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Prime Minister Mark Carney says the federal government is set to announce investments in Canadian ports that could be used to ship Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) to other countries, including investments in Manitoba’s Port of Churchill. “Our government is in the process of unleashing half a trillion dollars of investment in energy infrastructure, port infrastructure […]
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News Analysis Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre, known for his packed rallies and plainspoken, pragmatic-style public addresses, used his Aug. 18 byelection victory speech in Alberta to outline his party’s agenda in the aftermath of the recent federal election that returned the Liberals to power with a minority government. Poilievre, whose party’s defeat in the […]
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Government House Leader Steven MacKinnon says the consumer carbon tax is “absolutely gone” for good, but there is currently no plan to remove the tax by way of legislation. “There are a lot of laws on the books that either aren’t applied anymore or are simply ignored, maybe even forgotten, but the carbon tax is […]
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Canada’s federal procurement watchdog has launched a review into a contracting method known as “bait and switch,” a practice that occurs when suppliers identified in a winning procurement bid are not the same ones who perform the work. Bait and switch occurs when suppliers apply for contracts by proposing “highly qualified individuals,” but later substitute […]
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Ottawa’s tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles (EVs) offer only a “short reprieve” for Canada’s EV industry, the Commons trade committee was told at a recent meeting about a month after the tariffs were announced in late August. “This is basically a short reprieve—a temporary reprieve for Canadian manufacturers in the EV supply chain to basically […]
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