NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says his government would give a boost to Quebec’s immigration funding to help prepare immigrants to fill the province’s labour shortage. At an announcement in Drummondville, Que., on Saturday, Singh promised to increase the federal immigration transfer payment to Quebec by $73 million per year to improve settlement servicesRead More →
International Trade Diversification Minister Jim Carr’s office says Canada will continue its trade negotiations with Mercosur, the South American trading bloc that includes Brazil, despite demands to call a halt to the talks until more action is taken to protect the Amazon rainforest. On Friday, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh called onRead More →
The European Union will halt imports of Canadian cherries and other fresh fruits starting Sept. 1 as it enforces new import requirements related to pests, according to a Canadian government document sent to industry on Thursday. In the notice, which was seen by Reuters, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency saidRead More →
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivered a foreign policy speech in Montreal today that had a noticeable domestic flavour, railing against the Conservatives and accusing them of flirting with “the forces of populism.” “The Conservatives envision a world where Canada hectors from the sidelines — where we refuse to participate, but stillRead More →
The country’s tobacco supply is about to get a radical makeover that will put an end to unique brand features and standardize all packaging — part of an effort to reduce the number of smokers by making the products less appealing. The new federal regulations are poised to take effect withinRead More →
An elephant named Rex, dozens of crocodiles and enough eel meat to fill a swimming pool. That unusual list is just a small sampling of what Canadian officials have seized over the past decade while investigating illegal attempts to smuggle animals and animal products in or out of the country. While theRead More →
The House of Commons trade committee will be back at work later today with a special meeting that has one major aim — demonstrating the broad economic pain of the Trump administration’s crushing steel and aluminum tariffs. The committee will hear nearly four hours of testimony from a dozen witnessesRead More →
The amount of tax that Canadians admit to owing Ottawa but haven’t paid rose to a record $43.8 billion this year, despite a Liberal government promise to “stabilize” that sum. And an internal Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) projection obtained by CBC News says the amount of unpaid tax owed isRead More →
Canada’s first major peacekeeping deployment under the Trudeau Liberals will fall slightly short of its stated goal in terms of the participation of women, Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan says. More female participation in the gritty, often dangerous work of rebuilding shattered nations is a signature ambition of both the UNRead More →
In the face of a growing number of calls for Canada to match a recent U.S. corporate tax cut, Finance Minister Bill Morneau has embarked on a “listening” tour of Canadian businesses and is mulling new measures to level the playing field — which could come as early as the fall economicRead More →