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Morneau pressed for true cost to families from federal carbon tax
…But Liberals dodged the questions amid differing numbers with the parliamentary budget office on the impact to GDP.
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No suitors emerge for pipeline project stake as Kinder Morgan deadline looms
Discussions are ongoing with the Trans Mountain pipeline company but “not yet in alignment.”
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Ontario NDP target of attacks as polls even them up with Ford Tories
Liberals drop to third place, Ford lead slipping as election hits the half-way point.
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Canada’s G7 goal on development: luring private capital to poor nations
Female empowerment will also be at the centre of the development discussions.
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Why US China trade talks left toughest issues unresolved
China’s requirement that US companies hand over technology for access to the its market not addressed.
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Ontario NDP forced to admit to annual $1.4B costing error
Miscounting $700-million annual reserve fund as revenue will affect deficit projections for several years: Horwath.
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Deloitte Canada names Conference Board’s chief economist as its first chief economist
Will oversee and further develop the firm’s macroeconomic research and forecasting capability.
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Researchers use willows to decontaminate polluted soil on industrial site
Montreal project rehabilitates brownfields abandoned because they’re too expensive to redevelop.
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Mnuchin says NAFTA negotiations could spill into 2019
Missed an informal deadline to get a revamped NAFTA to Congress in time for lawmakers to vote on it.
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Notley to skip premiers conference so she can focus on pipeline deal
Working against Kinder Morgan’s May 31 deadline on getting guarantees it can proceed.
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EU says no clarity on US tariffs ahead of deadline
EU has drawn up a list of duties worth $3.4 billion to impose on US products if it is not permanently exempt.
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Northern Pulp says no wastewater pipe to NS waterway, no mill
Company’s plan and spotty environmental record is creating tension in Pictou.
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Mnuchin says US and China putting trade war on hold
US claims it got a number of commitments on a framework for reducing the deficit over time.
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Hydro One’s merger with US energy firm Avista clears another hurdle
US Committee on Foreign Investment has found no unresolved national security concerns.
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Developer pushes back construction of Nova Scotia rocket launch site
$200-million project could eventually see as many as 12 satellites blast into orbit per year.
