Canada will focus foreign aid on building 'mutual prosperity' with trading partners: MP

Dylan Robertson / nationalobserver - The MP overseeing foreign aid says Ottawa wants to focus its international assistance efforts on countries that can generate economic spinoffs for Canadians.

4 wks / sootoday

PavCo offers to operate at ‘net zero’ to keep Whitecaps at BC Place; team declines

Ashley Joannou / theglobeandmail - Whitecaps CEO says ‘this effort alone isn’t the game changer that is needed for long-term sustainability’

#sports #BC #vancouver #entertainment #infrastructure #climate #government #energy #finance #business

PavCo offers to operate at ‘net zero’ to keep Whitecaps at BC Place; team declines

4 wks / theglobeandmail / Ashley Joannou

Provincial government offers Vancouver Whitecaps a better deal to stay at BC Place

4 wks / dailyhive / Trevor Beggs

PavCo willing to operate ‘at net zero’ to keep Whitecaps at B.C. Place: Minister

4 wks / theprovince / The Canadian Press

B.C. government working on a deal to keep the Whitecaps in Vancouver

4 wks / globalnews / Amy Judd

Toys "R" Us Canada seeks creditor protection under nearly $500M burden

Harry North / montrealgazette - All of its remaining stores will stay open during the process but the company signalled more closures to come.

#canada #consumerprotection #legalaffairs #finance #business #jobs

Time is running out to use Toys ‘R’ Us Canada gift cards amid bankruptcy

4 wks / globalnews / Ariel Rabinovitch

Toys 'R' Us Canada files for creditor protection with $160 million in debt

4 wks / edmontonjournal / Zac Delaney

Toys ‘R’ Us files for creditor protection

4 wks / torontosun / Ling Hui

Toys "R" Us Canada seeks creditor protection under nearly $500M burden

4 wks / montrealgazette / Harry North

Toys “R” Us Canada files for creditor protection

4 wks / theglobeandmail / Tara Deschamps

Toys ‘R’ Us Canada seeks creditor protection, owns vendors at least $120M

4 wks / globalnews / Globalnews Digital

Canadians sitting on $2B in uncashed federal cheques: Report

Brian Towie / torontosun - Families also left approximately $42.8 million in cheques for the Canada Child Benefit left uncashed.

#economicpolicy #canada #budget #deficit #spendingpriorities #publicapathy #government #canadianpolitics #finance

Ottawa admits low-income Canadians are missing thousands in unclaimed benefits

4 wks / westernstandard / Jeremy Borg

Canadians sitting on $2B in uncashed federal cheques: Report

4 wks / torontosun / Brian Towie

Canadians have yet to cash more than $2-billion in federal cheques

4 wks / theglobeandmail / Kyle Duggan

Canadians sitting on $2 billion in uncashed federal cheques: documents

4 wks / sootoday

Carney’s grocery, GST benefit plan will cost $12.4B over six years: PBO

Ariel Rabinovitch / globalnews - The recently announced Canada Groceries and Essentials Benefit will cost an estimated $12.4 billion over six years, according to the Parliamentary Budget Officer.

#economicpolicy #canada #budget #deficit #fiscalpolicy #spendingpriorities #taxincentives #government #canadianpolitics #finance

GST credit expansion set to add nearly $14B to federal debt

4 wks / westernstandard / Western Standard News Services

Opinion: Carney rehashes failed Trudeau policy with yet another GST rebate

4 wks / nationalpost / Special to National Post

Carney’s grocery, GST benefit plan will cost $12.4B over six years: PBO

4 wks / globalnews / Ariel Rabinovitch

Ottawa's plan for GST relief set to cost $12.4 billion over 6 years, PBO says

4 wks / sootoday

Ottawa's plan for GST relief set to cost $12.4 billion over 5 years, PBO says

4 wks / sootoday

Ottawa’s plan for GST relief set to cost $12.4 billion over 5 years, PBO says

4 wks / citynews / News Staff

Ottawa's plans for GST relief set to cost $12.4 billion over 5 years, PBO says

4 wks / sootoday

Ottawa wants to get banks, pension funds involved in affordable housing: minister

Globalnews Digital / globalnews - Housing Minister Gregor Robertson says Ottawa wants to speed up homebuilding by drawing developers into affordable housing projects through the new Build Canada Homes agency.

