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Liberals suffer surprise defeat in downtown Toronto riding
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during a reception at the Quidi Vidi Brewery in St. John's on Thursday, November 23, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Daly
Taking stock of Budget 2024: Three key takeaways
Canada’s 2024 budget is now at the 10-day mark since being tabled by Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland on April 16 - enough time to take stock of and process reaction from stakeholders.
‘Game changer’: Federal, Ontario governments announce Honda Canada’s $15 billion deal for EV supply chain
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called it “the largest auto investment in Canada’s history.”
Budget fallout: Backlash over capital gains tax hike, structural deficits
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s 2024 budget released on Tuesday continues to make headlines as analysts, pundits and journalists parse through the numbers and proposed policies.
Trudeau government keeps to activist agenda in tax-and-spend budget
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland tabled the 2024 budget Tuesday, with big spending to increase Canada’s housing supply. The only thing keeping the deficit trajectory in check were new taxes, including $19 billion over five years in new capital gains levies on wealthy individuals and corporations – underscoring the extent to which we have fully entered a populist moment in Canadian politics, Theo Argitis writes.
Contentious carbon tax set to increase April 1
The fedreal carbon price is going from $65 to $80 per tonne with opposition from some premiers and stakeholder groups.
What the Greek PM’s visit has to do with Canada’s pensions funds
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ repent visit to Canada rovided an interesting example of how Canada’s status as a creditor nation allows us to yield more global economic power than is perhaps evident given our diminishing hard power around the world, writes Theo Argitis.
Bank of Canada calls out lack of productivity
Some saw Bank of Canada's No. 2 official's recent speech on the nation's awful productivity numbers as a criticism of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's economic record. Why did this speech get so much attention?
Trudeau’s strike on BCE shows dangerous political landscape for corporate Canada
If the last few weeks are any indication, Canadian companies should prepare for a dangerous political landscape in the coming months.