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Competition Bureau seeks input for small- and medium-sized business lending review
GATINEAU - The Competition Bureau is seeking input from Canadians as it prepares to begin its review of competition in lending for small- and medium-sized businesses. The regulator is giving Canadians...
Sep 04, 2025
Carney says his ministers are looking for ways to cut spending at cabinet retreat
TORONTO - Prime Minister Mark Carney and his cabinet will meet behind closed doors for a second day in a row today, as the Liberal government prepares for Parliament's return in a little under two wee...
Sep 04, 2025 Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks to the media at the Liberal cabinet retreat in Toronto on Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
Crown Royal bottling plant 'caught in the crosshairs' of parent company's struggles
The looming closure of an Ontario plant that bottles Crown Royal sparked political blowback this week, but a supply chain expert says the company behind the move faced pressing decisions on how to cut...
Sep 04, 2025
Teenage workers hit hard by tech disruption, population growth: Desjardins
OTTAWA - A new report argues the rise of gig work, artificial intelligence and rapid population growth are souring job prospects for Canada's youngest workers. The Desjardins Economics report, release...
Sep 04, 2025
Canada will thank U.S. President Donald Trump in 20 years, former Quebec premier says
QUBEC - Jean Charest says Canada will eventually thank U.S. President Donald Trump for providing the country with a much-needed economic shakeup. The Quebec premier between 2003 and 2012 told business...
Sep 03, 2025 Former Quebec premier Jean Charest speaks to reporters at a business luncheon on relations with the United States, in Quebec City, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot
Trump says he's looking for swift Supreme Court ruling on most tariffs
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump indicated Tuesday that he'll appeal to the United States Supreme Court as early as Wednesday in an effort to overturn a ruling that found many of his tariffs i...
Sep 02, 2025
Carney appoints interim parliamentary budget officer as Giroux's term ends
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney has appointed Jason Jacques to a six-month term as the interim parliamentary budget officer. Jacques is already the office's director general of economic and fiscal...
Sep 02, 2025
Quebec ends funding for Northvolt battery factory
MONTREAL - The Quebec government is pulling the plug on a $7-billion electric-vehicle battery project near Montreal and trying to recoup some of its investment. Economy Minister Christine Frchette ann...
Sep 02, 2025
Some Indigenous businesses halt exports to U.S. despite long-standing free-trade ties
OTTAWA - Some small Indigenous businesses are halting shipments to the U.S. in the wake of President Donald Trump's tariff regime, even though trade ties exist that predate the founding of both Canada...
Aug 31, 2025
U.S. federal appeals court rules many Trump tariffs are illegal
by Kelly Geraldine Malone WASHINGTON - A United States federal appeals court ruled on Friday that many of U.S President Donald Trump's tariffs are illegal - but it allowed for the levies to remain in ...
Aug 29, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during an event to announce new tariffs in the Rose Garden at the White House, on April 2, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)
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Sarah Mills: Floor crossing should be a choice between sitting as an independent or running in a byelection
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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...
