Dec 16 2021 — Jordan Press and Joan Bryden, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — The Senate gave quick approval Thursday to a new round of pandemic aid after Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland made a pre-Christmas plea to rubber-stamp the help and promised that benefits would flow quickly to businesses and workers in need. Bill C-2 would provide targeted aid to businesses that are ordered closed and to […]
Dec 16 2021 — Jordan Press and Joan Bryden, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — The Senate gave quick approval Thursday to a new round of pandemic aid after Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland made a pre-Christmas plea to rubber-stamp the help and promised that benefits would flow quickly to businesses and workers in need. Bill C-2 would provide targeted aid to businesses that are ordered closed and to […]
Dec 16 2021 — Jordan Press and Joan Bryden, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — The Senate gave quick approval Thursday to a new round of pandemic aid after Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland made a pre-Christmas plea to rubber-stamp the help and promised that benefits would flow quickly to businesses and workers in need. Bill C-2 would provide targeted aid to businesses that are ordered closed and to […]
Nov 22 2021 — Jordan Press and Joan Bryden, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Members of Parliament have returned to the House of Commons for the first time in five months and were quickly told they have until just before the holidays to OK a new round of pandemic aid. Government House leader Mark Holland said a bill to approve billions in new aid for businesses still […]
Nov 22 2021 — Jordan Press and Joan Bryden, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Members of Parliament have returned to the House of Commons for the first time in five months and were quickly told they have until just before the holidays to OK a new round of pandemic aid. Government House leader Mark Holland said a bill to approve billions in new aid for businesses still […]
Apr 7 2021 — Jordan Press and Joan Bryden, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — The pressure on the federal Liberal government to introduce a universal basic income ratcheted up a notch Wednesday with a report from the parliamentary budget officer that suggests it could cut poverty rates in Canada by almost half in one year. The report landed just one day before the opening of a three-day […]
Apr 7 2021 — Jordan Press and Joan Bryden, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — The pressure on the federal Liberal government to introduce a universal basic income ratcheted up a notch Wednesday with a report from the parliamentary budget officer that suggests it could cut poverty rates in Canada by almost half in one year. The report landed just one day before the opening of a three-day […]
Mar 24 2021 — Jordan Press and Joan Bryden, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — The federal Liberals are facing calls from some of the hardest-hit businesses in the pandemic to use the coming budget to extend emergency relief programs beyond June, saying many will still need help even as the economy picks up. The government has targeted June 5 for an end to the federal wage and […]
Mar 24 2021 — Jordan Press and Joan Bryden, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — The federal Liberals are facing calls from some of the hardest-hit businesses in the pandemic to use the coming budget to extend emergency relief programs beyond June, saying many will still need help even as the economy picks up. The government has targeted June 5 for an end to the federal wage and […]
Nov 5 2020 — Jordan Press and Joan Bryden, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland was grilled Thursday over the mounting cost of providing relief programs to help Canadians and businesses weather the COVID-19 pandemic. During a four-hour question-and-answer session in the House of Commons, Freeland refused to provide any new numbers about the size of this year's deficit, the overall federal debt or […]
Nov 5 2020 — Jordan Press and Joan Bryden, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland was grilled Thursday over the mounting cost of providing relief programs to help Canadians and businesses weather the COVID-19 pandemic. During a four-hour question-and-answer session in the House of Commons, Freeland refused to provide any new numbers about the size of this year's deficit, the overall federal debt or […]
Jun 19 2020 — Jordan Press and Joan Bryden, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Municipal leaders lamented the lack of progress between Ottawa and the provinces over $14 billion in federal aid for child care, personal protective equipment and transit funding, saying the uncertainty being created would hinder efforts to safely restart local economies. Two weeks after first pledging the money, the Liberals have yet to finalize a […]
Jun 19 2020 — Jordan Press and Joan Bryden, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Municipal leaders lamented the lack of progress between Ottawa and the provinces over $14 billion in federal aid for child care, personal protective equipment and transit funding, saying the uncertainty being created would hinder efforts to safely restart local economies. Two weeks after first pledging the money, the Liberals have yet to finalize a […]
Nov 30 2016 — Jordan Press and Joan Bryden, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Justin Trudeau's promise to let backbenchers to be the voice of their constituents in Ottawa is being tested as B.C. Liberal MPs grapple with the political fallout from the decision to approve Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain pipeline. A number of the Liberals' 17 MPs from the province frankly acknowledged Wednesday that they're disappointed with the decision, which […]
Nov 30 2016 — Jordan Press and Joan Bryden, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Justin Trudeau's promise to let backbenchers to be the voice of their constituents in Ottawa is being tested as B.C. Liberal MPs grapple with the political fallout from the decision to approve Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain pipeline. A number of the Liberals' 17 MPs from the province frankly acknowledged Wednesday that they're disappointed with the decision, which […]