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Andy Blatchford

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216 Articles
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney,

Jason Kenney to Wexit Alberta from Canada Pension Plan?

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says there's a "compelling case" to be made for his province to exit the half-century-old Canada Pension Plan — an idea sure to face increasing scrutiny over the coming months.
News, Politics | November 9th 2019
Jim Balsillie, Council of Canadian Innovators,

Business leaders warn of glaring campaign omission: lack of economic game plans

Business leaders want Canada's newly elected lawmakers to shift their attention to the economy following an election campaign that sorely lacked a critical conversation: how to secure the country's future prosperity.
News, Politics | October 27th 2019
Federal Conservative leader Andrew Scheer,

Scheer, Singh campaign in their parties' regions of relative strength

Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh kept their campaign machines rolling on Saturday, September 28, 2019, — and they focused their efforts on their parties' historic strongholds.
Election 2019
News, Politics | September 29th 2019
Statistics Canada,

Canada's top 1% saw fastest income acceleration, overall decrease in taxes

The incomes of Canada's top one per cent grew at a faster pace than everyone else in 2017 — and, overall, they saw their taxes edge down, a new study says.
News, Politics | September 26th 2019
Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau, campaign stop, St. John's,

Federal government posts $14B shortfall in 2018-19

The federal government ran a $14-billion deficit in 2018-19, according to its latest annual financial report, the third year in a row with a shortfall bigger than $10 billion.
News, Politics | September 17th 2019
CN Tower, Toronto skyline, Toronto, Ontario,

Political parties urged to commit to policies for data-driven economy

Chambers of commerce from Canada's biggest cities will release a campaign wish list on Wednesday, September 11, 2019, urging political parties to commit to establishing national data-governance standards, making government research more available for businesses and fully harnessing the value of intellectual property.
News, Politics | September 11th 2019
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau,

Trudeau has delivered on half of his 2015 promises, says new book

A new book arriving on the eve of the federal election campaign is offering policy geeks a comprehensive take on whether Justin Trudeau lived up to his 2015 vows.
News, Politics | August 26th 2019
Bank of Canada, Ottawa,

What will Bank of Canada say?

Canadians last heard the Bank of Canada's take on the economy in the early days of summer — and the timing of its next update has the potential to tinge political debate during the federal election campaign.
News, Politics | August 24th 2019
Former South African president Jacob Zuma attends the state commission that is probing wide-ranging allegations of corruption in government and state-owned companies in Johannesburg, on Wed., July 17, 2019. File photo by The Associated Press

EDC expresses regret for US$41M loan to back Bombardier sale to Zuma allies

Canada's export credit agency says it regrets a 2015 decision to lend US$41 million to a South African company owned by members of a family with ties to former president Jacob Zuma.
News, Politics | August 14th 2019
steel worker,

Canadian wage growth hits fastest pace since 2009, but economy sheds jobs

Wage growth accelerated last month to its fastest clip in more than decade, according to numbers released on Friday, August 9, 2019, from Statistics Canada.
News, Politics | August 9th 2019
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