economy

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and President Donald Trump are teaming up to boost women in the workforce, calling female participation a key to economic growth.

For November alone, Ottawa’s books showed a $3.3−billion deficit — down from a $400−million surplus in November 2015, the Finance department reported.

The Bank of Canada is warning there will be "material consequences" for trade if protectionist policies under U.S. president−elect Donald Trump come to fruition.

International Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland sees a silver lining for Canada in 2017 despite an increasingly complex economic situation worldwide.

Oil prices soared to their highest level in nearly a year and a half amid optimism about a surprise weekend deal by non-OPEC members.

Food prices to rise between three and five per cent, with meat, vegetables, fish and other seafood among those projected to jump by four to six per cent.

Equal economic opportunity for Indigenous peoples would help Canada address ongoing economic challenges related to low productivity and an an aging population, says report.

“In Nunavut ...They’re entrepreneurs by nature. But nobody taught them how to turn that into a business while also giving back to the community"

Alberta's climate change plan will be front and centre next week when politicians return to the legislature for the fall sitting.

"We’re up to 30,000-plus (refugees from Syria) and there will be some more," Immigration Minister John McCallum told reporters in Ottawa.

Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says it was time to lock in minimum wage increases that guarantee workers will be paid $15 an hour by 2018.

The decline came due to the Alberta wildfires in May and a drop in exports that was larger and more broad-based than expected, the central Canadian bank said.

The central bank’s forecast was released Wednesday along with its scheduled announcement on its benchmark interest rate.