As part of our federal election coverage, Investment Executive explores the positions of the major federal political parties on the top issues affecting the financial services industry.Here we look at where the parties stand in on allowing banks to sell insurance in their branches:Whatever the outcome of the Jan 23 federal election, Canada’s banks are […]
The Opposition parties are primed to pounce on Prime Minister Paul Martin in the final TV debates tonight and tomorrow over ongoing controversy over Liberal ethics. Just as the RCMP investigation into a possible income trust leak got underway last week, the Liberals found themselves with a new scandal to worry about. Heritage Canada has […]
As part of our coverage of the federal election, Investment Executive profiles candidates who are working or who have worked in the financial services industry. Here we look at Claude Moreau, Conservative candidate in the Quebec riding of Marc-Aurèle Fortin.Claude Moreau has spent the last three years helping small- and medium-sized businesses connect with financing […]
In the first week of the final phase of the Jan. 23 federal election campaign, the Liberals held off unleashing negatives ads about their opponents to boast about their fiscal and economic record while in office. The tactic may be risky because with the exception of tax cuts, economic issues have been getting short shrift […]
As part of our federal election coverage, Investment Executive explores the positions of the major federal political parties on the top issues affecting the financial services industry.Here we look at where the parties stand in the unending debate on bank mergers:The three major federal parties are leaning in different directions on the issue of possible […]
As part of our coverage of the federal election, Investment Executive is profiling candidates who are working or who have worked in the financial services industry.Here we look at Liberal candidate Ron Symic:Ron Symic, the Liberal candidate for Edmonton-Sherwood Park, was motivated to make his first run for public office by a deep sense of […]
As part of our coverage of the federal election, Investment Executive is profiling candidates who are working or who have worked in the financial services industry.Here we look at Conservative candidate Georges-Alexandre Bastien:Georges-Alexandre Bastien has been cast in the role of giant slayer in the federal election and the weapon he’s trying to wield is […]
As part of our coverage of the federal election, Investment Executive is profiling candidates who are working or who have worked in the financial services industry.Here we look at Liberal candidate Scott Brison:Scott Brison, the 39-year-old Minister of Public Works and member from the Nova Scotia riding of Kings Hants, believes maintaining Canada’s competitive position […]
Call it a new campaign, next phase or an election finally beginning in earnest. Regardless of label, the Conservatives now have momentum and the Liberals are struggling to re-establish theirs.There has been a spate of polls since Dec. 27 when news broke of a formal RCMP criminal investigation into possible leaks of the Liberals’ income […]
Whatever we all said about this election campaign being a surprise contest of issues and ideas is now off.Days before the Christmas ceasefire, Paul Martin and Stephen Harper are back to their old form of exchanging insults and ugliness, this time over national unity.It had been expected of course that the nastiness of the last […]