Finance Minister Joe Oliver says the government is well within its rights to negotiate a massive Pacific Rim trade agreement in the midst of a federal election
Long-awaited 12-country Trans-Pacific Partnership is shaping up to be a dominant theme on the campaign trail this week, with speculation rampant that a deal is finally taking shape.
A federal election date may yet be six months away, but Tuesday's promised delivery of the Harper government's first balanced spending blueprint in eight years means the Conservatives are already off