Budget 2019: Federal government’s deficit to grow to $19.8B in coming fiscal year
The federal Liberal government expects to sink deeper into the red this year, thanks to a federal budget Tuesday that’s laden with election-year spending measures
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Liberals’ fall update features $16B competitiveness response to U.S. tax reforms
The federal Liberals have come up with a $16-billion answer to Canada’s competitiveness concerns. The government’s long-awaited plan to help Canada compete with the United
Fiscal update to lay out competitiveness plan, close loop on some Liberal vows
The federal government will release a fall economic update later today that will seek to close the loop on some of its outstanding mandate commitments,
Half of Canadian homeowners say cannabis use will hurt property values: poll
More than half of Canadian homeowners recently surveyed say they would be less likely to consider a property if they knew cannabis had been grown
Ottawa’s Carleton University lands $350,000 from feds for green building project
Research from Carleton University might help make new buildings more energy efficient with the help of some fresh federal funding. The Ottawa-based post-secondary institution will
Liberals set hiring, procurement rules for federally funded projects
Cities, provinces and territories building new roads, bridges, water and transit systems funded with federal dollars will have to let Indigenous Peoples, veterans and recent
New transit, water systems to undergo green test in federal funding review
The Trudeau Liberals have laid out the environmental test that new transit and water systems will have to go through in the hope cities and
Pot plan proceeding apace, Trudeau insists, despite calls for delay
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau isn’t backing down from his government’s much-maligned timeline for legalizing marijuana, despite a growing chorus of calls from senators, Indigenous leaders
Who’s winning federal contracts in Ottawa-Gatineau?
Dillon Consulting Ltd. 177 Colonnade Rd. Description: Risk assessment of ship-source oil spills in northern British Columbia Buyer: Transport Canada $15,556,038 Coradix Technology Consulting Ltd.
Procurement problems undermining Liberals’ defence policy, analyst says
Long-standing problems with Canada’s military procurement system are threatening to undermine the Trudeau government’s vaunted defence policy, warns a new report. The study, published by
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