Nova Scotia election: Seven charts to read before Tuesday’s vote On May 30, Stephen McNeil’s Liberal government faces off against NDP and PC challengers over the economy, jobs, health care and more. Here’s a primer on the numbers behind the issues. The numbers: Atlantic Canadian provinces are bracing themselves for a wave of grey in coming years. According to 2016 census data released earlier this month, Canada has more people … Read More
Canada’s Trudeau seeks reset as agenda lags, rivals regroup OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau looks set to shuffle his cabinet and trigger a new session of Parliament to help refocus a flagging agenda in the run-up to an election in late 2019, say political insiders. Trudeau’s Liberals took power in November 2015 with ambitious plans but have abandoned some high-profile electoral commitments and are struggling to … Read More
Canada posts C$21.85 billion deficit in 2016-17 OTTAWA May 26 (Reuters) – Canada posted a preliminary budgetary deficit of C$21.85 billion ($16.3 billion) for the 2016-17 fiscal year, largely in line with what the government had projected, the Finance Department said on Friday. The deficit for the fiscal year that ended in March was significantly wider than the C$1.96 billion deficit the government ran in the previous … Read More
