(CEP News) Ottawa - The government of Canada should move quickly and boldly to stimulate the economy and help the country out of the recession in which it now finds itself, says BMO deputy chief economist Doug Porter.
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Posted by shina on December 11th, 2008 :: Filed under
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(CEP News) Ottawa - Calling an opposition bid to topple the Canadian government undemocratic and bad for the economy, Conservatives have vowed to fight back and enlist the support of voters across Canada to keep them in office.
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(CEP News) Ottawa - Calling an opposition bid to topple the Canadian government undemocratic and bad for the economy, Conservatives have vowed to fight back and enlist the support of voters across Canada to keep them in office.
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(CEP News) Ottawa - The Canadian Conservative government has backed off plans to end a $1.95-per-vote subsidy for political parties, and says it will now table an early federal budget on Jan. 27, 2009. However, opposition MPs say that isn’t enough.
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(CEP News) - The loonie is under continued pressure today on what has been a quiet trading day due to the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday, and ahead of the Canadian federal government’s fiscal update later this afternoon.
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(CEP News) - The loonie is under continued pressure today on what has been a quiet trading day due to the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday, and ahead of the Canadian federal government’s fiscal update later this afternoon.
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(CEP News) Ottawa - Getting the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) to drop two pay equity complaints will cost the federal government $340 million dollars if the deal is ratified.
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(CEP News) Ottawa - New car dealers in Canada are asking the federal government to ensure that they have access to the financing they need during the current economic downturn.
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(CEP News) Ottawa - The federal government will go ahead with the creation of a Canadian financial securities regulator regardless of whether all of the provinces are on board with the idea, federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said on Wednesday.
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(CEP News) Ottawa - The government of Canada conceded Wednesday that it will probably have to run a budgetary deficit to help it get through the current global economic downturn.
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(CEP News) - Canadian government bond prices are unexpectedly lower following a larger-than-expected drop in U.S. consumer sentiment on Friday morning.
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(CEP News) Ottawa - A senior economist says Canada is heading for recession and the federal government will be forced into deficit spending to help the country through it.
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(CEP News) Ottawa - The election of the Conservative Party to a second minority government may not be what the party or the market would have hoped for, and as a result, sticking to the low-tax, balanced budget approach will likely be one of the first issues the new government will face, economists say.
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(CEP News) - Canadian officials unveiled more details on Saturday about the government’s $25 billion program to buy mortgages from financial institutions in order to free up lending funds.
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(CEP News) - Canadian officials unveiled more details on Saturday about the government’s $25 billion program to buy mortgages from financial institutions in order to free up lending funds.
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(CEP News) - Several of Canada’s major banks said they are lowering their prime rates by between 0.15% and 0.25% following the federal government’s announcement earlier in the day that it will buy up to $25 billion in insured mortgages.
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(CEP News) Ottawa - The Canadian government will buy up to $25 billion in insured mortgage pools in an effort to maintain the availability of “longer- term” credit in Canada, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty announced Friday.
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(CEP News) Toronto - Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty says he will not allow the Canadian government to slip into deficit.
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Posted by shina on October 8th, 2008 :: Filed under
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(CEP News) - Canadian government bond futures contracts reached new session highs due to a historical drop in the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) manufacturing survey south of the border on Wednesday morning.
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(CEP News) Ottawa - The government of Canada took in more than $159 billion in income taxes during the 2007-08 fiscal year, according to documents released Monday.
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