Dame Carolyn Fairbairn, the boss of the Confederation of British Industry, said it was the time for "the spirit of compromise to shine through".
The Brexit transition period, in which the UK has kept to EU trading rules, ends on 31 December.
Canada's death toll could hit 16,000 by the end of 2020, new modelling warns
Universal masking in public spaces could curb those numbers and save thousands of lives, the model suggests, pointing to countries like Singapore that have successfully put in place masking protocols that are 95 per cent effective. Singapore has reported 27 deaths since the start of the pandemic.
Trudeau warns of 'climate reckoning' in UN address, urges shake-up of global establishment
"Right now, our world is facing a climate reckoning," Trudeau said. "We are at this point because of our collective inability, over the past decades, to make the tough decisions and sacrifices needed to fight climate change and save future generations."
The world needs a new way of thinking in order to address the challenges of climate change, inequality and health care.
Gyms? Bars? Backyards? Why we don't know more about where COVID-19 is spreading in Ontario
But despite the blanket messaging, the endless press conferences and announcements, actual, specific data on how and where COVID is spreading in Ontario remain surprisingly sparse. “That is the biggest issue right now: We don’t know where these cases are coming from,” said Ryan Imgrund, a biostatistician at Southlake Regional Health Centre in Newmarket.
Singh says proposed sick leave will be 'temporary' but will cover 'millions of workers'
"What's before Canadians right now with the legislation we've secured is going to be temporary and it's something that we want to fight to make permanent," Singh told CTV Question Period Host Evan Solomon in an interview airing Sunday.
Federal government boosts proposed CERB replacement to $500 per week
The announcement on Thursday came a day after NDP leader Jagmeet Singh signalled his party's support for the Liberal minority government's Throne Speech -- which is potentially crucial for avoiding an election -- was contingent on this kind of move.
WATCH: Battle lines drawn over filling Ruth Bader Ginsburg vacancy
PMO failed to check with key former employers before Payette's appointment as Governor General: sources
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his officials never conducted checks with Julie Payette's former employers at the Montreal Science Centre and the Canadian Olympic Committee that might have raised red flags about her behaviour with co-workers and subordinates before her appointment as Governor General, sources tell CBC News.
WATCH: Anti-racism rally cancelled in Red Deer after hate groups disrupt event
“If racialized folks acted like this, we would all be arrested.”
Canada accused of breaching obligations under Arms Trade Treaty by allowing exports to Turkey
Canada is being accused of breaching its obligations under both domestic law and the global Arms Trade Treaty by allowing exports of high-tech imaging and targeting systems to the Turkish military.
Ottawa accepts Premier Doug Ford’s made-in-Ontario carbon price for heavy industry, even though it says it’s too weak
OTTAWA—The federal government has accepted Premier Doug Ford’s carbon pricing scheme for heavy industry, even though Ottawa thinks the made-in-Ontario scheme is too weak.
How Trudeau can keep his promise to change Canada’s election law
In the 2015 federal election, Justin Trudeau promised to change Canada’s election law. It would be the last time, he said, that votes would be counted according to a system known as “first past the post.”