51 h. ago Le budget de Trump mauvais pour le Québec, le Canada et l’économie mondiale

Le budget de Trump est mauvais pour le Québec, le Canada et l’économie mondiale.

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5 d. ago Parliamentary budget officer urges Carney to show numbers as spending rises

Canada’s budget watchdog urged Prime Minister Mark Carney to release an update on the federal government’s finances soon or risk eroding the government’s credibility with investors. Carney is promising to spend billions on infrastructure, military equipment, housing and transportation — part of his ambitious agenda to boost the potential of the Canadian economy. Those plans, […]

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5 d. ago Canada’s Budget Watchdog Urges Carney to Show Numbers as Spending Rises

Canada’s budget watchdog urged Prime Minister Mark Carney to release an update on the federal government’s finances soon or risk eroding the government’s credibility with investors.

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6 d. ago Expect higher deficits to meet Canada’s 5% NATO defence spending target

Carney said Canada will spend $150 billion annually on defence, but economists say it will be much more

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6 d. ago Carney says world is at ‘turning points’ as he touts defence spending boost

Prime Minister Mark Carney said increasing defence spending to meet NATO targets could come with benefits for Canadians, but also potential 'trade-offs.'

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6 d. ago Carney, NATO allies meeting to debate new defence spending target

THE HAGUE — NATO leaders are meeting to debate whether to more than double the alliance’s defence spending target. Prime Minister Mark Carney is among the leaders around the table at the annual leaders’ summit in The Hague, where a proposal is being discussed to increase the target to five per cent of annual GDP, […]

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6 d. ago Carney says Canada will spend 5% of its GDP on defence by 2035

THE HAGUE — Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada and its NATO allies have agreed to substantially hike their defence spending target to five per cent of annual GDP by 2035.  At a press conference outside the NATO summit in The Hague Wednesday morning, Carney said Canada can no longer rely on geography to protect […]

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6 d. ago Ottawa won’t release its budget for Canada Day festivities in the capital

OTTAWA — The federal government has set a budget for Canada Day programming in the National Capital Region this year but is refusing to say what it is. The budget for Canada Day celebrations in Ottawa and across the river in Gatineau, Que., typically ranges in the millions of dollars and pays for things like […]

Economics

7 d. ago US Sees Limited Damage to Iran Atomic Sites as UN Seeks Access

American airstrikes had only a limited impact on Iran’s nuclear program, according to early US intelligence findings, as the United Nations watchdog urged fresh inspection of the sites.

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7 d. ago Canada will pay for NATO spending hike partly by developing critical minerals: Carney

'Some of the spending for that counts towards that five per cent (target). In fact, a lot of it will count toward that five per cent because of infrastructure spending'

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7 d. ago Majority of Canadians think country is ‘falling behind’ militarily: Survey

With Prime Minister Mark Carney in Europe this week for a NATO summit, Angus Reid is checking the country’s temperature on military spending. A new survey says 75% of Canadians believe this country is “falling behind” militarily, even as Carney has committed in recent weeks to a significant defence spending increase. Still, the top choice […]

Politics

7 d. ago Carney to begin talks on NATO spending target as summit starts today in The Hague

THE HAGUE — Prime Minister Mark Carney begins a two-day stop Tuesday in the Netherlands, where NATO alliance members are prepared to decide whether to more than double the defence spending target. The main talks in The Hague won’t happen until Wednesday, with Carney first set to take part in several bilateral meetings. Carney will […]

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7 d. ago Carney to talk NATO defence spending hike as summit kicks off

While the main talks on NATO defence spending won't take place until Wednesday, Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected to discuss the issue during bilateral discussions.

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8 d. ago Canada Defense Promises Point to More Borrowing, Watchdog Says

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s surprise announcement that Canada would spend 2% of gross domestic product on defense this fiscal year is a recipe for even deeper deficits, the parliamentary budget officer said.

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1 week ago Watchdog urges Canada to open airline sector to more foreign ownership

Canada, like many countries, doesn’t allow foreign-owned airlines to fly domestic routes

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1 week ago Watchdog Urges Canada to Open Airline Sector to More Foreign Capital

Canada should loosen investment rules for airlines to allow full foreign ownership of carriers that fly only within the domestic market, according to the country’s competition watchdog.

Economics

1 week ago Budget watchdog raises questions about Carney's defence spending promises

Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux has requested specific details about the funding increase but has so far received little data.

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2 w. ago Telecom complaints watchdog highlights compliance issues in annual ‘report cards’

Canada’s telecom and television complaints watchdog is once again urging providers to better inform their customers about its services, as it says just under one-third were fully compliant with the organization’s public awareness requirements last year. The Commission for Complaints for Telecom-Television Services (CCTS) released its annual compliance report cards on Tuesday, measuring how well […]

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2 w. ago Canadian military personnel to get 20 per cent pay hike, defence minister says

The move is part of a $9-billion spending increase that will see Canada’s defence and security budget climb to an all-time high of $62.7 billion annually by next year.

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3 w. ago Funding, procurement backlogs challenge Carney’s defence spending pledge

PM Carney vows Canada's defence spending will meet NATO's 2% benchmark this year, but it may be easier said than done

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