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OTTAWA -- The Liberal government is arguing that tax changes, cultural supports and billions of dollars aimed at stoking investment in Budget 2026 will give Canada the freedom to shape its own future.
OTTAWA -- The Liberal government is arguing that tax changes, cultural supports and billions of dollars aimed at stoking investment in Budget 2026 will give Canada the freedom to shape its own future.
OTTAWA -- The federal Liberals are teeing up Thursday's budget as the government's next step toward fixing long-standing problems facing Canada's economy.
OTTAWA -- The Liberal government is getting ready to reveal how a prolonged global energy shock and a series of spending commitments over the summer have affected the state of federal finances.
OTTAWA -- The Liberal government is getting ready to reveal how a prolonged global energy shock and a series of spending commitments over the summer have affected the state of federal finances.
OTTAWA -- Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem says he doesn't think the federal government's fiscal policy is at odds with the central bank's efforts to control inflation.
OTTAWA -- The Liberal government is getting ready to table its 2026 budget on Thursday -- but Ottawa's own focus groups suggest Canadians aren't watching the state of the federal purse too closely.
OTTAWA -- Canadian labour leaders are warning that unions could trigger a nationwide job action if Ottawa rams through a contentious suite of proposed changes to the Canada Labour Code.
OTTAWA -- The Bank of Canada raised its benchmark interest rate for the first time in more than three years on Wednesday as it tries to get ahead of looming price hikes.
ISTANBUL -- After three days spent fostering tighter economic and political ties with Turkey, Prime Minister Mark Carney is on his way home to Ottawa.
ISTANBUL -- Prime Minister Mark Carney is defending Canada's decision to seek closer ties with Turkey as the country is accused of infringing on LGBTQ+ rights.
ISTANBUL -- Prime Minister Mark Carney said Friday a Canadian company has a real shot at winning a lucrative tender to supply nuclear energy to Turkey — a prospect he said was remote a year ago.
ISTANBUL -- Prime Minister Mark Carney says there is "no merit" to American claims that Canadians might be interfering in U.S. politics ahead of November's midterm elections.
ISTANBUL -- Prime Minister Mark Carney says a Canadian company's bid to supply nuclear energy to Turkey has a real shot of winning the lucrative tender.
ISTANBUL -- Prime Minister Mark Carney says there is "no merit" to American claims that Canadians might be interfering in U.S. politics ahead of November's midterm elections.
ANKARA -- Prime Minister Mark Carney is betting that a promise to deepen Canada's economic and social ties with Turkey will help reset relations between two countries that haven't always seen eye to eye.
ANKARA -- Canada is forming a "strategic partnership" with Turkey aimed in part at securing a free-trade agreement, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Thursday after a bilateral meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara.
ANKARA -- Prime Minister Mark Carney arrived in Turkey on Thursday to kick off a three-day trip aimed at deepening political and economic ties with the NATO ally.
OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Mark Carney is travelling to Turkey on Wednesday for a three-day trip that experts say should show how his approach to international diplomacy differs from that of the previous Liberal government.
OTTAWA -- The federal Liberal government will table its 2026 federal budget on Nov. 5, Finance Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne said Tuesday.
OTTAWA -- Finance Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne says the Liberal government will table its 2026 federal budget on Nov. 5.
OTTAWA -- Finance Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne says the Liberal government will table its 2026 federal budget on Nov. 5.
For the second day in a row, the federal government is announcing plans to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to train more skilled workers in Canada.
OTTAWA -- The federal government plans to spend $430 million over the next five years to help unions train a new generation of workers in the skilled trades.
OTTAWA -- Ottawa's gas tax pause is offering a bigger break at the pumps to the households that earn the most largely because they buy more fuel, the parliamentary budget officer says in a new report.
OTTAWA -- The federal budget watchdog says construction of a high-speed rail line between Toronto and Quebec City could cost more than Ottawa's estimate.
OTTAWA -- Labour experts say the Liberal government's latest major legislative push will test the limits of Ottawa's power to intervene in collective bargaining when economic interests are at stake.
OTTAWA -- Employer groups say Ottawa's proposed labour law changes are encouraging but some want the Liberal government to go even further to ensure industrial peace.
OTTAWA -- Ottawa's fiscal watchdog says the way the Liberal government defines certain types of spending in its new budget framework can be inconsistent and contradictory.
OTTAWA -- Employer groups say Ottawa's proposed labour law changes are encouraging but some want the Liberal government to go even further to ensure industrial peace.
OTTAWA -- Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu says the Liberals' proposed changes to the Canada Labour Code would bring some much-needed "sunlight" to collective bargaining in federally regulated sectors.
