Bipartisan criticism of Trump’s firing of labor statistics boss

U.S. President Donald Trump’s radical shift in trade policy is reverberating around the world and in the U.S. Canadian businesses are now subject to a 35 per cent tariff on exports not covered in the free trade agreement. Many other nations have an extension until Aug. 7, but already the U.S. economy is showing signs of stress. Friday’s jobs report was much weaker than expected, leading Trump to fire the woman in charge of the stats. As Reggie Cecchini reports, politicians on both sides of the aisle think that was the wrong move.

• The U.S. job market stalled in August with unemployment ticking up to 4.3%