Topic: Jim Flaherty

Federal deficit drops in November

The Province, Canada - 19 days ago
Tweet . Canada's budget deficit was down significantly in November from a year earlier, with government spending declining as Ottawa continued to ...

The job cuts are coming

Ottawa Citizen, Canada - 20 days ago
A new study predicting that up to 50,000 jobs could disappear has been called alarmist, but it might be a fair preview of what is to come as the...

Feds go back to the drawing board on national securities body after court loss

The Guardian, PEI - 20 days ago
The federal government announced Thursday that it will head back to the drawing board following a court verdict that scuttled its original plans...

Public service bloated

Windsor Star, Canada - 21 days ago
Federal employee groups have been pounding the war drums recently about impending job losses after it became evident Ottawa is finally serious...

Monsieur Lazhar review: When truth is hard to teach

Toronto Star - 21 days ago
The federal government last year recorded the first budget deficit — $5.8 billion — in more than a decade, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty announced...

Corporate tax cuts create no jobs while starving government of revenue -- new CLC study

Rabble.ca - 21 days ago
South of the border we have the strange phenomenon of the "true conservative" Gingrich attacking his opponent Mitt Romney as a predator...

John Ivison: Reality tempers health-funding discord between Ottawa and provinces

Full Comment - 64 days ago
Jim Flaherty must have known his words would come back to haunt him.. . During the spring election, the Finance Minister discussed the Conservative...

John Ivison: Tories push cap on federal health funding

Full Comment - 65 days ago
OTTAWA • Jim Flaherty, the federal Finance Minister, will insist that future health-funding increases be linked to growth in the economy when he...

Kelly McParland: Good news is wary news for Tories

Full Comment - 73 days ago
The good news, if you happen to be a member of the Conservative government, is that 63.5% of Canadians think the country is on the right track.....

Markets cheer central bank action

American Banking News - 78 days ago
Canada's Finance Minister Jim Flaherty says a coordinated central bank action to boost liquidity was "a positive step." Markets agree, with a major...