Category Archives: Canada

OTTAWA - Communities bereft of local media could see the return of homegrown news, thanks to an injection of funds in Tuesday’s federal budget. The Liberal government is proposing $50 million ov...

OTTAWA - Finance Minister Bill Morneau said gender equality would be an overarching theme of the 2018 federal budget, particularly when it comes to boosting the participation of women in the workplace...

OTTAWA - The Trudeau government tabled a budget Tuesday that will use billions of dollars worth of fresh fiscal runway for new investments, a decision that leaves Ottawa with no timetable for balanced...

TORONTO - A coalition of Ontario’s home-care providers is asking a court to review a government decision to create a central body for delivering personal support care, saying the province did no...

OTTAWA - The federal Liberals will ask a group of advisers, led by Ontario’s former health minister, to explore options for a national program to cover the cost of prescription drugs and report ...

OTTAWA - The call of the wild is echoing through Tuesday’s federal budget, which some environmental groups are calling a “game changer” for nature conservation across Canada. The Lib...

OTTAWA - The Liberal government moved to tighten the tax rules for small businesses in the federal budget Tuesday as it fine tuned the changes that prompted an uproar last year. However, Finance Minis...

OTTAWA - Beyond the usual headline-grabbing, big-ticket items, the federal budget Finance Minister Bill Morneau introduced Tuesday includes a variety of smaller fare, from a plan to phase out obsolete...

OTTAWA - The federal government is putting billions of dollars behind its bid for reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples in Canada as a whole, but also addressing the distinct and individual needs of ...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is a proud science fiction fan, but his government’s third budget is much more focused on uncovering new scientific facts. The 2018 fiscal blueprint sets a...