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Auditor general: Revenue agency missing opportunities to collect taxes owing
OTTAWA — Canada’s tax agency has improved its ability to collect revenues, but still lacks a clear strategy to corral all the money owed to the federal government. Auditors also found instances where… more →
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Auditor general: Revenue agency missing opportunities to collect taxes owing
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wrote 3 weeks ago: OTTAWA — Canada’s tax agency has improved its ability to collect revenues, but still lacks a clear s … more →
Examples of airplane crashes involving small commuter carriers
wrote 1 month ago: The Transportation Safety Board can take more than two years to issue a full report on an air crash. … more →
Aircraft safety inspection procdures past and present
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wrote 1 month ago: HOW THE GOVERNMENT USED TO DO IT: A decade ago, inspectors in Transport Canada’s civil aviation bran … more →
Danger overhead: Why Transport Canada cuts are a red flag for small commercial aviation safety
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wrote 1 month ago: OTTAWA — Thirty-nine seconds after takeoff, the co-pilot of a Beechcraft King Air reported a problem … more →
Canada’s three main types of commercial air carriers
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wrote 1 month ago: Transport Canada issues different types of commercial licences to air operators based on the types o … more →
Federal budget signals major workforce overhaul on the way
wrote 2 months ago: By Kathryn May Postmedia News OTTAWA – Finance Minister Jim Flaherty signalled plans in his budget T … more →
Federal budget cuts tax breaks for exports from China, Brazil and dozens of other countries
wrote 2 months ago: OTTAWA — Canada could have some diplomatic explaining to do after announcing it is eliminating speci … more →
Cities eager to get federal budget boost to tackle infrastructure
wrote 2 months ago: OTTAWA — Tackling raw sewage dumped in the river behind Parliament Hill, new public transit plans in … more →
Federal budget offers tax breaks on baby clothes, adoption expenses and sporting equipment
wrote 2 months ago: OTTAWA — Canadians will receive extra tax relief on baby clothes, adoption expenses and sporting equ … more →
Harper government's defence spending cuts raise spectre of another 'decade of darkness'
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wrote 2 months ago: OTTAWA – The Harper government’s oft-stated support for Canada’s military is comin … more →
Kenney defends $750K ethnic media monitoring bill
wrote 6 months ago: Ethnic media monitoring is a window into the problems and concerns of minority communities and boost … more →
New PBO report says Conservative government's spending cuts affect front-line services
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wrote 6 months ago: OTTAWA — Seven months after the Conservative government promised its $5.2 billion in budget savings … more →
How the U.S. presidential election will affect Canada (and it will)
wrote 6 months ago: OTTAWA — Canadians don’t get a say in who’s elected to the White House Tuesday, but we … more →
Feds on hook for $15M in lost and stolen weapons, computers, phones and vehicles
wrote 6 months ago: OTTAWA — Hundreds of computers, smart phones, weapons and office equipment went missing or were stol … more →
Liberal senator from Nova Scotia top spender in Senate last fiscal year
wrote 6 months ago: OTTAWA—A Liberal senator from Nova Scotia was the highest spender in the Senate during the last fisc … more →
Flaherty still expected to balance federal budget by 2015-16, new figures show
wrote 6 months ago: OTTAWA — The federal government is girding for a potential multibillion-dollar hit to its revenues t … more →
Newest National Research Council layoffs the “tip of the iceberg”: NDP science critic
wrote 6 months ago: OTTAWA — Nearly 100 of Canada’s top researchers and scientists are facing layoffs in what the NDP sc … more →
Canada still vulnerable to cyber-attacks, says auditor general
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wrote 7 months ago: OTTAWA — The federal government’s inability to protect its own networks and critical infrastru … more →
With Parliamentary Budget Office, Stephen Harper has given Canadians a powerful tool for keeping the government honest
wrote 7 months ago: In 2006, when the Conservatives were seeking to take power from the Liberals, they promised to ensur … more →
