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Bank of Canada cuts key interest rate for first time since 2020
For the first time in four years, Canada's central bank is cutting its key interest rate. On Wednesday, the Bank of Canada announced its key interest rate is dropping from five per cent down to 4.75 p...
Jun 05, 2024 Canada's central bank dropped its key interest rate on Wednesday for the first time in more than four years. (650 CKOM file photo)
Carbon capture rollout lags as industry, Ottawa at odds over who shoulders risk
CALGARY - The question of who should bear the financial risk for pricey carbon capture and storage projects has become a stumbling block slowing the technology's adoption in Canada. It has been half a...
Jun 04, 2024
Trudeau pitches strong ties to Mexico's new leader Claudia Sheinbaum amid U.S. tumult
OTTAWA - Mexico's election of its first female president could mean a stronger relationship with Canada, as analysts watch how Claudia Sheinbaum will approach civil rights and the possible return of f...
Jun 03, 2024
Research: carbon pricing might not be feasible climate policy
OTTAWA - It was supposed to do the heavy lifting for Canada's greenhouse gas emissions targets. And it was supposed to remain a major part of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's legacy, both at home and a...
Jun 01, 2024 'Carbon pricing has become a significant political liability.' (CP photo)
Former BoC governor Stephen Poloz warns on low business investment, lost productivity
TORONTO - Stephen Poloz is concerned about investment levels in Canada's private sector, which he says has been dampened by higher government spending and volatility in U.S. trade relations. The previ...
May 30, 2024
Liberal MP calls out PBO for error in carbon price analysis, asks for correction
OTTAWA - The parliamentary secretary for Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland is criticizing the parliamentary budget officer for not issuing a more-public correction to its carbon price analysis after ...
May 28, 2024
Lobby group says emissions cap could cost oil and gas sector $75B in lost investment
CALGARY - A new report commissioned by an industry lobby group on the federal government's proposed emissions cap stirred up strong reactions from both oil and gas supporters and environmental groups ...
May 27, 2024
Canada mulls Chinese EV tariff following U.S. move but is not committing to it
OTTAWA - Canada is looking at the massive new U.S. import tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles imposed by President Joe Biden earlier this month, but is not making any commitment to following sui...
May 26, 2024
Competition Bureau probes alleged anticompetitive conduct by Loblaws, Sobeys
VANCOUVER AND TORONTO - Canada's Competition Bureau has launched investigations into the parent companies of grocery chains Loblaws and Sobeys for alleged anticompetitive conduct, court documents reve...
May 24, 2024
N.S. reaches deal with owner of Northern Pulp; firm pursues new mill in Queens County
HALIFAX - A new agreement between Nova Scotia and the owner of Northern Pulp will see the company abandon plans to reopen its idled Pictou County mill and instead focus on building a new plant in sout...
May 23, 2024
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