#economicpolicy #canada #ottawa #spendingpriorities #infrastructure #government #canadianpolitics #finance

Ottawa wants to entice banks, pension funds to get involved in affordable housing: minister

4 wks / nationalobserver / Craig Lord

One grand bargain to fight Canada’s housing crisis

4 wks / theglobeandmail / Tim Richter, Tyler Meredith

Ottawa wants to get banks, pension funds involved in affordable housing: minister

4 wks / globalnews / Globalnews Digital

Ottawa wants to get banks, pension funds involved in affordable housing: minister

4 wks / citynews / News Staff

Ottawa wants to get banks, pension funds involved in affordable housing: minister

4 wks / sootoday

Immigration minister says struggling universities must ask provinces for help

News Staff / citynews - HALIFAX — Canada’s immigration minister says universities and colleges struggling to balance the books after federal cuts to the international student program will have to turn to their provincial governments for financial help. Lena Diab told a crowd in …

#canada #budget #fiscalpolicy #spendingpriorities #immigration #government #canadianpolitics #finance

Immigration minister says struggling universities must ask provinces for help

5 wks / citynews / News Staff

Immigration minister says struggling universities must ask provinces for help

5 wks / sootoday

Avi Lewis leads field in NDP leadership fundraising, followed by MP McPherson

sootoday - OTTAWA — NDP leadership candidate Avi Lewis has received the lion's share of campaign donations in the race so far, beating out the only sitting MP vying for the job.

#canada #labour #canadianpolitics #finance

Avi Lewis leads field in NDP leadership fundraising, followed by MP McPherson

5 wks / sootoday

NDP leadership candidate Avi Lewis leads in fundraising

5 wks / theglobeandmail / Alessia Passafiume

Avi Lewis leads NDP fundraising contributions, followed by MP McPherson

5 wks / citynews / News Staff

Canada’s economic growth stalled in November, may have contracted in fourth quarter

theglobeandmail - Full-year growth expected to be at 1.3 per cent in 2025, Statscan says

#economicpolicy #canada #bankofcanada #government #finance #business #jobs

Canada’s GDP saw 0% growth in latest report, StatCan says

5 wks / globalnews / Ariel Rabinovitch

Canada's economy stalls as manufacturing declines

5 wks / financialpost / Jane Switzer

Canada’s economic growth stalled in November, may have contracted in fourth quarter

5 wks / theglobeandmail

Economy stalled in November and may have contracted in Q4: StatCan

5 wks / sootoday

Economy stalled in November and may have contracted in Q4: StatCan

5 wks / citynews / News Staff

Posthaste: Canada's wealthiest are hanging onto their cash and that's too bad for the economy

5 wks / financialpost / Gigi Suhanic

Carney meets with Canada's premiers in Ottawa today

The Canadian Press / nationalobserver - Canada's premiers meet with Prime Minister Mark Carney later today with the renewal of North America's trilateral free trade agreement casting a shadow over the meeting.

#trade #uscanadarelations #markcarney #economicpolicy #diplomacy #canada #ottawa #government #canadianpolitics #finance

Economic outlook and opinion commentary (2)
Ottawa meeting details and unity (8)
Trade tensions and tariff warnings (3)
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Amazon cuts 16K corporate jobs, says it will use more AI

Globalnews Digital / globalnews - The tech giant has stated that 'generative AI' would begin to lessen the company's corporate workforce in the next few years.

#technology #cloudcomputing #amazon #labour #compensation #finance #business #unemployment #jobs

Amazon cuts 16K corporate jobs, says it will use more AI

5 wks / globalnews / Globalnews Digital

Amazon cuts about 16,000 corporate jobs in the latest round of layoffs

5 wks / citynews / News Staff

Amazon cuts 16,000 corporate jobs in the latest round of layoffs

5 wks / torontosun / Ling Hui

Amazon cuts 16,000 jobs globally in latest round of layoffs

5 wks / theglobeandmail

Bank of Canada will make interest rate announcement and update economic forecasts

The Canadian Press / nationalobserver - The Bank of Canada is expected to make an interest rate announcement and release updated economic forecasts in its monetary policy report today.

