Murray Wood: Carney's Liberal majority will come because of floor crossers, not votes
Thanks to floor crossings, the Liberals only need to hold safe seats in Monday's byelections to get to majority status. ...
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Federal infrastructure bank can't meet funding plans without spending spree, PBO says
OTTAWA - A federal infrastructure financing agency might not meet its near-term plan to fund projects more quickly to foster economic recovery, says a new report by the parliamentary budget officer.As...
Apr 28, 2021
B.C. legwork positions it to capitalize on Ottawa's support on child care: Advocates
VANCOUVER - British Columbia is well positioned for the widespread expansion of its goal of achieving child care for $10 a day thanks to federal commitments announced last week, a longtime advocate fo...
Apr 28, 2021
Helium production promoted as latest example of Saskatchewan's resource leadership
A private southwest Saskatchewan facility that will produce and sell purified helium is being promoted by the provincial government as evidence of Saskatchewan's leadership as a supplier of necessary ...
Apr 27, 2021 The provincial government said Saskatchewan, as Canada's leading helium producer, supplies about three per cent of the total worldwide supply of the resource. (North American Helium/Facebook)
No election yet as Liberal minority government survives third budget confidence vote
OTTAWA - With the help of the NDP, Justin Trudeau's minority Liberal government has survived the last of three confidence votes on its massive budget. The House of Commons approved Monday the governme...
Apr 26, 2021
Orders for big-ticket manufactured goods rebound in March
WASHINGTON - Orders for big-ticket manufactured goods rebounded 0.5% in March as U.S. factories recovered from February weather disruptions. However, the recovery was not as strong as most had expecte...
Apr 26, 2021
Feds file notice of back-to-work bill ahead of looming Montreal dockworkers strike
MONTREAL - The federal government has given notice on Sunday that it will table back-to-work legislation in response to a looming dockworkers' strike at Montreal's port that threatens to have widespre...
Apr 25, 2021
UK sees budget deficit rise to highest rate since 1946
LONDON - Britain has seen its budget deficit rise during the coronavirus pandemic to its highest level since the year after the end of World War II, official figures showed Friday. The Office for Nati...
Apr 23, 2021
Labour minister says pandemic highlights need to settle on right-to-disconnect rules
OTTAWA - The federal labour minister says the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need to give workers the ability to avoid work emails and text messages as the lines between home and work lives blu...
Apr 23, 2021
Minority Liberal government survives second of three confidence votes on budget
OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau's minority Liberal government has survived the second of three confidence votes on the massive federal budget.A Conservative amendment was defeated by a vote of 213-120, with L...
Apr 22, 2021
More supply needed to ease housing price crunch, but always more to do, Freeland says
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says the country needs a boost in the supply of housing to help make prices more affordable, but suggests there may be other steps governments can take. Spe...
Apr 22, 2021
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Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
Every Friday, Murray Wood takes a look back at the week's news and decides who's hot... and who's not. This week's list ...
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8:30 - A fragile U.S.-Iran ceasefire is hanging by a thread as talks are set to begin, with President Trump warning stri...