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When the Canadian government talks about trade diversification, the agreement it puts in the window is its trade deal with the EU, which took hold one year ago this week. But cutting tariffs is only the first step: if businesses don’t take advantage, hopes for meaningful economic growth could be dashed.
The Trudeau government’s spending on outside law firms has risen sharply in the last year, topping $26 million for the first time since numbers have been proactively posted. The federal Justice Department refuses to release details, but legal costs are clearly being driven by trade disputes and veterans’ lawsuits.
Veterans Affairs plans to launch a new ad ahead of Remembrance Day 2018, but it has struggled to craft a campaign that doesn’t make people “feel guilty” or come off as a recruitment pitch, according to the in-house testing results.
Federal New Democratic Party Leader Jagmeet Singh will run in an upcoming byelection in British Columbia.
Any honest assessment of the Liberal government’s record must confront its decision to balance the budget as quickly as possible, at any cost.
A Toronto man has lost more than $60,000 to embedded trailer fees — for financial advice he says he never got and that his broker isn’t legally allowed to provide. And two proposed class-action lawsuits on these commissions are aiming to recover “tens of millions of dollars.”
An Ontario college is offering what some might see as a pretty cool credential — a one-year certificate in growing pot. But the class comes with hard work.
CBC’s Marketplace rounds up the consumer and health news you need from the week, including rising food prices coming to Sobeys grocery stores, a potential Canada Post strike and telecom companies defending their sales tactics.
The federal government and Ontario chose to give billions in support to General Motors and Chrysler to help them stay afloat and save the auto industry in wake of 2008 global financial crisis.
Will Maxime Bernier follow in the footsteps of another former Conservative cabinet minister who formed a new party and contributed to his old party’s defeat?