Tag Archives: Economy

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney wants the Canadian lumber and steel sectors to look for more opportunities at home as U.S. tariffs and shifting global trade tides limit their opportunities abroad....

OTTAWA - The federal government plans to limit foreign steel imports and cut interprovincial rail freight rates in a bid to support Canada's steel industry threatened by damaging U.S. tariffs. A gover...

EDMONTON - Alberta is moving to insulate its Crown investment corporation from potential legal liabilities and protect companies in the province from lawsuits accusing them of greenwashing. The wide-r...

VICTORIA - British Columbia's public post-secondary institutions have seen a 70 per cent decline in international students, requiring the province to launch a review in a bid to stabilize the sector, ...

OTTAWA - Canadian beekeepers are sounding the alarm about a pest that's spreading in parts of Asia, and a Conservative MP is calling on the federal government to change a long-standing policy on impor...

QUBEC - Quebec's finance minister presented an economic update on Tuesday that offered modest savings to taxpayers, as he painted an optimistic picture of the province's finances heading into an elect...

On Tuesday morning, Finance Minister Jim Reiter is expected to give an update on the Government of Saskatchewan's balance sheet with the mid-year financials. In the government's first-quarter update, ...

HALIFAX - Canadian farmers plan to lobby the federal government to implement a guaranteed annual income and a cap on the profits of the major grocery store chains in the country. The lobbying plans we...

WASHINGTON - The U.S. State Department has directed its embassies in Canada and other Western nations to scrutinize the impacts of "mass migration" - the Trump administration's latest push to reshape ...

OTTAWA - Conservative MPs slammed Prime Minister Mark Carney Monday over dismissive comments he made recently when asked about stalled trade talks with U.S. President Donald Trump. While taking questi...