OTTAWA -- Labour leaders are denouncing what they call a direct attack on the right to strike in the sweeping economic bill the Liberal government tabled Monday.
OTTAWA -- Labour leaders are denouncing what they call a direct attack on the right to strike in the sweeping economic bill the Liberal government tabled Monday.
OTTAWA -- The federal jobs minister says she can't give a "blanket answer" on when the federal government would move to end a strike or lockout under the new labour legislation tabled Monday.
OTTAWA -- The Liberal government moved Monday to impose new conditions on a contentious part of the Canada Labour Code that's been used to quash high-profile labour disputes in recent years.
OTTAWA -- The Liberal government introduced legislation on Monday which it says will help unions and employers get to deals faster and reduce labour disruptions in the economy.
OTTAWA -- The Liberal government has introduced legislation it believes will help unions and employers get to deals faster and reduce labour disruptions in the economy.
OTTAWA -- The Liberal government has introduced legislation it believes will help unions and employers get to deals faster and reduce labour disruptions in the economy.
OTTAWA -- The Liberal government is expected to unveil new legislation today with major implications for labour relations in Canada.
OTTAWA -- The federal government likely finds itself in a better fiscal position as it heads into the fall session of Parliament this week, thanks in no small part to some rosier economic results.
OTTAWA -- Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu says the federal government will not interfere with workers' right to strike as Ottawa considers legal changes to improve labour relations.
OTTAWA -- Ottawa's fiscal watchdog says a surge in inflation a few years back drove a substantial jump in the cost of delivering the Canada Child Benefit after the pandemic.
OTTAWA -- Fears that a reigniting trade dispute with the United States could hamper business and consumer confidence loomed large over the Bank of Canada's interest rate decision earlier this month.
TORONTO -- A Liberal and a Conservative prime minister book-ended the final day of Canada's first-ever investment summit, each making their pitch to global investors for help fulfilling an ambitious capital agenda.
TORONTO -- Former prime minister Stephen Harper says the federal government had "no choice" but to walk away from trade talks with the United States.
TORONTO -- Former prime minister Stephen Harper says the federal government had "no choice" but to walk away from trade talks with the United States.
TORONTO -- Former prime minister Stephen Harper says the federal government had "no choice" but to walk away from trade talks with the United States.
OTTAWA -- Three prime ministers were on hand in Toronto to mark one of the largest private sector investments in Canadian history on Monday -- the opening salvo in Mark Carney's two-day summit aimed at attracting billions of dollars in capital to Canada.
OTTAWA -- Ottawa is tweaking tax policy to make Canada more attractive to international investors just as Prime Minister Mark Carney is welcoming scores of global asset managers to Toronto.
OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Mark Carney is welcoming the world's investors to Toronto on Monday for a high-stakes summit aimed at attracting new investment to Canada.
OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Mark Carney will gather scores of deep-pocketed investors in Toronto next week in a bid to fix Canada's "Achilles heel" -- a persistent lack of business investment dragging down the economy.
OTTAWA -- The federal government says employers and unions are divided over how much power Ottawa should have to intervene in labour disputes.
Economists weren't ringing any alarm bells after fresh data showed the labour market broke its hot streak with a loss of 42,000 jobs in August. The unemployment rate held steady at 6.4 per cent last month, Statistics Canada said Friday. August’s losses fell short of economists’ expectations for a gain of 15,000 positions. Heading into last month, employers had been...
OTTAWA -- Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne is set to meet with his U.S. counterpart on the sidelines of the G20 finance ministers' meetings in North Carolina this week.
OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Mark Carney stressed the importance of a "united Team Canada approach" in phone calls with other party leaders on Tuesday about the state of trade talks with the United States.
OTTAWA -- Economists are warning that a re-escalation in the trade war with the United States puts Canada's burgeoning economic recovery at risk.
OTTAWA -- One of Prime Minister Mark Carney's point people on the government's budget consultations says Ottawa plans to tackle long-awaited tax code reform "one bite at a time" and changes for small businesses are high on the priority list.
OTTAWA -- Ottawa plans to slash costs for shipping steel between provinces and territories over the next year in a bid to help domestic producers hit hard by tariffs.
OTTAWA -- Canada's top trade negotiators are heading back to Washington this week for more meetings with the Trump administration as the Opposition Conservatives urge Prime Minister Mark Carney to stop making concessions in pursuit of a tariff-free deal.
OTTAWA -- A series of big-money announcements by the Liberal government this summer has critics and analysts calling out a lack of detail on Ottawa's spending plans.