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Quebec introduces mild income tax cuts and projects balanced budget
As governments across Canada fund services with billions in deficit spending, Quebec announced a third consecutive balanced budget Tuesday containing modest personal income-tax cuts. Finance
Think tank urges Liberals to sell money making assets to private sector
A new report is urging the Trudeau Liberals to make their new, experimental infrastructure bank a centre for helping cities and provinces sell off existing
Question of how best to tax legal pot still a long way off, Morneau suggests
The Trudeau government is still wrestling with how to tax recreational pot, even as it indicates it’s poised to introduce long-awaited legalization legislation next month
Shares of Canopy Growth, other marijuana producers, jump after legalization reports
Citing senior federal sources, CBC News and the Globe and Mail reported that the Liberal government is planning to table legislation ahead of April 20,
Fewer Canadian travellers blocked at U.S. land border
Fewer Canadians are being turned away at the land border in recent months despite mounting concerns that Donald Trump’s immigration policies are making it much
Five Canadian business stories to watch this week
Here are some of the events that are expected to make headlines in the days ahead: Poloz in Oshawa: Canada’s top banker will be in
Ottawa inflation rate accelerates to 2% in February
The annual pace of inflation in Canada ticked lower in February as higher prices for gasoline were offset in part by declining costs for fresh
Budget 2017: Feds see slimmer deficits, make ‘big bets’ on high growth sectors
The Trudeau government unveiled a budgetary crystal ball Wednesday that foresees slightly smaller deficits and a growth-lifting plan that places “big bets” on what the
Budget 2017: Liberals try to ease anxiety and get Canada ready for the future
The future is coming at you, fast, and the Liberal government says it knows you’re getting anxious – and potentially angry. Finance Minister Bill Morneau
Fed raises rate and sees more hikes as US economy improves
The Federal Reserve has raised its benchmark interest rate for the second time in three months and signalled that further hikes this year will be
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