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OTTAWA -- The federal government is exploring possible guardrails or alternatives to using what she says is a "contentious" section of the Labour Code that allows Ottawa to intervene in bitter bargaining conflicts, Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu said this week.
OTTAWA -- Most economists, including at the Bank of Canada, were a bit surprised when Statistics Canada reported late last month that the economy contracted slightly over the first three months of the year.
OTTAWA -- Officials at the Bank of Canada were seemingly unfazed by economic weakness to start the year as they debated where to take the policy interest rate earlier this month.
OTTAWA -- The federal fiscal watchdog says Ottawa's plan to roll out automatic tax filing could see Canadians who normally don't file their tax returns get thousands of dollars in owed benefits annually.
OTTAWA -- Taxpayers' Ombudsperson Francois Boileau is pushing for simplified, automated tax filing as his office faces its highest number of complaints in three years.
Canada's ambassador to the United States says "it's all going to be OK" with the renewal date for the North American trade pact just a few weeks away.
OTTAWA -- Finance Minister Francois-Phillippe Champagne says he "followed all the rules" to make sure he wasn't in a conflict of interest related to the Alto high-speed rail project.
OTTAWA -- A group of senators is arguing Canada needs to overhaul its labour laws to avoid work stoppages in critical sectors if it wants to be seen as a reliable trading partner on the global stage.
OTTAWA -- Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is expected to argue a change in federal policies would ease separatist concerns in Alberta when he makes a speech in Calgary on Monday.
OTTAWA -- One of the federal Liberals' flagship affordability measures will start landing in the bank accounts of eligible Canadians today.
OTTAWA -- The unofficial authority on recession calls in Canada says it's too soon to use that word to describe the sluggish economy.
OTTAWA -- The unofficial authority on recession calls in Canada says it's too soon to use that word to describe the sluggish economy.
OTTAWA -- The federal finance minister is standing by his government's projections after Ottawa's budgetary watchdog cast doubt on Ottawa's ability to hit a key fiscal anchor.
OTTAWA -- The parliamentary budget watchdog says Ottawa has less than a one per cent chance of maintaining the fiscal anchor of shrinking the deficit as a share of the economy every year.
OTTAWA -- Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre accused Prime Minister Mark Carney on Monday of avoiding accountability after recent data showed the Canadian economy contracted again.
OTTAWA -- The resignation of one of the most prominent environmental voices in the Liberal caucus was held up Wednesday as a watershed moment for a government accused of prioritizing economic development over climate policy.
OTTAWA -- Former environment minister Steven Guilbeault announced Wednesday that he will resign as a member of Parliament this summer following significant changes to federal climate policy under Prime Minister Mark Carney.
OTTAWA -- Former environment minister Steven Guilbeault announced Wednesday that he will resign as a member of Parliament this summer in the wake of significant changes to federal climate policy under Prime Minister Mark Carney.
OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Mark Carney thanked former cabinet minister Steven Guilbeault for his contributions to government as the Liberal MP prepared to announce his resignation Wednesday.
OTTAWA -- China's embassy in Canada says a Canadian MP's visit to Taiwan crosses a "red line" at a time when Ottawa is attempting to rebuild its relationship with Beijing.
OTTAWA -- The federal Liberal government is sticking to its pledge to double the pace of home building even as headwinds buffet the construction industry.
OTTAWA -- The Bank of Canada's governing council says it's weighing a range of different paths for its benchmark interest rate to cope with inflation risks from the Iran war.
OTTAWA -- Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem says he's "encouraged" by the federal government's efforts to diversify the economy and protect it against increasingly common shocks to global trade.
OTTAWA -- The federal Liberals say they're getting a windfall from better-than-expected fiscal revenues and are largely putting that money back into circulation to support households and build up the economy.
OTTAWA -- The federal Liberals say they're getting a windfall from better-than-expected fiscal revenues and are largely putting that money back into circulation to support households and build up the economy.
OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Mark Carney says the Liberals are "good fiscal managers" — and he'll have the chance to prove it when the federal government tables its spring economic update Tuesday afternoon.
OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Mark Carney will be under pressure to show results from his economic agenda when his government tables an update to its fiscal outlook on Tuesday.
OTTAWA -- Housing Minister Gregor Robertson says Ottawa is not prioritizing infrastructure funding in Liberal ridings after floor-crossing MP Marilyn Gladu implied earlier this month that she was getting more attention after leaving the Conservatives.
OTTAWA -- The Bank of Canada is filling two vacancies on its governing council with a pair of economists who are already well known at the central bank.
