his approach to mergers and acquisitions – [...]

Byline: NICOLAS VAN PRAET; Staff MONTREAL -- A limentation Couche-Tard Inc. founder and chairman Alain Bouchard is an avid fisherman and often evokes his passion for the sport to describe [...]

The Globe spoke to Ferreira about the bank’s new digs, what the lender calls the city’s biggest commercial real estate project in 30 years, National Bank of Canada https://www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/markets/stocks/NA-T/ has spent more than half a billion dollars to build a https://www.nbc.ca/contact-us/head-office.html in the heart of Montreal’s Quartier de l’innovation in what the lender calls [...]

Byline: NICOLAS VAN PRAET; Staff National Bank of Canada has spent more than half a billion dollars to build a new 40-storey headquarters in the heart of Montreal's Quartier de [...]

Documents show Canadian police feared they would not be able to keep the suspect in custody if charged with Canadian criminal terrorism offenses, A man arrested in Quebec on allegations that he was plotting an ISIS-inspired mass shooting targeting Jews in New York City had no ties to Canada apart from his student [...]

Byline: NICOLAS VAN PRAET, JAMESON BERKOW Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. wants to push ahead with an effort to buy 7-Eleven's Japanese parent company as it seeks to become the world's largest [...]