The need for infrastructure spending in Canada is getting a lot of attention this election, with all the parties presenting platform planks on the amounts they would spend.
Ottawa
September 25, 2015
8:31AM
This fiscal year, Canada's federal government will send more than $68 billion in transfer payments to the provinces.
September 17, 2015
3:18PM
Deficits and debt, uncompetitive personal income tax rates, and the decline in business start-ups.
April 29, 2015
7:00AM
As expected, the 2015 federal budget had the general feel of an election budget, with a small surplus and a smattering of initiatives to satisfy various voting groups.
April 28, 2015
9:00AM
This year's federal budget wasn’t all that surprising. Many of the government’s big initiatives were already announced or telegraphed in the Conservatives’ 2011 platform. The remainder included a smattering of smaller initiatives to satisfy various interest groups in advance of the federal election.
March 12, 2015
9:57AM
Despite gloomy post-recession pronouncements from some analysts, slow economic growth is not preordained in Canada.
