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Ontario manufacturing ‘Supercluster’ among big federal funding winners
Five separate Superclusters in five regions of the country will split $950 million in federal funding
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Feds to unveil ‘supercluster’ winners that will get slice of $950M funding pie
From advanced manufacturing to smart infrastructure, nine research areas are competing for federal funding
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Trade war, plane crash, stunning deaths and a sewage tsunami: Top stories of 2017
We were a little surprised which stories were read the most, but this year’s top stories combine mystery, technology, a hero and the gross factor, which certainly sounds like some interesting reading. Check out our top five stories of the year
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PBO says 2017 federal deficit will be $2B higher than forecast, but it’s on the decline
The latest report from the parliamentary budget officer says the deficit this year will be $20.2 billion, while Finance Minister Bill Morneau’s prediction in the Fall Fiscal Update was $18.4 billion
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CPP reform to help lift plan’s assets above $15 trillion by 2090: analysis
The plan’s investment manager reported $326.5 billion in net assets in the most recent quarter; that figure will skyrocket after last year’s reforms
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Toronto to get nearly $5B from Ottawa to fund new transit projects
Canada’s largest city should get about 15 per cent of the federal government’s $33 billion infrastructure fund, but tensions with the province could jeopardize the money
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Senate caves in budget standoff, but refuses to concede on amending powers
Despite the bluster, the Liberal government’s budget bill cleared the Senate without changes, leaving the wider battle over the upper chamber’s limitations unanswered
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Senate, Trudeau government locked in test of wills over budget amendments
Senators are fuming after the government summarily rejected an upper house amendment to a budget implementation bill. The Liberals continue to fuel the controversy by insisting the Senate has no right to alter finance bills
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Senators defy Trudeau, propose changes to federal budget bill
The red chamber has voted to amend the Liberal government’s budget, flouting the prime minister’s claims about limitations on unelected senators
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Finance Minister Morneau gets prickly as Senate mulls budget changes
Canada’s Finance Minister warned that the government will not accept any changes to its second budget in a bizarre two-hour committee session that saw an independent senator vote against his own motion