OTTAWA -- Statistics Canada will reveal the early impacts of the Iran war's oil price shock on inflation when the agency reports its consumer price index for March on Monday.
OTTAWA -- Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says a new Liberal majority government means Prime Minister Mark Carney no longer has any excuse for failing to deliver on his economic promises.
OTTAWA -- Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne says the federal government will table its spring economic update on April 28.
OTTAWA -- The Liberal government will suspend the excise fuel tax on gasoline and diesel until Labour Day as the Iran war sends energy costs surging, Prime Minster Mark Carney announced Tuesday.
OTTAWA -- The Liberal government will suspend the excise fuel tax on gasoline and diesel until Labour Day as the Iran war sends energy costs surging, Prime Minster Mark Carney announced on Tuesday.
OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada will suspend the excise fuel tax on gasoline and diesel until Labour Day as the Iran war sends energy costs surging.
OTTAWA -- The Liberal government will suspend the excise fuel tax on gasoline and diesel until Labour Day as the Iran war sends energy costs surging, Prime Minster Mark Carney announced on Tuesday.
OTTAWA -- Federal Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu says Canada must break the stigma around careers in the skilled trades if the Liberals want to achieve their infrastructure and homebuilding agenda.
OTTAWA -- Canada is condemning Israel for striking Lebanon hours after an apparent ceasefire was struck in the Middle East conflict and is calling on Hezbollah to disarm in favour of diplomatic solutions.
OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Mark Carney said Thursday Canada is not considering sanctions on Israel after it attacked Lebanon this week and appeared to violate a ceasefire agreement in the Middle East.
OTTAWA -- The federal Conservatives are calling on Ottawa to return some of the revenue from higher gasolines prices to give Canadians a break at the pumps but some economists say cutting gas taxes isn't the only way to deliver relief.
OTTAWA -- The Canadian Union of Public Employees says the federal government's probe into allegations of unpaid work in the airline sector is not taking workers' arguments seriously.
OTTAWA -- Monetary policy-makers at the Bank of Canada are relying more heavily on their own reasoning to chart a course for the policy interest rate through conflicting economic signals tied to the war in the Middle East.
OTTAWA -- The federal government's annual deficit for the fiscal year ending today is tracking below Ottawa's own expectations set out the 2025 budget, despite increased spending.
OTTAWA -- The federal government is set to extend its cap on an annual alcohol tax increase for another two years in a bid to rein in costs facing Canada's brewers, wineries and distilleries.
OTTAWA -- The federal and Ontario governments said Monday they will together invest billions of dollars in local infrastructure spending to help cities cut costly development fees and get more homes built.
OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Mark Carney's first budget bill is now law, marking a milestone for the minority Liberal government.
OTTAWA -- The federal government is proposing a $1.7-billion fund to help provinces and territories lower the cost of homebuilding.
OTTAWA -- The public servant leading the transition away from the federal government's error-prone Phoenix pay system says he is stepping down because the team no longer needs him.
OTTAWA -- Ottawa's choice for the next federal fiscal watchdog promised not to go lightly on the federal government if she is confirmed for the post.
OTTAWA -- Ottawa's choice for the next federal fiscal watchdog promised not to go lightly on the federal government if she is confirmed for the post.
OTTAWA -- Ottawa's choice for the next federal fiscal watchdog is set to face questions from MPs before she can be confirmed as the next parliamentary budget officer.
OTTAWA -- Ottawa's nominee for federal fiscal watchdog will face questions from members of Parliament on Monday after a turbulent period for the budget office.
OTTAWA -- Inflation was showing signs of easing in February but economists warn price relief will be short lived as the war in the Middle East fuels surging energy costs.
OTTAWA -- Statistics Canada says the annual rate of inflation dipped below two per cent in February as the end of last year's federal "tax holiday" helped take some steam out of the yearly price comparisons.
OTTAWA -- Ottawa is letting an unnamed automaker import a higher quota of U.S.-made vehicles without tariffs because the company is selling and making more cars in Canada than first expected.
OTTAWA -- The Liberal government has nominated a senior official from the national financial intelligence agency as Ottawa's next fiscal watchdog.
OTTAWA -- The Liberal government has nominated a senior official at the national financial intelligence agency as Ottawa's next fiscal watchdog.
OTTAWA -- Statistics Canada says the flow of foreign direct investment into the economy came close to a two-decade high last year, while economists caution the volume of capital entering Canada isn't the only metric that matters.
