Federal departments, agencies to shed 12,000 full-time equivalent positions

Canadians won’t have to pay the federal excise tax on gasoline starting Monday, but it turns out most or all of the savings will get eaten up by the annual increase in summer fuel costs. “Canadians are in desperate need of relief at the moment,” said Dan McTeague, the executive director of the advocacy group Canadians for Affordable Energy, in a news release...