Murray Wood: Is this one of those times when money might be better in the government's pockets?
Windfall profits on oil are prompting a break in the federal fuel excise, but Saskatchewan isn't following suit. Murray ...
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Sask. government deficit plan remains on track
The government believes its deficit plan remains on track as the final numbers for the end of the fiscal year are released. The actual figures for the 2017-18 fiscal year show a significant drop in th...
Jul 19, 2018
Trudeau shuffles familiar faces, adds new ones to expanded cabinet
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is unveiling his pre-election cabinet, shuffling six ministers to new portfolios and promoting five other MPs to his front benches in a bid to boost the profile ...
Jul 18, 2018
Alberta appeals court ruling ordering province to pay $2M over beer subsidy
EDMONTON - Alberta has served notice it will appeal a court ruling ordering the province to pay just over $2 million to two out-of-province breweries over a disputed beer subsidy. The government filed...
Jul 18, 2018
MPs agree to urgent summer study of asylum seekers surge
OTTAWA - Under mounting pressure from opposition MPs, the House of Commons immigration committee will meet at least two times before early August to study the simmering issue of asylum seekers crossin...
Jul 17, 2018
Trump returns from summit with Putin to forceful criticism
HELSINKI - In an extraordinary embrace of a longtime U.S. enemy, President Donald Trump openly questioned his own intelligence agencies' firm finding that Russia meddled in the 2016 U.S. election to h...
Jul 17, 2018
Sask. Premier stands with McLeod in immigration disagreement
Premier Scott Moe is in the middle of an immigration disagreement after government tensions boiled over between federal and provincial ministers on Friday. The tension flared up between Ontario's immi...
Jul 16, 2018
Trade committee returns to Ottawa to talk about the pain of Trump tariffs
OTTAWA - The House of Commons trade committee will be back at work later today with a special meeting that has one major aim - demonstrating the broad economic pain of the Trump administration's crush...
Jun 26, 2018
Finance ministers to press Morneau about opting out of controversial tax change
OTTAWA - Finance ministers from at least two provinces are planning to question their federal counterpart Bill Morneau about whether they can opt out of Ottawa's plan to implement a controversial tax ...
Jun 26, 2018
Doug Ford supports Premier Moe in fight against carbon tax
Another Canadian leader is showing his disdain for the federal carbon tax. Ontario's premier-designate Doug Ford ran on a platform which fought against the cap-and-trade system in that province, befor...
Jun 25, 2018
Marathon voting session stalls pot bill, cancels Friday sitting of Commons
OTTAWA - All work in the House of Commons has been put off until next week thanks to an all-night voting session that carried over into this morning. The Conservatives forced the marathon of votes as ...
Jun 15, 2018
OPINION
Murray Wood: Going to seed, in a good way
Murray Wood says seed sales are taking off this spring. Food prices are likely convincing some to grow their own vegetab...
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The Evan Bray Show - Wednesday, April 15
8:30 - With a clear majority now secured, Mark Carney no longer has to bargain to survive confidence votes and can focus...