By Nojoud Al Mallees The Canadian Press Posted May 28, 2024 3:28 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The parliamentary secretary for Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland is criticizing the parliamentary budget officer for not issuing a more-public correction to its carbon price analysis after finding an error in it. … Read more
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted March 25, 2024 1:38 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Dozens of Liberal members of Parliament are calling on the finance minister to set aside money for the Canada Disability Benefit in next month’s federal budget. In a letter shared on social media, … Read more
Signals that Ottawa wants more domestic investment from Canadian public pension funds are being amplified by some members of the business community who argue there’s more these large pools of capital can do to boost Canada’s economy. But the pension plans themselves are pushing back against suggestions that anyone in government should dictate how they … Read more
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted March 11, 2024 9:50 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Federal Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says she stopped at a recently built downtown Victoria rental apartment building Monday before meeting with British Columbia Premier David Eby, where housing was slated to top the … Read more
Last month, Canada announced an immediate, two-year cap on international student permits. (File) Canada on Sunday announced a two-year extension to a ban on foreign ownership of Canadian housing, saying the step was aimed at addressing worries about Canadians being priced out of housing markets in cities and towns across the country. Canada is facing … Read more
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted January 10, 2024 7:25 am Updated January 10, 2024 7:31 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size The RCMP is reviewing an interaction that had Rebel News commentator David Menzies arrested while trying to ask Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland a question outside an event. Sgt. Kim Chamberland … Read more
Citing the “complicated” nature of pensions and need for all provinces and territories to weigh in, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland would not provide a specific timeline for determining how much Alberta would be entitled to if it leaves the Canada Pension Plan. Speaking after a meeting with her provincial and territorial counterparts, Freeland said officials … Read more
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted December 14, 2023 9:02 pm Descrease article font size Increase article font size Legislation that lifts GST charges off rental developments and amends the country’s competition law has passed in the Senate and is poised to become law. Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland introduced the legislation this fall in response to growing … Read more
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and federal Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland will be announcing a new investment by Dow into the province’s Industrial Heartland on Wednesday. Both government officials will be joined by Jim Fitterling, chair and CEO of Dow. This comes after Smith invoked the Alberta Sovereignty … Read more
The Liberal government’s fall economic statement acknowledges the cost-of-living crisis weighing on Canadians but offers few new measures to tackle it while pledging to keep deficits in check. Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland presented her fiscal update in the House of Commons on Tuesday, stressing the pressure inflation and a slowing economy are putting on federal … Read more