Tag Archives: business

OTTAWA - The head of the federal government's major projects office says just the "threat" of Ottawa having Bill C-5 at its disposal is enough to spur government departments to move quickly on project...

OTTAWA - Defence Minister David McGuinty said he will unveil the Liberal government's plans for the military's Snowbirds aerobatics fleet later this month, and Canadians can "rest assured" its future ...

OTTAWA - Several Canadian organizations and civil society leaders are calling for a halt to a Canada-Ecuador free trade agreement, which they say will pose a risk to the environment and exacerbate a h...

REGINA - New figures from Saskatchewan's electrical utility show it would cost about $1 billion a year to extend the life of the province's coal plants. The numbers, released in a document leaked to t...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's premier is crediting a change in federal leadership for renewed traction in the province's pursuit of offshore oil and gas development. Tim Houston said Thursday that former pr...

OTTAWA - The federal government granted more than 200 requests for relief from having to pay counter-tariffs on imports from the United States, but faces a backlog of more than 800 requests awaiting d...

CALGARY - Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. is moving ahead with early engineering work on two steam-driven oilsands projects, but an $8.25-billion mine expansion remains on hold until questions around ...

OTTAWA - The federal Conservatives proposed a trio of employment insurance reforms on Thursday, which they argue would make parental leaves more flexible for modern families. Conservative employment c...

OTTAWA - The federal privacy watchdog says there have been more than 42,000 breaches at the Canada Revenue Agency since 2020 as a result of people gaining unauthorized access to, or modifying, taxpaye...

TORONTO - Urgency on trade certainty and diversification was a key message economic experts emphasized at a Public Policy Forum conference Thursday. Speaking at the Canada Growth Summit, CIBC chief ec...