Courtney Shea

1 week ago | torontolife.com | Courtney Shea

When it comes to the economic impact of Donald Trump’s trade policy, the auto sector is currently the canary in the coal mine. Following the implementation of 25 per cent tariffs on non CUSMA-compliant automobiles (which took effect April 9) and a matching 25 per cent on auto parts (scheduled for May 3), Ontario’s plants have taken a significant hit. Last week, the Stellantis plant in Windsor announced a temporary halt to production and nearly 6,000 job losses.

1 week ago | macleans.ca | Courtney Shea

Douglas Cowgill has spent the last decade helping Canadian-Americans renounce their U.S. citizenship. And in the new Trump era, as more Americans consider cutting ties, he’s become a hot commodity. “There’s no question, we’ve gotten a huge uptick in requests,” says Cowgill, although politics are just part of it (see also: paperwork). Here, he describes what’s involved in an official renunciation and why Trump-era border policies are changing the calculation.

3 weeks ago | theglobeandmail.com | Courtney Shea

1 month ago | macleans.ca | Courtney Shea

Anita Chauhan works with startups in Toronto, and she can easily describe the kind of looks she used to get from her tech-bro colleagues when they found out she was into astrology. “It was like…” and here her face lands somewhere between the eyeroll emoji and the one that’s about to puke. Chauhan, who’s 37, has been tapped into astrology since birth—before, actually.

1 month ago | macleans.ca | Courtney Shea

Canada’s not for sale. Maclean’s is. Subscribe todaySelf-proclaimed “old punk” Mathieu Grondin never pictured himself as a bureaucrat. But that’s where his longtime passion for nightlife and live music landed him. Last June, the Montrealer moved to Ottawa to become the city’s first-ever night mayor, a municipally funded position focused on growing the after-hours economy in Canada’s capital.