Ontario’s basic income plan poses a threat to existing social programs
When the Ontario Government included a paragraph in the 2016 budget discussing plans for a pilot program testing universal basic income, those on welfare and...
Can the world do without Alberta oil?
The Fort McMurray wildfire in May never did damage any of northern Alberta’s sprawling oil sands facilities, but the precautionary shutdown it triggered sent...
Will and Kate tour B.C., Yukon courtesy of Canadian taxpayers
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge arrive in Canada this weekend for a seven-day tour that comes courtesy of the Canadian taxpayer. The tab for all these...
Daily Bread Food Bank's annual hunger report highlights growing need among older adults
Adults are increasingly relying on Toronto food banks more than young people, a new report has found. The Daily Bread Food Bank released its annual Who's...
OTTAWA - The federal budget watchdog is sounding the alarm about the growing level of net debt being accumulated by Canada's provinces, territories and local governments.
Why the $15 minimum wage movement isn’t louder in Canada
The 50-pence increase – which works out to about $0.93 here – is part of the country’s move to get minimum wage to ₤9, or about $16.80, by 2020. To...
加拿大只是被動參加TPP
(中央社記者張若霆多倫多7日專電)加拿大聯邦政府一份內部文件指出,加拿大參加跨太平洋夥伴協定(TPP)是不得已,而且此一協定生效後,對加拿大目前在美國市場極有利的地位會有不良影響 ...
Fallout in Alberta: The oil crash isn't just about lost jobs
The story assignment from The National was simple. Go to Alberta and talk to regular people about the crash in the price of oil. Humanize the downturn.
The federal government is routinely overcharged by its contractors — to the tune of tens of millions of dollars — in a practice that has been going on for decades, according to a newly-released internal report at Public Services and Procurement Canada. In 2013-14, they had only reviewed $960 million