Start your day off right with five things you need to know this morning.
Five things you need to know
Good times for the people of Atlantic Canada. The prime minister, Mark Carney, announced today that the cost for an average crossing of the Confederation Bridge between Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick will be reduced from $50.25 to $20 starting Aug. 1. Carney was unclear about the overall cost to taxpayers, but said it would be around $100 million.
Effective August 1st, we’re cutting tolls on the Confederation Bridge from $50 to $20 — and cutting fares on all interprovincial ferries in half in Atlantic Canada.
Canada’s new government is bringing down costs and building one strong, Canadian economy.— Mark Carney (@MarkJCarney) July 28, 2025
The prime minister of France has accused the EU of "submission" in the face of American threats after the the trading bloc agreed a one-sided trade deal with the US. Francois Bayrou said it was a "dark day" for the EU after the announcement on Sunday of an agreement, which includes a 15 per cent tariff on all goods heading into the US and a commitment from the EU to spend US$750 billion on American energy.
The French prime minister has slammed the EU-US trade deal as a "submission" to Donald Trump.https://t.co/Z0NowAZVzz
— POLITICOEurope (@POLITICOEurope) July 28, 2025
In more Trump news, the president met with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer today while visiting his golf courses in Scotland. In a press conference, Trump said he'd given the UK a better deal than the EU (10 per cent tariffs versus 15 per cent) in part because his mother was Scottish. He also mocked the UK's new Online Safety Act – which has been attacked by critics as an authoritarian censorship law – by asking Starmer to "please uncensor" his Truth Social website.
'If you censor me, you're making a mistake.'
— GB News (@GBNEWS) July 28, 2025
Donald Trump takes aim at Keir Starmer live on camera after @beverleyturner brutally brings up Labour's censoring of the President's social media platform, Truth Social.
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Auto theft in Canada is down in the first half of 2025, according to Équité Association. The not-for-profit's report said the crime has fallen 19.1 per cent compared with the same period in 2024, but more than 23,000 vehicles were still reported stolen in the first six months of this year.
The pace of auto theft is dropping in Canada thanks to collective efforts to crack down on thieves, says an industry group focused on insurance fraud and crime. https://t.co/jgGUw6ZOrE
— CityNews Calgary (@citynewscalgary) July 28, 2025
The CBC has asked how long the US economy will continue "thriving" despite warnings from experts that Trump's tariff policy would spread uncertainty. According to the broadcaster's analysis, most firms and consumers have been "sheltered from the worst impacts of the tariffs," but that situation might not persist forever.
The U.S. economy is thriving in spite of tariffs. Will it last?
— Lorrie Goldstein (@sunlorrie) July 28, 2025
What the recent economic resilience tells us about what comes next in the trade war https://t.co/mA4QAQ39Lb
