Federal Budget 2018
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Ottawa ran surplus of $92 million during first 7 months of 2018, Department of Finance saysThe increase came due to rises in tax revenue, employment-insurance premiums and other revenues.CanadaDec 21, 2018
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Critics slam Trudeau Liberals’ bill to ease corporate crime penalties“It shows the power of the big business lobby over the federal Liberals."CanadaMay 15, 2018
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Bill quietly introduced in federal budget proposes tool to ease corporate crime penaltiesThe government intends to move forward with an amendment to the Criminal Code to create an optional tool for prosecutors that's sometimes referred to as a "deferred prosecution agreement."PoliticsMay 15, 2018
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Liberals spent a mere $563 on 2018 budget coverThe government faced blowback last year over the cost of producing the cover of its budget document. This year, they went with the discount option.CanadaApr 18, 2018
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Liberals don’t have plan for how to spend nearly $190B in infrastructure cash, budget watchdog saysParliament's budget watchdog is calling on the Trudeau Liberals to deliver a detailed plan for how it plans to dole out billions in infrastructure dollars to avoid further delays in spending.PoliticsMar 15, 2018
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Justin Trudeau, Bill Nye talk pipeline politics, Kinder Morgan in post-budget meetingOn Tuesday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau faced questions about Kinder Morgan from American TV host Bill Nye "The Science Guy."CanadaMar 6, 2018
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Shared Parental Leave benefit to give families five more weeks of paid leavePeterborough-Kawartha MP Maryam Monsef delivers details around the Liberal governments plans to introduce a Sharing Parental Leave program. It will allow families and extra five weeks of maternity leave for the second parent.CanadaMar 5, 2018
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Kingston labour leaders question $1B Phoenix fixLabour leaders have been staging regular protests in Kingston over a system that pays federal employees too much, not enough — or sometimes not at all.CanadaMar 2, 2018
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Federal budget shows billions in infrastructure won’t be spent until at least 2021New figures in this week's federal budget suggest billions of dollars from the Liberal government's vaunted infrastructure program now won't be spent until after Canadians go to the polls next year.CanadaMar 2, 2018
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Bill Morneau’s comments on pharmacare prompt calls for his removalThe heads of three organizations allege Morneau presupposed the outcome of the study on national pharmacare by saying he supports an eventual strategy that would preserve existing drug-insurance systems in Canada, rather than tossing them all aside for a new national plan.CanadaMar 1, 2018
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