I think Canadian taxpayers would be quite shocked to learn that huge publicly traded companies such as Thomson Reuters and LexisNexis are even eligible for federal book grants. (slaw.ca)
But the Liberals announced in their fiscal update last month that they inherited federal books from the Conservatives that will drive the country billions of dollars deeper in the hole than expected, raising doubts they will meet all their fiscal goals without changing some of their plans. (moneysense.ca)
After often extensive investigations, the NASD barred «for life» during this period 1,662 members and suspended another 1,000 or so for violations of its rules or of laws on the federal books. (fortune.com)