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No need for consumers to pay more, Quebecor says

GATINEAU, Que. – Quebecor Media says Canadians need not pay a cent more in a proposed plan to compensate conventional television broadcasters for their signals. The Quebec-based media giant (TSX: QBR.B), which owns both the Videotron cable TV carrier ...

From JULIAN BELTRAME, Toronto Star,  18 Nov 2009

Trade deficit halved

OTTAWA–Canada's merchandise exports rose for the third time in four months in September, as Canadian firms looked beyond the troubled United States for markets. Statistics Canada said Friday that the value of exports expanded 3.5 per cent – or $1 ...

From JULIAN BELTRAME, Toronto Star,  14 Nov 2009

Jobless rate spikes as manufacturing hit hard

OTTAWA–Canada's economy shed more than 43,000 jobs last month in a clear indication that the struggling economy is still feeling the aftershock of the deep recession that erupted a year ago. The unexpectedly large job loss – the consensus of ...

From JULIAN BELTRAME, Toronto Star,  6 Nov 2009

Ottawa to unveil pension reforms

T he federal government is unveiling a major reform package for national pension plans Tuesday, including greater guarantees for pensioners. The Canadian Press has learned that Finance Minister Jim Flaherty will his much-awaited reforms for pensions in ...

From JULIAN BELTRAME, Globe and Mail,  27 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Jim Flaherty,  Air Canada,  Nortel Networks

Ottawa's deficit hit $23.7-billion in August

A collapse in corporate profits and higher spending due to the recession helped send the federal government deep into the red in August, when Ottawa had a $5.3-billion deficit. The Finance department's monthly fiscal monitor shows Ottawa is now awash in ...

From JULIAN BELTRAME, Globe and Mail,  23 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Jim Flaherty,  G-20

CRTC probes Globalive ownership

N ew wireless telecommunications player Globalive began a defence of its foreign ownership content Wednesday with a surprise change to its management structure and a charge that its competitors are out to get it. Globalive Holdings chief executive ...

From JULIAN BELTRAME, Globe and Mail,  23 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Rogers Wireless,  BCE, Inc.

CRTC questions Globalive's ownership

N ew wireless telecommunications player Globalive began a defence of its foreign ownership content Wednesday with a surprise change to its management structure and a charge that its competitors are out to get it. Globalive Holdings chief executive ...

From JULIAN BELTRAME, Globe and Mail,  23 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Rogers Wireless,  BCE, Inc.

Globalive faces tough challenge at CRTC

A fledging new national wireless network faced a stiff challenge Wednesday from both rivals and the federal regulator to prove its Canadianness or face being shut out of the domestic cellphone market. CRTC officials repeatedly questioned how ...

From JULIAN BELTRAME, Globe and Mail,  23 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Rogers Wireless,  BCE, Inc.

Top court orders telcos to pay customer rebates

M ost telephone customers in Canada can expect a rebate on the phone bill after the country's top court ruled companies must refund surplus funds from a high-speed Internet expansion account. The rebates may not be large, but it is better than letting ...

From JULIAN BELTRAME, Globe and Mail,  18 Sep 2009
Related Topics: BCE, Inc.

Ottawa vows crackdown on white-collar crime

F raudsters and other white-collar criminals would face mandatory minimum jail sentences and confiscation of assets under new legislation the Harper government plans to introduce this fall. Justice Minister Rob Nicholson made the announcement Tuesday, ...

From JULIAN BELTRAME, Globe and Mail,  15 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Rob Nicholson,  Earl Jones,  Stephen Harper

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