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Local construction associations say they don’t anticipate any significant impacts coming out of new provincial and federal regulations that will require public-sector entities to prioritize

Shopify helps feds with key piece of budget policy
Prime Minister Mark Carney told a business crowd in Montreal recently that the federal government got a bit of outside help on a major piece

Erin Benjamin says budget’s investments in the arts good news for Ottawa’s live music scene
The head of the Canadian Live Music Association says the new federal budget means good things for Ottawa’s live music economy, but more needs to

Federal budget forecasts $78B deficit as Liberals shift spending to capital projects
This year’s federal budget contains a deficit nearly twice the size forecast by the Liberals a year ago, as Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government prioritizes

Tariff support, focus on investment on business leaders’ federal budget wish lists
Business leaders have a wide-ranging wish list for the upcoming federal budget in the hopes Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government addresses everything from the country’s

Bank of Canada expected to cut interest rates after last-minute inflation report
The Bank of Canada will have to grapple with a last-minute inflation report, a shift in the federal government’s tariff stance and lingering uncertainty about

Eliminating interprovincial trade barriers would add 30K annual housing starts: CMHC
A new analysis by the national housing agency estimates Canada could add 30,000 more housing starts annually by eliminating interprovincial trade barriers. That would push

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