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Four soldiers died and 39 were injured in a fire during live-fire training at CFB Wainwright on Oct. 17. Ottawa and the Canadian Armed Forces should say how and when the public will learn what happened.
Headline inflation rose to 3.1 per cent, driven by global oil prices. Meanwhile, core inflation components dropped to July levels. What's the Bank of Canada to do?
Musk flipped a car upside down in Texas and promised production in 2028. The market gave back its morning cheer within hours, and Oct. 21 is the real test.
The federal working group on treated oilsands water has run since January 2021, and the framework it targeted for the end of 2025 has not appeared. Ottawa owes Albertans a decision date before the province sets its own standards.
Business leaders back Ottawa's hard line on trade, KPMG finds, and are willing to pay the price for it. Mid-sized firms are hurting most, as we await the federal budget date.
In 2026, Canada will spend more on servicing its debt than it does on healthcare. Yields are rising, and every federal target since 2024 has slipped. We may not be in crisis now, but the future is less optimistic.
Doug Ford told the Empire Club that Canada must plan as if U.S. tariffs are here for good. Firms can do that now. Ottawa, after nearly $25 billion in support and no deal, has further to go.
Four in five Canadians back talks on a new tie to the European Union, yet nobody has said what it would contain. Ottawa should put its terms before the Commons first.
30 submissions against a forecast of 2,422 sounds like a collapse. It might very well be. Commissioner Boegman needs to instill confidence in Parliament's newest office.
Ottawa aims to close a trade deal with India by year’s end, and Modi visits in December. Provinces and exporters still have no clear line on the remaining rounds or the negotiation timetable.
The Liberals are 454 days past their own deadline for a U.S. deal, and Windsor’s Stellantis workers are bearing the cost. Pierre Poilievre’s answer ties car sales to Canadian production, the practice the U.S. cited when it raised duties.
Canada's Foreign Influence Registry is off to a shaky start. The 775 days the Liberals took to open it and the minister’s absence from committee are fair charge.
