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3 days ago | 
castanet.net | Sylvain Charlebois |Rob Shaw |Tegan Hill |Austin Thompson
Sylvain Charlebois - | Story: 553922As the federal government deals with yet another round of meetings with Canada’s premiers, discussions will rightfully focus on big-picture economic priorities—productivity, interprovincial trade, and making our federation work better.
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1 week ago | 
castanet.net | Rob Shaw |Sylvain Charlebois |Tegan Hill |Austin Thompson
Rob Shaw - | Story: 553038It’s a case of the “phantom savings.”That’s what the Opposition is calling $300 million in internal cuts the B.C. government claims are in the budget, but can’t actually be found anywhere and haven’t even been identified yet. It’s a ghostly figure, haunting the pages of the fiscal plan, scaring the bejesus out of government employees and cabinet ministers alike with the spectre of budgetary reductions.
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1 week ago | 
castanet.net | Sylvain Charlebois |Tegan Hill |Austin Thompson |Kirk LaPointe
Canada’s bread price-fixing scandal stands as one of the most damaging and far-reaching corporate breaches of trust in the country’s food retail history. The recent approval of a $500-million class-action settlement by an Ontario court marks a significant, if partial, step toward accountability. But the story is far from over. The scheme, which ran from 2001 to 2015, involved deliberate coordination between retailers and suppliers to raise the price of packaged bread — a basic household staple.
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2 weeks ago | 
castanet.net | Tegan Hill |Austin Thompson |Sylvain Charlebois |Kirk LaPointe
Housing in Metro Vancouver remains among the least affordable in the world. Today, a typical household in the region must spend nearly 100 per cent of its pre-tax income on mortgage payments, property taxes and utilities for a typical home, which costs an estimated $1.51 million. And the problem has spread to other previously affordable municipalities across the province.
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3 weeks ago | 
vancouversun.com | Hardip Johal |Tegan Hill
Advertisement 1 Opinion: Cabinet members would be empowered to override existing laws, rules and regulations and pick winners and losers Article content In February, at the dawn of President Trump’s tariff war, Premier David Eby vowed to cut red tape for resource and energy projects in British Columbia to “break down barriers to growth.” But while B.C. desperately needs regulatory reform, the Eby government instead proposed legislation on May 1 that would give Eby’s cabinet more discretionary...
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2 months ago | 
asianpacificpost.com | Ben Eisen |Tegan Hill
CommentaryBy Ben Eisen and Tegan HillAs has been widely reported, the Eby government’s budget calls for a record $10.9 billion deficit this year with similar deficits in each of the next two years. Net debt (total debt minus financial assets) is forecasted to soar in nominal terms from $71.3 billion in 2023/24 to $155.3 billion in 2027/28. This is the fastest period of debt accumulation in British Columbia history and the fastest currently taking place in Canada.
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2 months ago | 
asianpacificpost.com | Ben Eisen |Tegan Hill
CommentaryBy Ben Eisen and Tegan HillRecently, David Eby’s government tabled the British Columbia government’s budget for the 2025/26 fiscal year. The document was soaked in red ink and full of bad news, with a projected budget deficit of $10.9 billion this year (the largest on record) and similar deficits in each of the following two years.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
todayville.com | Tegan Hill
By Ireland OwensGoogle soundly rejected the European Union’s push for the platform to censor content Thursday, declaring that it would not implement so-called “fact-checks.”The tech giant told the EU that it would not incorporate fact checks into its search results and YouTube videos, Axios first reported.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
calgarysun.com | Tegan Hill
There’s not much Premier Danielle Smith can do in the short-run to mitigate the effects if Trump’s tariff plan becomes a reality. But the Smith government can still help stabilize Alberta’s finances over the longer term. The key is spending restraint. • • You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. Article contentAfter recently meeting with president-elect Donald Trump, Premier Danielle Smith warned that Trump’s tariffs could include oil.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
todayville.com | Tegan Hill |Jake Fuss
By Tom FlanaganWhen Justin Trudeau came to power in 2015, he memorably said that the welfare of Indigenous Canadians was his highest priority. He certainly has delivered on his promise, at least in terms of shovelling out money. During his 10 years in office, budgeted Indigenous spending has approximately tripled, from about $11 billion to almost $33 billion.
