Tag Archives: Economy

OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland has pledged that the government will meet its fiscal targets in the upcoming federal budget, but economists say achieving that goal will be challenging as t...

OTTAWA - There aren't many issues that garner support across party lines in Ottawa these days. But when it comes to the supply management system for egg, poultry and dairy products - the mechanism tha...

HALIFAX - The federal government is spending $2.5 million to expand an entrepreneurship program for Indigenous women and create a similar program for Indigenous youth. Small Business Minister Rechie V...

WHITEHORSE - The Yukon Liberal government tabled its 2024 budget Thursday. The $2.08-billion budget forecasts a surplus of $119 million. Here are some other key figures and projects being funded: - $4...

WHITEHORSE - Yukon's finance minister says too many of the territory's residents are being affected by inflation, a global housing crisis and a lack of health-care workers but the government is focuse...

OTTAWA - The parliamentary budget officer is projecting inflation will return to the Bank of Canada's two per cent target by the end of the year and the federal deficit will grow amid weakening econom...

OTTAWA - A proposed income tax change to crack down on cross-border tax avoidance could unintentionally hike power bills and natural gas rates for consumers, Electricity Canada is warning. If Canada t...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's auditor general says the province's spending outside the regular budget process lacks oversight and is costing the government millions of dollars in interest. In a report relea...

VANCOUVER - Ronald McHaffie said he had big plans to build a ski resort near Hope, 150 km east of Vancouver, ahead of the 2010 Olympics. He cut an unlikely figure, with a Grizzly Adams beard and no hi...

The British Columbia Securities Commission has levied about $430 million in unpaid fines and disgorgement orders for breaches of the province's Securities Act. Here are some of those who have the larg...