Federal Government

Federal workers to strike Wednesday if union, government don’t reach deal by Tuesday

The country’s largest federal public service union says if a deal isn’t reached with the federal government by 9 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, it will

$491B federal budget invests heavily in green economic transformation

Canada & World

The 2023 federal budget promises “transformative investments” in Canada’s green economy as the country tries to maintain its place in the global clean tech revolution

These are the three things you should expect in the federal Liberals’ upcoming budget

Canada & World

The federal Liberal government is expected to release its budget for the 2023-24 fiscal year on Tuesday: Here’s a look at three big things to

Small business pandemic recovery must be priority for federal budget, local advocates say

Ottawa

The head of Ottawa’s BIA network says she’d like to see measures in the March 28 federal budget that will help return businesses to their

Bank of Canada small business pandemic CEBA

Small businesses may be forced to lay off staff or close to repay pandemic debt, survey finds

Ottawa

Many small businesses in Ottawa are struggling with pandemic-related debt and attempting to repay that debt by the end of 2023 would make them unable

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