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OTTAWA — The upcoming federal budget will feature a broad new strategy to boost the performance of Canadian business, including measures to allow companies to write off their new machinery and other capital costs more aggressively, National Post has learned.
Government sources confirmed that the budget, to be unveiled next week, will take aim at Canada’s lagging productivity and competitiveness, while reducing the risk and uncertainty of corporate investment.
The new strategy, largely a response to Canada’s tariff battles with the United States and China, will include changes to the...
October 29, 2025 - 04:00 | Simon Tuck | National Post
OTTAWA — When Mark Carney was first campaigning for the job of Liberal leader and, ultimately, prime minister, he cast himself as a political outsider.
After winning the job, Carney recruited another political outsider to join his ranks: Energy Minister Tim Hodgson.
Hodgson and Carney go way back. The prime minister tapped Hodgson to serve as his special advisor when he was appointed governor of the Bank of Canada. A former investment banker, Hodgson joined the Liberals as a political newbie and was soon handed the file of natural resources. It comes at a time when the prime...
October 29, 2025 - 04:00 | Stephanie Taylor | National Post
Health Canada has conditionally approved the drug lecanemab to slow early-stage Alzheimer's disease, raising questions about its effectiveness and availability in Canada.
October 29, 2025 - 04:00 | | CBC News - Canada
A Toronto woman is sounding the alarm about Grok, Tesla's generative AI chatbot that was recently installed in many Tesla vehicles in Canada. Farah Nasser says Grok asked her 12-year-old son to send it nude photos during an innocent conversation about soccer. Tesla and xAI didn't respond to CBC News, except for what appeared to be an auto-generated response: "Legacy Media Lies."
October 29, 2025 - 04:00 | | CBC News - Canada
Some Alberta ranchers hope that branching into tourism will help shore up their family farms to last another generation — though the accommodations might seem a little quirky.
October 29, 2025 - 04:00 | | CBC News - Canada
Eight days before his death, L.L. was checked by his family doctor in Burlington, Ont. The 12-year-old weighed less than he did when he was six years old and had stopped growing, but the doctor didn’t send him to hospital.
October 29, 2025 - 04:00 | | CBC News - Canada
