Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
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Feds top up relief fund with $600 million to help small- and medium-sized businesses
OTTAWA - The federal government is adding $600 million to a fund to help small- and medium-sized businesses weather the COVID-19 pandemic, Economic Development Minister Melanie Joly said Friday. The a...
Oct 02, 2020
COVID-19 aid bill now law after clearing Senate due to compromise on hybrid sittings
OTTAWA - A bill authorizing new benefits for workers impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic received royal assent Friday, assuring continued financial support now that the Canada Emergency Response Benefit...
Oct 02, 2020
PBO complains of lack of transparency on $422 billion in federal business support
OTTAWA - Crown corporations have handed out an estimated $422 billion in loans, guarantees and deferrals to businesses since the start of the pandemic, the parliamentary budget officer says in a repor...
Oct 02, 2020
Promise of hybrid sittings clears way for Senate to deal with worker-aid bill
OTTAWA - The government's representative in the Senate is promising to introduce a motion Friday to hold hybrid sittings of the upper house during the COVID-19 pandemic. Sen. Marc Gold's promise clear...
Oct 01, 2020
September growth for US manufacturing, fifth straight month
SILVER SPRING, Md. - U.S manufacturing grew at a slightly slower pace last month, continuing to rebound from spring's coronavirus recession. The Institute for Supply Management, an association of purc...
Oct 01, 2020
Infrastructure bank to invest $10 billion in priority areas for pandemic recovery
OTTAWA - The Liberal government is promising to finally spend $10 billion that has sat in the accounts of its infrastructure financing agency for years, hoping to create thousands of post-pandemic job...
Sep 30, 2020
New benefits for workers hurt by pandemic hits speed bump in Senate
OTTAWA - After being rushed through the House of Commons in a single day, a bill authorizing new benefits for workers impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic has hit a speed bump in the Senate. Sen. Marc Go...
Sep 30, 2020
Financial aid for workers hurt by COVID-19 gets unanimous support in Commons
OTTAWA - The House of Commons has unanimously passed legislation authorizing new benefits for workers left jobless or underemployed by the COVID-19 pandemic.In the process, the minority Liberal govern...
Sep 29, 2020
Economic rebound slows as Statistics Canada says economy grew 3.0 per cent in July
OTTAWA - The pace of Canada's economic rebound from the COVID-19 pandemic slowed in July, and maybe even more in August, Statistics Canada says, suggesting the country is in what experts described as ...
Sep 29, 2020
Liberals throw down challenge, make COVID-19 aid bill a confidence matter
OTTAWA - New Democrats have joined forces with the governing Liberals to ensure speedy approval of legislation authorizing new benefits for workers left jobless or underemployed by the COVID-19 pandem...
Sep 29, 2020
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8:30 - After another conservative MP crossed the floor to the Liberals earlier this week, we wanted to get thoughts from...
