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Key portfolios for business community to watch as Carney’s cabinet sworn in

Daily Commercial News — Tue, 13 May 2025 16:52:38 +0000

Canada’s business community will be monitoring files across various portfolios after Tuesday’s swearing-in of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s new cabinet. Corporate leaders and business associations say their priorities include holding Carney accountable when it comes to his promise of launching nation-building projects, along with hitting the reset button on the energy and environment files. Here […]

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Alberta government announces indefinite freeze on industrial carbon price

Daily Commercial News — Tue, 13 May 2025 12:42:25 +0000

EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her government is freezing its industrial carbon price effective immediately at $95 per tonne of emissions. Smith told reporters Monday the move is critical to keep industry competitive and defend jobs as Canada navigates a tariff fight with the United States. “With the change in government south of […]

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Profit and risk factors for buyers and sellers

Daily Commercial News — Tue, 13 May 2025 08:05:00 +0000

In a world of perfect information, since all buyers and sellers know what price currently prevails in the market, any effort to secure more than the market price will fail. Any effort by a seller to secure more than the market price will similarly fail. The characteristics of the goods and services selected by the […]

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Ontario tables bill to speed up home building as 1.5M target not on track

Daily Commercial News — Mon, 12 May 2025 15:16:12 +0000

TORONTO Ontario’s housing minister introduced legislation Monday intended to speed up the construction of new homes, as he admitted the province isn’t currently on track to meet its goal of getting 1.5 million homes built over 10 years. Municipal Affairs and Housing Minister Rob Flack said the target has not been forgotten, but conceded there […]

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Prime Minister Mark Carney to unveil his new cabinet on Tuesday

Daily Commercial News — Mon, 12 May 2025 12:59:59 +0000

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to unveil his new cabinet at Rideau Hall on Tuesday — and it’s expected to be a slimmed-down front bench meant to signal a more businesses-minded approach to government. Rideau Hall confirmed the timing of the swearing-in ceremony on Friday. Marci Surkes of the government relations firm […]

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CN Rail hub set to proceed after Supreme Court dismisses appeal request

Daily Commercial News — Mon, 12 May 2025 10:15:14 +0000

OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed an appeal request that sought to halt construction of a massive rail-and-truck hub in the Greater Toronto Area, paving the way for the project to proceed. The justices gave no reasons for their decision, as is typical when parties ask permission to appeal to the top […]

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B.C. premier says softwood lumber accord could build “momentum” for U.S. trade deals

Daily Commercial News — Fri, 09 May 2025 11:10:21 +0000

VICTORIA — Resolving the softwood lumber dispute could create “momentum” for a larger trade agreement between Canada and the United States, British Columbia Premier David Eby says. Eby said he and several other premiers pressed that point during a virtual meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney after his visit with U.S. President Donald Trump this […]

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Carney, Canada’s premiers to gather for meetings in Saskatchewan in June

Daily Commercial News — Thu, 08 May 2025 13:41:50 +0000

OTTAWA — Ontario Premier Doug Ford says Canada’s premiers and Prime Minister Mark Carney will meet in person in Saskatchewan on June 1 and 2. Ford, who took part in a conference call with Carney and the other premiers May 8, said the premiers congratulated the prime minister on both his election victory and the […]

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Ontario ethics watchdog closes Greenbelt-related inquiry

Daily Commercial News — Thu, 08 May 2025 10:10:17 +0000

TORONTO — Ontario’s integrity commissioner has closed a Greenbelt-related investigation into former cabinet minister Kaleed Rasheed. NDP Leader Marit Stiles had asked the commissioner in October 2023 to examine a 2020 trip to Las Vegas that included Rasheed, Doug Ford’s then-principal secretary Amin Massoudi, and developer Shakir Rehmatullah, who stood to benefit from Ford’s now-reversed […]

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Critics slam Ontario for proposal to create zones where projects are exempt from laws

Daily Commercial News — Thu, 08 May 2025 08:25:21 +0000

TORONTO — First Nations, civil liberty groups and environmentalists are slamming Ontario for a proposed bill that would give cabinet the power to create “special economic zones” and allow the government to exempt itself from following laws on certain projects. Critics say it’s a power grab designed to ensure projects like Premier Doug Ford’s proposed […]

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Conservatives choose Andrew Scheer as interim Opposition leader in Parliament

Daily Commercial News — Wed, 07 May 2025 12:39:37 +0000

OTTAWA — The Conservative caucus has tapped former leader Andrew Scheer to lead the party in the House of Commons when Parliament resumes on May 26 — a role that’s needed because Pierre Poilievre lost his seat in last week’s election. “I’ll be taking over the parliamentary leadership duties of the caucus until Mr. Poilievre […]

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Carney says there’s ‘more work to do’ after meeting with Trump

Daily Commercial News — Wed, 07 May 2025 12:34:54 +0000

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected to brief Canada’s premiers today following his seemingly successful first meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday. Carney and Trump spent about two hours together at the White House, including about half an hour in front of the cameras in the Oval Office, and a private […]

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