Finance
Child care won’t be a ‘magic bullet’ that sparks post-pandemic recovery: Freeland
Ottawa’s plan to lower early learning and child-care costs was a centrepiece of last week’s federal budget, but Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland warns...
With one budget, Freeland overturned 3 decades of political orthodoxy
Nearly seven years ago, a rookie politician surveyed the political landscape across the democratic world and saw the outlines of a new era....
Airline deal means taxpayers once again take a risk on corporate Canada
Once again taxpayers have stepped in to throw a multibillion-dollar lifeline to corporate Canada, but this time it looks as though Canadians may actually make...
Red Cross distributes nearly $6.2M to families after N.S. mass shooting
Karen Dean knew her friend Gina wouldn’t want her to be frozen in grief. In the days after Dean learned Gina Goulet and...
New federal budget needs to deliver on government’s social finance and innovation commitments
This column is an opinion by Victor Beausoleil, Marie J. Bouchard and Carole Anne Hilton. Beausoleil is the founder and CEO of Social Economy Through...
Trudeau, O’Toole and Singh aren’t all talking about the same problems
Speaking to the Liberal convention on Saturday afternoon, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau argued that politics should be about finding “real solutions” for the...
Liberal delegates endorse a universal basic income, reject capital gain tax hike
Liberal delegates to the party’s policy convention have overwhelmingly endorsed a resolution calling for the establishment of a universal basic income (UBI) in...
Former central banker Mark Carney to speak at second day of Liberal convention
Cabinet ministers will be on parade at the Liberal convention today, but all eyes will be on someone who’s never overtly dipped a...
Asian Canadians see flaws in federal anti-racism strategy
Advocates for Asian Canadians are calling for improvements to the federal government’s anti-racism strategy to confront a surge in anti-Asian racism. Avvy Go,...
Is now the time to make global corporations pay their fair share?
As the procrastinators among us worry over our own tax forms, it may be a little galling to think about the shrinking share of taxes paid...
Protesters must clear Vancouver Island blockade or risk arrest after logging company wins injunction
A B.C. Supreme Court judge has granted an injunction against protesters who have been blocking a forestry company for eight months from operating on Vancouver...
Despite calls for change, Canada’s RBC is one of world’s top bankers to fossil fuel industry
Canadian banks have a serious fossil fuel addiction. But it is not just a Canadian problem. The latest study of corporate data from...
Ontario to (finally) pull the plug on fax machines in public service
For the generation comfortable communicating using only emojis or through TikTok videos, it’s a baffling sight still found in many offices: a bulky...
Alberta MLA was monitored by 5 different police officers, documents show
Over the last four years, Lethbridge NDP MLA Shannon Phillips has had suspicions that some members of the city’s police force have been monitoring...
Multiple WE Charity donors raised money for same borehole well in Kenyan village
A fundraising drive in a tight-knit community about 150 kilometres northwest of Toronto. California philanthropists promoted by the Clinton Foundation. Hundreds of school-age...
Payday lender lines of credit and instalment loans at 47% create debt traps, critics say
Patricia Edwards of Toronto wanted to help her two adult daughters when they fell behind on bill payments at the rented townhouse they share. ...
