Federal Government

Ottawa small businesses don’t share optimistic sentiment seen in national survey

Ottawa

Canada’s small and medium-sized businesses are banking on strong growth in the next three years, but that may not be the case in Ottawa.

Cap on international students’ working hours should be lifted permanently: advocates

Ottawa

Immigration Minister announced the federal government would temporarily remove the 20-hour cap on the number of hours international students can work to address labour shortages.

BoC expected to raise interest rate for fifth time at pivotal moment for economy

Canada & World

Inflation appears to have peaked, but it’s still running hot, and a supersized rate hike from the Bank of Canada next week is widely expected.

Pandemic benefits were too generous with businesses, stringent with workers: experts

Canada & World

Business supports were excessive and show the outsized influence of business groups on public policy, economists say.

Rogers CEO defends outage response to MPs at committee hearing

Techopia

Tony Staffieri faced questions from MPs about whether a lack of competition in the telecom sector might have contributed to the massive Rogers outage earlier

Trudeau announces deal for new electric vehicle battery component plant in Kingston

Techopia

Ottawa and Ontario have reached a deal with a global materials technology and recycling group to build a new battery component facility in the province’s Loyalist Township

Canada joins international agreement to help Indigenous businesses access new markets

Canada & World

Ng paid tribute to First Nations’ businesses and said support would be offered by the government to help these companies, including those from Nunavut and

Some single use plastics will be banned over the next 18 months

Canada & World

The federal government is banning companies from importing or making plastic bags and takeout containers by the end of this year, from selling them by

Feds contribute $6.6M to Bells Corners affordable housing project

Residential

This amount is complemented by $740,000 for fee and development charge waivers from the City of Ottawa and $4 million in Ontario Priorities Housing Initiative

Feds announce $247 million to create 25,000 apprenticeship positions across Canada

Canada & World

“We need Canadians to be able to seize these opportunities and to have the tools, training and resources they need to thrive,” Employment Minister Carla