#economicpolicy #canada #bankofcanada #finance #stockmarket #business #unemployment #jobs

Economist Outlook & Reactions (3)
Official Policy Announcement (10)
Trade Uncertainty Impact (5)
US Interdependency Warning (1)
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Economist Outlook & Reactions

'Small but growing case' for lower interest rates: Royce Mendes

5 wks / financialpost / Noella Ovid

Hikes to cuts: Economists split on where rates are heading as Bank of Canada grapples with uncertainty

5 wks / financialpost / Gigi Suhanic

Food inflation will test Bank of Canada’s limits

5 wks / theglobeandmail / Jeremy Kronick , Steve Ambler

Official Policy Announcement

Bank of Canada holds interest rate at 2.25%

5 wks / torontosun / Ling Hui

Bank of Canada holds key interest rate steady at 2.25% in soft economy

5 wks / sootoday

Bank of Canada holds key interest rate steady at 2.25 per cent in soft economy

5 wks / nationalobserver / Craig Lord

BREAKING: Bank of Canada holds overnight rate at 2.25%

5 wks / westernstandard / Myke Thomas

Bank of Canada holds interest rates: Read the official statement

5 wks / financialpost / Financial Post Staff

Bank of Canada holds interest rates at 2.25%

5 wks / globalnews / Ariel Rabinovitch

CP NewsAlert: Bank of Canada holds key interest rate steady

5 wks / sootoday

Bank of Canada will make interest rate announcement and update economic forecasts

5 wks / nationalobserver / The Canadian Press

Bank of Canada to make interest rate announcement and update economic forecasts

5 wks / citynews / News Staff

Bank of Canada to make interest rate announcement and update economic forecasts

5 wks / sootoday

Trade Uncertainty Impact

Bank of Canada holds key rate steady as CUSMA talks loom over its outlook

5 wks / sootoday

Bank of Canada holds benchmark interest rate steady as expected amid trade uncertainty

5 wks / theglobeandmail / Mark Rendell

Bank of Canada holds key interest rate steady amid ‘heightened’ trade uncertainty

5 wks / thelogic / Kevin Carmichael

Bank of Canada holds interest rate at 2.25%, but is 'monitoring risks closely'

5 wks / financialpost / Jordan Gowling

Bank of Canada expected to hold key interest rate as U.S. trade uncertainty continues

5 wks / theglobeandmail / Globe staff, Mark Rendell

US Interdependency Warning

BoC's Tiff Macklem warns of effects on Canada if Fed independence compromised

5 wks / theglobeandmail

All Other Stories

Bank of Canada trims 2026 growth forecast to 1.1%

5 wks / westernstandard / Western Standard News Services

Business Brief: Steady rates in uncertain times

5 wks / theglobeandmail / Matt Lundy

Montréal industrial AI scaleup Vention raises $110-million USD Series D

Madison McLauchlan / betakit - Company says it crossed $100-million CAD annual run rate as it looks to expand in Europe.The post Montréal industrial AI scaleup Vention raises $110-million USD Series D first appeared on BetaKit.

#trade #canada #technology #quebec #montreal #finance #business #jobs

Vention raises US$110M in bid to automate more manufacturing

5 wks / thelogic / Murad Hemmadi

Vention raises $150-million as Quebec makes biggest venture bet yet

5 wks / theglobeandmail / Sean Silcoff

Montréal industrial AI scaleup Vention raises $110-million USD Series D

5 wks / betakit / Madison McLauchlan

Chinese Zijin Gold set to acquire Canadian Allied Gold for $5.5 billion

Jackson Loy / westernstandard - Chinese mining conglomerate, Zijin Gold, is set to acquire the Canadian mining company, Allied Gold, in a deal worth roughly $5.5 billion.

#trade #canada #internationalrelations #china #acquisition #gold #finance #stockmarket #business

Chinese Zijin Gold set to acquire Canadian Allied Gold for $5.5 billion

5 wks / westernstandard / Jackson Loy

Chinese multinational to buy out Allied Gold in $5.5-billion all-cash deal

5 wks / financialpost / Gabriel Friedman

China’s Zijin Gold to acquire Canadian miner Allied Gold for $5.5-billion in cash

5 wks / theglobeandmail / Niall McGee

Zijin Gold agrees to buy Allied Gold for $5.5-billion in cash

5 wks / theglobeandmail

Carney unveils hike to GST credit, other measures targeting affordability

Stephanie Levitz / theglobeandmail - The package includes an increase to the GST credit for five years and $20-million to support food banks

#markcarney #economicpolicy #consumerprotection #budget #fiscalpolicy #spendingpriorities #taxincentives #government #canadianpolitics #finance

Core GST credit announcement details (9)
Political context and policy debates (2)
Regional reactions and eligibility insights (3)

Core GST credit announcement details

Carney announces GST rebate boost to counter high cost of groceries

5 wks / sootoday

What’s the new Canada Groceries and Essentials Benefit? Find out who’s eligible for Carney’s increased GST rebate

