5 h. ago Here’s what Carney has promised for consumers on taxes and affordability

Mark Carney made several campaign promises aimed at improving affordability for Canadians on top of measures already enacted prior to calling an election.

Economics

7 d. ago AGAR: Carney and Poilievre’s housing plans aren’t very realistic

No matter who wins the election, we’re promised a housing boom.  Mark Carney and the Liberals will build 500,000 modular homes per year, for a total of two million homes.  No to be outdone, Pierre Poilievre and the Conservatives promise 2.3 million homes in five years.  How will they do it?  Carney says he can […]

Transport

2 w. ago Carbon taxes on businesses still make life more expensive, Canadians say

44% of Canadians believe businesses pass on all of the carbon tax costs to the consumer

Economics

2 w. ago Poilievre promises tougher ethics rules, takes aim at Carney’s assets

OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is promising to tighten financial transparency rules for elected officials — and is using that promise to take aim at Liberal Leader Mark Carney. Poilievre told a press conference in Ottawa on Sunday that if his party forms government, he’ll ban what he calls “shadow lobbying.” “We will eliminate […]

Transport

2 w. ago Poilievre targets Carney’s assets, promises tougher ethics rules

Poilievre told a press conference in Ottawa on Sunday that if his party forms government, he'll ban what he calls "shadow lobbying."

Transport

2 w. ago Canada’s Carney Pledges Crackdown on Guns, Drugs Flowing From US

Mark Carney is promising tougher policies to curb illegal guns and drugs flowing into Canada from the US, including more police at the border.

Events

2 w. ago FIRST READING: Liberal promises just keep happening to intersect with Carney’s business interests

He's promised heat pumps and prefabricated homes, both of which he owns a major stake in

Economics

2 w. ago U.S. tariffs still at historic high even after Trump’s pause

Higher import tax raise costs for domestic consumers and businesses and reduce disposable incomes and profit margins

Economics

2 w. ago John Ivison: Carney’s rosy energy promises meet the Liberals’ dismal record

The tone is positive, but the Liberal government has long made promises to get energy infrastructure built, and failed

Sport

2 w. ago Mark Carney promises new approach to turn Canada into 'energy superpower'

The approach, he promised, will disrupt Canada's energy reliance on the U.S. while building up domestic clean energy sources and encourage a long-term competitive economy

Transport

2 w. ago Lorne Gunter: Carney Libs could never deliver on policies stolen from Conservatives

Mark Carney is stealing Conservative campaign promises, which isn’t by itself a bad thing because theirs are better than his. Lower taxes, less government spending and fewer bureaucrats, more affordable housing, quicker approval of major projects, better national defence, pipelines east and west; all of those are commendable. (The only Conservative policy missing is lower […]

Events

3 w. ago Lorne Gunter: CBC pledge shows Carney government would compound Trudeau Liberals economic damage

If you want an indication of how little things would change with a Carney government (versus a Trudeau one), just look at a promise new Liberal leader Mark Carney made about CBC funding during a French-language interview in Montreal on Friday. You may be sitting at home thinking you should vote Liberal on April 28 […]

Politics

3 w. ago Un syndicat de la construction de l’Ontario donne son appui à Carney

Mark Carney a promis de renforcer la main-d’œuvre qualifiée alors qu’il rencontrait le syndicat.

Transport

3 w. ago CARNEY’S CBC PROMISE: Broadcaster will get a raise and be entrenched in law

WATCH BELOW as the Sun’s political columnist Lorne Gunter says Carney is just like Trudeau when it comes to the CBC. What do YOU think? Tweet and Facebook us! And don’t forget to subscribe to our YouTube Channel. 

Transport

3 w. ago Calgarians celebrate end of consumer carbon tax: “It’s a nice change”

Calgary drivers were happy to see a drop in fuel prices on Tuesday - as the end of the federal Consumer Carbon Tax took effect.

Economics

4 w. ago OPINION: Ford must fight the carbon tax on Ontario industries

Premier Doug Ford is the only thing standing between Prime Minister Mark Carney’s hidden industrial carbon tax and the people of Ontario. Carney dropped the consumer carbon tax to zero. That’s a good thing because that carbon tax punishes people for driving to work and heating their homes. Getting rid of that tax saves people […]

Economics

4 w. ago JAY GOLDBERG: Carney should embrace harm reduction for smokers

Liberal Leader Mark Carney is out to prove he’s a centrist. By ending unpopular Trudeau-era policies like the capital gains tax hike and the consumer carbon tax, Carney is clearly making a play for the political middle.  If Carney really wants Canadian consumers to believe he’s moved to the middle, it’s time for the Liberals […]

Transport

4 w. ago B.C. facing future without consumer carbon tax for 1st time in 17 years

British Columbians are facing a future without a consumer carbon tax for the first time in 17 years, after the early-morning approval of a bill to end the long-standing policy. 

Economics

4 w. ago Gas price trackers say Winnipeggers should see 15 cent drop in fuel prices as of Tuesday

Drivers across the country will get a break at the pumps as of Tuesday, as the consumer carbon tax is no more.

Economics

4 w. ago B.C. ends its carbon tax on consumers after marathon debate in legislature

The NDP government fast-tracked legislation in an effort to kill off the tax on Monday, in time to coincide with today's demise of the federal version of the tax, but it was 1:30 a.m. before it finally passed its third reading in the legislature.

Economics