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The Competition Bureau is calling for changes to improve the competitive landscape in Canada’s airline industry,  including loosening rules that currently limit foreign ownership of Canadian airlines. The watchdog, in a 117-page market study published Thursday, reiterated that Canada’s airline industry is highly concentrated with two major carriers — Air Canada and WestJet — …

The Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) says the deficit will be smaller than predicted but the Liberal government’s lack of clarity on fiscal planning has left Yves Giroux’s office unable to determine if the government’s spending plans are sustainable.  The Economic and Fiscal Monitor released by Giroux’s office Thursday morning says that …

Why aren’t people having more kids? What we should actually be asking, according to a new global report, is why so many people feel like they can’t.  It’s often assumed that low fertility rates are due to people simply not wanting to have children, or more than one or two, but …

Canada’s plan to buy 88 U.S.-built F-35 fighter jets is facing significant challenges, including skyrocketing costs, a shortage of trained pilots and a lack of critical infrastructure, according to a new report from Auditor General Karen Hogan. The audit for the F-35 program is part of Hogan’s spring audits, released Tuesday, which …

The wide-ranging “Make America Healthy Again” (MAHA) report spearheaded by U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited hundreds of studies, but a closer look by the news organization NOTUS found that some of those studies did not actually exist. Asked about the report’s problems on Thursday, White House …

A new spy watchdog report says an overseas Canadian Security Intelligence Service operation was suddenly halted by government officials, “creating unnecessary danger for the CSIS team” and raising questions about ministerial accountability. The National Security and Intelligence Review Agency found no written records indicating the decision to suspend the operation …

More than one in four cars sold worldwide in 2025 will be electric, according to the latest projections from the International Energy Agency, and will reach 40 per cent of all new cars by 2030. Among major markets, the undisputed leader is China, whose new EV sales increased 40 per …

Government funding has been secured for a temporary dock in a northern Alberta community that made headlines last year after Indigenous leaders raised concerns about contamination at a federally owned dock site.   Last fall, three Indigenous groups accused the federal government of keeping them in the dark about chemical contamination at …

U.S. tariffs and Canada’s response could result in 68,100 fewer jobs in Ontario this year, a new report estimates.  This figure may increase to 119,200 jobs in 2026 and 137,900 jobs in 2029, according to the report by the Financial Accountability Office of Ontario (FAO), released Wednesday.  The FAO provides …

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre pounced on a government report that he argues predicts a “terrifying” world in 2040 to warn voters of the dangers of giving the Liberals a fourth term — but the actual report is far more nuanced. Speaking to reporters Tuesday, Poilievre pointed to a policy report predicated on …