PRESS DIGEST-Canada - April 15
April 15 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories from Canadian newspaper The Globe And Mail. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
THE GLOBE AND MAIL
- U.S. President Donald Trump is floating potential tariff relief for auto companies while launching the process to impose levies on imports of semiconductors and pharmaceuticals, amid mounting uncertainty over the direction of his global trade war.
- The Ontario Legislature has chosen its first-ever female Speaker ahead of Tuesday's Throne Speech, in which Premier Doug Ford's Progressive Conservative government is set to lay out its agenda to address U.S. tariffs.
- The B.C. government has loosened net-zero rules for LNG projects, including Ksi Lisims LNG, due to uncertainty over new hydroelectricity supplies, now requiring projects to be "net-zero ready" by 2030 instead of achieving net-zero emissions.
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