5 wks / nationalpost / Laura Brehaut

Carney announces expanded GST credit, grocery benefit for Canadians

5 wks / westernstandard / Jeremy Borg

Carney to hike GST rebate to help Canadians with rising cost of groceries

5 wks / financialpost / Financial Post Staff

Some Canadians will get GST credit top up to tackle grocery costs: Carney

5 wks / globalnews / Uday Rana

PM Mark Carney reveals GST credit increase due to grocery costs

5 wks / torontosun / Denette Wilford

Carney unveils hike to GST credit, other measures targeting affordability

5 wks / theglobeandmail / Stephanie Levitz

Carney announces GST rebate boost to counter high cost of groceries

5 wks / sootoday

Carney to boost GST rebate as grocery prices remain high

5 wks / citynews / News Staff

Political context and policy debates

Politics Insider: Carney unveils boost to GST credit to help ease affordability crisis

5 wks / theglobeandmail / Ian Bailey

Carney pitches GST rebate boost as major plank of Liberal affordability agenda

5 wks / sootoday

Regional reactions and eligibility insights

Manitobans welcome GST rebate boost, though many won’t benefit

5 wks / globalnews / Vasilios Bellos

Who’s eligible for Carney’s new grocery rebate?

5 wks / torontosun / Brian Towie

Some Quebecers will get hundreds of dollars more a year as Carney boosts GST credit

5 wks / montrealgazette / James Mennie, Montreal Gazette

PM’s rallying cry exuded passion — and irony

Niigaan Sinclair / winnipegfreepress - Prime Minister Mark Carney’s passionate speech to global leaders last week was simply ironic. Carney spoke at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland about how the “middle powers” of […]

#trade #markcarney #economicpolicy #canada #internationalrelations #bankofcanada #fiscalpolicy #government #finance #business

Davos Reaction: Business, political voices post-speech (3)
Domestic Balance: Managing political unity and economic concerns (3)
Global Trade: Carney’s China, middle power, and tariff challenges (6)
Other Perspectives: Alternative takes on Carney's economic vision (1)
All Other Stories

Davos Reaction: Business, political voices post-speech

Carney rang an opening bell in Davos. What comes next?

5 wks / theglobeandmail / Campbell Clark

PM’s rallying cry exuded passion — and irony

5 wks / winnipegfreepress / Niigaan Sinclair

Business leaders endorse Carney’s Davos warnings, but fret about blowback

6 wks / theglobeandmail / James Bradshaw, Andrew Willis, Emma Graney, Sean Silcoff

Domestic Balance: Managing political unity and economic concerns

EDITORIAL: Job one for Mark Carney – grow the economy

5 wks / torontosun / Postmedia News

Opinion: An agonizing choice for Alberta soon at hand

5 wks / calgaryherald / Monica Zurowski, Calgary Herald

A balancing act or a seesaw: Carney and the premiers

5 wks / theglobeandmail / Stephanie Levitz, Laura Stone, Temur Durrani, Kate Helmore, Justine Hunter, Maura Forrest

Global Trade: Carney’s China, middle power, and tariff challenges

HANNAFORD: Note to Mr. Carney, China is not our friend

5 wks / westernstandard / Nigel Hannaford

BARBER: Mark Carney’s agendas and deception

5 wks / westernstandard / Dr. A.W. Barber

Mark Carney’s survival plan: Canada and other ‘middle powers’ must co-operate in order to thrive

5 wks / theglobeandmail / Tony Keller

THE PAIKIN PODCAST: Mark Carney bets big on China — what could go wrong?

5 wks / sootoday

Paulson: Carney makes deal on canola in the world as it is

5 wks / thestarphoenix / Jocelyn Bennett, Saskatoon StarPhoenix

Conrad Black: Carney’s middle powers plan a complete fantasy

5 wks / nationalpost / Conrad Black

Other Perspectives: Alternative takes on Carney's economic vision

Baranyai: Carney's wise mantra applies to life, as well

5 wks / lfpress / John Ryan

All Other Stories

Carney likely to visit India in March as Canada makes efforts to diversify trade

5 wks / theglobeandmail / Promit Mukherjee

John Robson: The Carney government talks a good game, but consistently fails to deliver

5 wks / nationalpost / John Robson

What Carney didn’t say at Davos

5 wks / nationalobserver / Chris Hatch

In Davos, Canada speaks truth to power

5 wks / winnipegfreepress / Editorial

Parliament returns: What’s Carney’s governing record so far?

