Ottawa – Investment Executive https://www.investmentexecutive.com Canada's news source for financial professionals Fri, 28 Jan 2022 19:53:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.3 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/01/cropped-favicon-1-32x32.png Ottawa – Investment Executive https://www.investmentexecutive.com 32 32 Eight-month deficit: Feds spent $73.7 billion more than they took in https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/research-and-markets/eight-month-deficit-feds-spent-73-7-billion-more-than-they-took-in/ Fri, 28 Jan 2022 19:53:16 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=438441 $16.5 billion in federal spending April through November is on public debt charge alone

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]]> Finance confirms family business tax changes are law https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/industry-news/finance-department-faces-grilling-by-mps-over-tax-rules-in-sale-of-family-businesses/ Tue, 20 Jul 2021 16:22:43 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=425706 Officials told MPs that any amendments to Bill C-208 would not be retroactive

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]]> What’s next after Trudeau’s horrible summer? https://www.investmentexecutive.com/newspaper_/comment-insight/liberals-left-the-worse-for-wear/ Fri, 21 Aug 2020 04:01:51 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=405669 The return to Parliament on Sept. 21 won’t be easy for the minority government after yet another ethics scandal

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]]> Carney advising Liberals on Covid recovery: reports https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/industry-news/carney-advising-liberals-on-covid-recovery-reports/ Mon, 10 Aug 2020 20:30:46 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=405405 Speculation about Carney's interest in politics has followed him since his time as Canada's top banker

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]]> The planet is the winner https://www.investmentexecutive.com/newspaper_/comment-insight/the-planet-is-the-winner/ Fri, 01 Nov 2019 04:04:00 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=389913 Trudeau managed to get elected advocating a carbon tax - after buying an oil pipeline

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]]> Minority government likely https://www.investmentexecutive.com/newspaper_/comment-insight/minority-government-likely/ Fri, 11 Oct 2019 04:04:00 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=388556 If we can get past Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s blackface picture, Green Party leader Elizabeth May’s photoshopped coffee cup and Conservative leader Andrew Scheer’s embellished resumé, let’s take stock of the first half of the federal election campaign and what’s at stake for Canada. On Sept. 11, the Liberals and Conservatives went into this election […]

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]]> Attack of the premiers https://www.investmentexecutive.com/newspaper_/comment-insight/attack-of-the-premiers/ Fri, 03 May 2019 04:00:00 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=380976 Andrew Scheer may lead the federal Conservatives, but Jason Kenney and Doug Ford have set the narrative for the October federal election

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]]> “Don’t forget the budget” https://www.investmentexecutive.com/newspaper_/comment-insight/dont-forget-the-budget/ Fri, 05 Apr 2019 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=379593 The Liberals want voters to keep thinking about the budget — and not the SNC-Lavalin scandal

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]]> Why the change of heart? https://www.investmentexecutive.com/newspaper_/comment-insight/why-the-change-of-heart/ Fri, 08 Mar 2019 20:00:00 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=377762 The SNC-Lavalin affair deserves a royal commission, but not for the reason most people would expect

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]]> The pipeline problem https://www.investmentexecutive.com/newspaper_/comment-insight/the-pipeline-problem/ Tue, 12 Feb 2019 05:00:00 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=375570 Ottawa and the provinces must deal with Indigenous peoples and investors in an open-handed way

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