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The tax will be imposed in April on New Brunswick, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Ontario -- the provinces which have not signed on to the federal plan or come up with their own plan to curb carbon.

On Wednesday, Finance Minister Bill Morneau is set to deliver the fall economic statement – and the minister has the full attention of corporate Canada.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell has laid out a scenario for a pause in the central bank’s interest-rate hiking campaign sometime next year by highlighting potential headwinds to the U.S. economy.

Statistics Canada says manufacturing sales edged up 0.2 per cent in September to $58.5 billion, led by gains in the transportation equipment industry.

“Everybody knew this needed to get upgraded,” he added. “I know, specifically in working with the Canadians while I was still sitting Ambassador, they were having meetings with the President-elect and his team in New York saying ‘we’re ready. Let’s go. We’ll negotiate NAFTA and we’ll upgrade it.’”