Economy, Law & Politics

OTTAWA — Former prime minister Stephen Harper told a conference in India last month that he doesn't "entirely understand" why Canada has such a poor relationship with India, and suggested the Liberal party has become infiltrated by Sikh activists who

British Columbia's Green Party says the NDP government needs to explain why its proposal for broad-reaching emergency cabinet powers is needed before its two members can support the legislation.

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stock indexes edged lower following another reminder that big, unsettling policy changes are underway because of President Donald Trump, along with more signals suggesting the U.S. economy remains solid for now.

OTTAWA — The head of the Bank of Canada has signalled a shift in how the central bank sets its benchmark interest rate at a time when tariff uncertainty with the United States has made long-term forecasting much more difficult.

TORONTO — The Canadian Federation of Independent Business says small business confidence dropped to an all-time low in March as the trade war with the U.S. ramped up, with the outlook further darkened by new Chinese tariffs.

City manager: “Staff do not recommend terminating existing contracts with direct U.S. suppliers.”

TORONTO — Broad-based strength lifted Canada's main stock index 1.5 per cent Wednesday, while U.S. stocks also rallied after the U.S. Federal Reserve left its outlook for interest rate cuts this year intact.

OTTAWA — With polls suggesting U.S.

VANCOUVER — British Columbia's budget shows that the impending end of the province's consumer carbon tax will leave a roughly $1.5-billion hole in its revenue streams, with one expert saying "there will be both winners and losers" from the change.

Appeal dismissed as province seeks damages for health-care costs