CBC News: Federal Conservative Leader Stephen Harper announced a plan to create a Canadian Armed Forces reserve unit in Yukon during a campaign stop in Whitehorse today. The reserve unit would be aimed at “enhancing the Arctic…
CBC News: Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau elaborated on his $60-billion election campaign pledge to help municipalities build new infrastructure over the next decade, saying Friday that the public transit portion for projects would amount to $20 billion. The $20…
Nahlah Ayed (CBC News) How many of those who died trying to cross the Mediterranean were ultimately headed for Canada we do not know, but we do know there was at least one family of…
Prime Minister Stephen Harper explains his deficit criteria – 5:12 (Source: CBC News) CBC News: The issue of deficits again took centre stage on the campaign trail in the wake of Statistics Canada’s confirmation that the country fell…
The Canadian Press: Stephen Harper and Tom Mulcair found themselves in unfamiliar economic territory Wednesday — sharing the same page on when they think it is acceptable to plunge the country into a deficit. The…
The Canadian Press: Justin Trudeau is opening a window into how his infrastructure investment will be divided in the years to come if the Liberals form government this fall. Speaking in Trois-Rivieres, Que., Trudeau detailed…
The Canadian Press: Stephen Harper is promising new support to Canada’s manufacturing sector as the latest economic numbers show that industry shrunk again in the second quarter of the year. Harper announced that if his…
The Canadian Press: Fresh data showing that Canada’s economy now meets the definition of a recession sent immediate ripples across the federal election campaign trail this morning. Statistics Canada reported that the economy contracted at…
(CBC News): The Conservative Party’s political rivals went on the offensive this morning after Statistics Canada revealed that the country fell into a recession during the first half of this year. Conservative Leader Stephen Harper,…
Bill Curry (The Globe and Mail): Economists are shaving their growth forecasts for 2015 ahead of a Statistics Canada report this week that is widely expected to confirm that Canada slipped into recession earlier this…