5 wks / thehub / Kevin Lynch and James R. Mitchell

Letters to the Editor, Jan. 26, 2026

5 wks / torontosun / Postmedia News

VIDEO: ‘We can give ourselves far more than the Americans can ever take away’

5 wks / sootoday

EDITORIAL: High-flying Carney must focus on home

5 wks / torontosun / Postmedia News

U.S. affordability to face brunt of tariffs on Canada, Carney says

5 wks / globalnews / Sean Previl

Carney’s quest for trade could see him travelling the world for much of 2026

5 wks / theglobeandmail / Dylan Robertson

Global trade the likely focus for Carney in 2026

5 wks / globalnews / Globalnews Digital

Carney’s Davos speech, Hootsuite’s ICE contract and Chinese EV giant Chery eyes Canadian expansion: Must-read business and investing stories

5 wks / theglobeandmail / Abigale Subdhan

Letters, Jan. 25, 2026: ‘Failed Liberal experiment killing Canada’

5 wks / calgarysun / Joe Langford

Carney set to spend much of 2026 travelling the world in search of trade

5 wks / citynews / News Staff

Carney set to spend much of 2026 travelling the world in search of trade

5 wks / sootoday

Universities and colleges say more funding critical to Ford’s ‘protect Ontario’ plan

John Marchesan / citynews - Ontario’s universities and colleges are looking for billion-dollar funding boosts in the province’s upcoming budget, investments they are framing as critical to Premier Doug Ford’s plan to “protect Ontario” from tariff impacts by strengthening domestic ca…

#ontario #education #dougford #budget #fiscalpolicy #spendingpriorities #government #canadianpolitics #finance

Algonquin College president Claude Brulé explains why more cuts are coming

6 wks / ottawacitizen / Joanne Laucius

Q+A: Fanshawe president warns of deep deficits without provincial funding

6 wks / lfpress / Heather Rivers Davey

Ontario colleges, universities ask Ford government for billions in new funding

6 wks / globalnews / Isaac Callan

Universities and colleges say more funding critical to Ford’s ‘protect Ontario’ plan

6 wks / citynews / John Marchesan

Universities and colleges say more funding critical to Ford's 'protect Ontario' plan

6 wks / sootoday

Bo Bichette, New York Mets finalize US$126M, 3-year contract

Globalnews Digital / globalnews - A two-time All-Star shortstop with the Toronto Blue Jays, Bo Bichette will move to third base with the New York Mets despite never playing a professional game at the hot corner.

#bluejays #baseball #sports #fanculture #toronto #acquisition #compensation #finance #business

Bo Bichette’s wife Alexis makes rare media appearance during Mets press conference

6 wks / torontosun / Dan Bilicki

Mets trade for Brewers ace Freddy Peralta, add third all-star in 24 hours after Bo Bichette, Luis Robert Jr.

6 wks / torontosun / Dan Bilicki

Tainted relationship led to Bo Bichette rift with Blue Jays, ex-teammate says

6 wks / torontosun / Rob Longley

Bo Bichette, New York Mets finalize US$126M, 3-year contract

6 wks / globalnews / Globalnews Digital

Bichette introduced by Mets, says he’s fond of Blue Jays tenure and friendship with Vlad

6 wks / citynews / Lucas Casaletto

‘Excited to be a Met’: Former Blue Jays star Bo Bichette takes his World Series dream to New York

6 wks / torontosun / Rob Longley

New condo sales in Greater Toronto Hamilton Area fall to lowest level since 1991

Sammy Hudes / theglobeandmail - Urbanation report says 2025 marked fourth straight year of fewer sales with new record for number of units scrapped

#canada #ontario #toronto #consumerprotection #finance #business

Posthaste: What Toronto's worst condo correction ever will look like in just three years

6 wks / financialpost / Pamela Heaven

New condo sales in Greater Toronto Hamilton Area fall to lowest level since 1991

6 wks / theglobeandmail / Sammy Hudes

New condo sales in Greater Toronto Hamilton Area plunge to lowest level since 1991

6 wks / globalnews / Globalnews Digital

New condo sales in Greater Toronto Hamilton Area plunge to lowest level since 1991

6 wks / sootoday

GFL Environmental moves executive headquarters from Ontario to Florida

Globalnews Digital / globalnews - The company says it's now based in Miami Beach, Fla., while its jurisdiction of incorporation remains in Canada in Ontario.