Sentences with phrase «canadian federal finance»

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The federal budget to be released this Wednesday by Finance Minister Bill Morneau is likely to introduce several changes for average Canadian families and investors alike.

Thirteen months later, with Canadians staring at a $ 56 - billion crater in the government's finances, the minister got testy with reporters who were asking for his response to a report from the Parliamentary Budget Office that predicted a federal deficit of nearly $ 20 billion in 2013 - 14.

As Canadian Business went to press, it was widely expected that federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty's March 29 budget would include an announcement that the cutoff for Old Age Security (OAS) will be raised, which could compel millions of Canadians to delay their golden years.

«The combined finances in the federal and provincial spheres are very near the tipping point,» argued the Canadian Federation of Independent Business in a recent report.

Roots Canada conducts over half of its manufacturing outside the country, but federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty maintained the fashion icon is a «great» Canadian company.

ong - term sustainability projections on the impact of the demographic changes on the federal government's finances would have provided valuable background to Parliamentarians and Canadians in the debate on the changes to elderly benefits.

There is only one taxpayer and it is extremely important that Parliamentarians and Canadians fully comprehend the implications of federal actions, not only on federal finances, but on the provincial finances as well.

Recently, the Canadian Bar Association offered carefully worded recommendations to a federal finance committee tasked with reviewing the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act.

The 2011 Shadow Budget, they argue, would protect Canadians from possible debt - market disruptions arising from sovereign - debt concerns and would put federal debt on a downward track before the pressure of population ageing on government finances intensifies.

Back in August — with the Greek debt crisis escalating and U.S. political gridlock on budget policy frightening investors everywhere — Flaherty was pressed by NDP finance critic Peggy Nash to consider pumping some federal cash into the vulnerable Canadian economy.

Earlier this month, two former senior officials in the finance department assailed the Conservative government for eroding the «integrity and credibility» of federal budgets through what they argued is a system of secrecy that keeps parliamentarians and Canadians in the dark about how federal dollars are spent.

Funded through the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario) and with support from the Canadian Innovation Centre (CIC) and a consortium of other non-profit Regional Innovation Centres, including MaRS, the program is geared to train as many as 450 entrepreneurs over 15 months, and provide as much as $ 4 million in seed financing to qualified applicants.

OTTAWA — The Opposition Conservatives are pressuring the Trudeau government to divulge how much the federal carbon tax will cost Canadian households — but Finance Minister Bill Morneau says they'll have to wait until September to find out.

Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty unveiled the federal budget for 2014 on Tuesday.

Not surprisingly, with an election just around the corner and budget surpluses forecast for years to come, the 2015 federal budget delivered plenty of goodies for the personal finances of Canadians.

According to The Canadian Press, Conservative finance critic Lisa Raitt is questioning the federal government's push to expand the plan, suggesting it hasn't shown evidence there would be widespread benefits from the proposals on the table.

In January 2011, the Canadian federal minister of finance Jim Flaherty announced changes to policies in the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) by underwriting the regulations for high ratio mortgage insurance.

In January 2011, the Canadian federal minister of finance Jim Flaherty announced changes to policies in the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) by underwriting the regulations for high ratio mortgage insuran...

Former federal finance minister Jim Flaherty said income splitting for families would be of no benefit to most Canadians.

The federal Finance Department estimates that 1.1 million families — or about a quarter of Canadian families — are not saving enough for retirement.

The federal budget to be released this Wednesday by Finance Minister Bill Morneau is likely to introduce several changes for average Canadian families and investors alike.

While Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau and the Bank of Canada have stood their ground — committing to the 2 % inflation target, as opposed to following the U.S. Federal Reserve's lead — it's only a matter of time before the Canadian economy is forced to respond to U.S. economic pressures.

The men featured in the video and the members of the FoS Scientific Advisory Board are all signatories to letters sent in 2003 to Canada's then Liberal Finance Minister Paul Martin and in 2006 to current Canadian Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, calling on them to «examine the scientific foundation of the federal government's climate - change plans» and «conduct a review of the Kyoto Protocol».

[1] This is an application by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation («CTF») and its federal director, John Williamson, against Her Majesty The Queen in right of Ontario as represented by the Ministry of Finance, Greg Sorbara and against Dalton J. P. McGuinty.

A spokesman for federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau said that «at this point, we have no reason to believe Canadian banks have acted unlawfully.»

Notable mandates: Plan of arrangement to separate FirstService Corp. and Colliers Realty; acquisition, development, financing, and sale of multiple utility scale solar projects for Canadian Solar; representation of Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. in landmark decision of Federal Court and Federal Court of Appeal on right to dismiss unionized employees without cause; representation of developers on significant condo and mixed use projects including Art Shoppe Condos and The One; initial public offerings for Imperus Labs and Nutritional High.

Canadian lawyers admit they are in fear of «the possibility of a renewed effort by the federal government to extend the PCMLTFA (Proceeds of Crime — Money Laundering — and Terrorist Financing Act) to members of the legal profession.»

«Canadian homebuyers from coast - to - coast were already struggling with new federal restrictions on access to mortgage financing,» says Soper.