Osler, a Canadian law firm, has tried to explain what’s happening with U.S. tariffs in a post on its website. It’s likely tariffs will persist, regardless of court decisions in the United States. Photo: Osler screenshot

Confused by Trump’s tariffs? Better ask a lawyer

A Canadian law firm is using its website in an attempt to make sense of the ongoing and difficult to understand trade chaos

Reading Time: 3 minutes Osler, a business law firm with offices in Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, Ottawa, Vancouver and New York, attempted to make sense of the ongoing trade chaos in a June 3 post on its website.






The Bayer AG logo at the headquarters in France.  Photo: Reuters/Benoit Tessier/File

Glyphosate class action moves forward in Canada

Bayer defends safety of the herbicide, but legal costs may force withdrawal from U.S. market

Reading Time: 4 minutes Multiple law firms across the country – in Saskatchewan, Ontario, British Columbia and elsewhere – are now recruiting Canadians to join a class action lawsuit related to Roundup and cases of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.






Growers should flax interest amid canola turmoil

Growers show flax interest amid canola turmoil

Statistics Canada forecasts an acreage drop, but a processor says farmers have been phoning since the U.S. trade war erupted

Reading Time: 2 minutes Statistics Canada has projected that flax acres will decline in 2025. That could happen, but with the trade and tariff uncertainty surrounding canola this winter, more growers are contacting Tyson Fehr and asking questions about the crop.