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Canada’s wealth-sharing plan is unconstitutional, study says Canada’s national wealth-sharing scheme violates the Constitution with a half-baked equalization formula that shortchanges provinces like Ontario, a major new study has found. In a 41-page paper to be released Monday by the Mowat...

On China visit, Harper picks up where Trudeau left off “What, in concrete terms, will flow from all this goodwill?” The question could be posed of Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s visit to China this week, but in this case it was actually asked 39 years ago, in a CBC news report I came...

Golf industry pushes for tax deductions Want golf fees allowable business expense in federal budget Golf groups in P.E.I. and across the country are calling on the federal government to recognize green fees as a business expense, just like other business entertainment. "We're really just...

Federal bureaucrats posed as ‘new Canadians’ for Sun News event Six federal bureaucrats were drafted to pose as new Canadians for a citizenship reaffirmation ceremony broadcast on the Sun News network, an event requested by Immigration Minister Jason Kenney’s office. The bureaucrats smiled...

End to federal home retrofit program a blow to contractors The federal government has cut off access to a grant program that helped Canadians make their homes more energy-efficient and boosted business for insulation, window and heating equipment companies. The EcoEnergy Retrofit Homes...

Canada to Palestine: forget UN statehood bid Baird urges Palestinian leaders to restart direct talks with Israel As one Palestinian official noted Monday, Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird can be a frank, straight talking man. “There’s no mistaking where he stands,” he told the the...

Economy shrinks unexpectedly in November Canada’s economy contracted in November for the first time since May as oil and gas extraction declined sharply, setting the stage for a sluggish performance in the fourth quarter. Real gross domestic product fell 0.1 per cent in the month...

Smugness doesn't look good on Canada Welcome to the Age of Canada, in which the peaceable kingdom abandons modesty, finds smugness, talks loudly and carries a new self-importance. Our shift in character didn't begin with the lecture Stephen Harper delivered at the World Economic Forum in...

6 big Canada Pension Plan changes coming in 2012 New rules could affect retirement planning Last week in a speech in Davos, Switzerland, Prime Minister Stephen Harper lit a political powder keg when he hinted at possible changes to Old Age Security benefits. He was quick to point out that the...

Keystone Project on Hold While TransCanada Weighs Three Options Two of the options don't cross the U.S.-Canada border. Oil industry, state, federal officials wait and watch. Official action on the Keystone XL pipeline review has virtually ground to a halt since President Obama rejected the...

Canadian teenagers send Lego man into space Two teenagers from Toronto sent a Lego man carrying a Canadian flag into the stratosphere. Mathew Ho and Asad Muhammad, both 17, attached four cameras to a balloon carrying the toy astronaut 24km above Earth. A week after launch they recovered...

Euro ministers upbeat on Greece, crisis solution (Reuters) - Euro zone finance officials voiced optimism on Friday that a deal to avert a disorderly Greek default was imminent and that key building blocks to resolve Europe's sovereign debt crisis are gradually fitting into place. Europe's...

Stephen Harper says `major' changes coming to Canada's pension system: speech DAVOS, Switzerland - Prime Minister Stephen Harper has signalled his government will bring forward ``major transformations'' to the country in the coming months - in areas such as the retirement pension system...

Rob Ford compares political rivals to 'Joe Stalin' Toronto mayor says opponents 'two steps left' of Russian dictator Toronto Mayor Rob Ford compared his political opponents at city hall to despot Joseph Stalin on Tuesday, the same day that one of those councillors...

Meet the face of class warfare in the U.S.A. President Barack Obama appealed Tuesday for an overhaul of the U.S. tax code to force America's millionaires to pay a bigger share of their income to Uncle Sam, setting the stage for a heated election-year debate about economic inequality that...

UN sustainable development summit shifts from climate change Jan 24 (Reuters) - Representatives from around the world gather in Rio in June to try to hammer out goals for sustainable development at a U.N. conference designed to avoid being tripped up by the intractable issue of climate change...

After ‘aboriginal uprising’ warning, Stephen Harper says time has come to ‘reset the relationship’ OTTAWA — Prime Minister Stephen Harper told a gathering of First Nations chiefs Tuesday that while the Indian Act will not be scrapped, it may be modernized to help build a healthier...

Canada must focus on job creation: UN agency Developed countries such as Canada could face "severe consequences" for employment unless they focus on job growth through renewed stimulus measures, rather than turning toward austerity efforts, a new global report warns. The International...

Rogers violating federal net neutrality rules, CRTC says Rogers has until Feb. 3 to respond The CRTC has notified Rogers it has evidence the company is violating federal net neutrality rules by deliberately slowing down or "throttling" some of its internet traffic. Andrea Rosen, CRTC's chief...

Gaddafi loyalists take back Bani Walid Reports say at least four people killed in clashes between besieged NTC forces and well-organised pro-Gaddafi fighters Fighters loyal to Muammar Gaddafi have seized back the town of Bani Walid and raised the late dictator's green flag, in a blow to Libya's...