Industry Canada

• ANALYSIS: StatCan’s push to scoop payment data on 500,000 Canadians deserves scrutiny

  StatCan has come up with is one of its most ambitious — and potentially most controversial — data collection ideas since the long-form census was made mandatory.

  Consumer

  Oct 28, 2018
  
• Bombardier study cost Canadian taxpayers almost $500,000

  Canadian taxpayers spent almost $500,000 on a study of Bombardier that was launched months before the Montreal company asked the federal government for US$1 billion for its CSeries commercial aircraft.

  Canada

  Apr 5, 2016
  
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• Four Winds looks to set up cigarette plant in southern Alberta

  A company registered on a Mohawk reserve in Quebec says it is looking at setting up a cigarette manufacturing plant in southern Alberta.

  Canada

  Oct 6, 2015
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• Ottawa approves Cirque du Soleil sale to group headed by U.S. private equity firm

  The federal government said Tuesday it has approved the sale of the famed circus group Cirque du Soleil to a group of investors headed by a U.S. private equity firm and its Chinese partners.

  Canada

  Jun 30, 2015
• How Ottawa will level ‘unfair’ retail price gap between Canada, U.S.

  New legislation targets pricing differences on the same products sold for more at Canadian stores versus U.S. retailers.

  Canada

  Dec 9, 2014
• Alberta Utilities Commission approves Altalink-Berkshire Hathaway Energy sale

  The Alberta Utilities Commission has approved the sale of a regulated power utility that owns about half of Alberta's electricity transmission grid.

  Canada

  Nov 28, 2014
• ‘Painful changes’ await Tim Hortons under new owners: report

  Iconic coffee chain Tim Hortons could be wrung out for maximum profit under the ownership of Burger King, a new report from a left-leaning think tank warns.

  Canada

  Oct 30, 2014
• Lawsuit filed over Saskatchewan card game

  Saskatchewan card players surprised to learn their card game is trademarked.

  Canada

  Oct 5, 2014
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• Wind Mobile gets new wind in its sails

  An investment group that includes Wind Mobile's Canadian founder and a private equity firm has a tentative deal to buy out Wind's majority shareholder.

  Money

  Sep 16, 2014
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• Mobilicity, parent company file $1.2B suit against Industry Canada

  The financial backer of wireless startup Mobilicity and its parent company have filed a lawsuit against Industry Canada in Ontario Superior Court of Justice seeking $1.2 billion.

  Canada

  Sep 5, 2014