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The Globe & Mail
| 7 months ago
Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper walks to a news conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa October 22, 2012 Reuters Policy Motorists pump natural gas at a Petronas station in Kuala Lumpur...Nexen and Petronas-Progress deals has nothing to do with...
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Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
| 7 months ago
The Canadian government is backing down slightly on its mammoth budget implementation bill and has agreed to send it to 10 different committees for study, CBC News has learned. The bill is more than 440 pages long and would change more than 60 laws...
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The Globe & Mail
| 7 months ago
Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper walks to a news conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa October 22, 2012 Reuters Policy Motorists pump natural gas at a Petronas station in Kuala Lumpur...Market View Progress Energy Resources Corp. handout...
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The Globe and Mail
| 7 months ago
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty takes questions during a new conference in Ottawa, Thursday October 18, 2012 The Canadian Press video Under fire in the Commons, Prime Minister Stephen Harper conceded the government can do more to help prevent cyber-...
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Turks and Caicos Free Press
| 7 months ago
A newspaper said on Wednesday that Canada plans to sharpen its policy on takeovers of domestic companies by foreign corporations by setting out special conditions for deals proposed by state-controlled entities. At its heart the policy would outline...
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The Economic Times
| 7 months ago
Seeking to boost bilateral ties with India, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper will visit the country next week during which he would meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and other Indian leaders...During his November 3-9 visit, Harper will visit...
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The Globe & Mail
| 7 months ago
The Globe and Mail Published Wednesday, Oct. 24 2012, 2:00 AM EDT Last updated Tuesday, Oct. 23 2012, 6:31 PM EDT On Monday, Prime Minister Stephen Harper welcomed Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller for an official visit marking 50 years...
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Sky News
| 7 months ago
Conservative MPs have reacted angrily to reports that the coalition is planning legislation to give prisoners the right to vote. Parliament voting overwhelmingly to maintain a blanket ban in February...Publishing draft proposals, possibly giving the...
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The Globe & Mail
| 7 months ago
Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper walks to a news conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa October 22, 2012 Reuters Policy Motorists pump natural gas at a Petronas station in Kuala Lumpur...Market View Progress Energy Resources Corp. handout...
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The Globe & Mail
| 7 months ago
Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper walks to a news conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa October 22, 2012 Reuters Watch Progress Energy Resources Corp. handout Handout Energy Motorists pump natural gas at a Petronas station in Kuala Lumpur...
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BBC
| 7 months ago
The European Commission, which drafts EU laws, had called for a 6.8% rise. The long-term budget for 2014-2020 is also being debated, ahead of a key leaders' summit next month. UK Prime Minister David Cameron has promised a "tough" and "rigorous"...
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The Globe and Mail
| 7 months ago
Story It's tantamount, you might say, to a commercial bill of rights for China in this country an economic meshing on our part with the authoritarian Asian giant, giving it potentially considerable weight in the pace and scale of our resource...
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The New York Times
| 7 months ago
The rejection of a major energy industry takeover by Canadian government may not indicate that it is adopting a harder line on mergers involving foreign companies. On Friday, Canada used foreign investment laws to reject a $5.17 billion takeover of...
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The Globe and Mail
| 7 months ago
Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper (R) with Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel during a meeting on Parliament Hill in Ottawa August 16, 2012. Merkel is on an official visit to Canada from August 15-16 Reuters Economy Lab Prime Minister Stephen...
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The Globe and Mail
| 7 months ago
Currency Ben Affleck AP Movies Prime Minister Stephen Harper speaks during a bilateral meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in New York on Sept. 28, 2012. The Canadian Press Politics The Iranian delegation protested during the...
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The Globe and Mail
| 7 months ago
Story Her host, Prime Minister Stephen Harper, could hardly be expected to agree. His government has promoted Canada's links to royalty, including renaming the Canadian Forces and Air Force with Royal labels, posting portraits of Her Majesty, and...
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Canada.com
| 7 months ago
Canada and China are about to become, if not economic bedfellows, then a serious courting couple, given to public displays of affection...With a population of 1.4 billion and gross domestic product of $7.2-trillion, the latter growing at nine per...
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The Globe and Mail
| 7 months ago
Assembly of First Nations National Chief Shawn Atleo poses for a photograph in Ottawa. Dave Chan/Special to the Globe and Mail video Politics Assembly of First Nations Chief Shawn Atleo (L) and Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper take part in the...
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Canadian Free Press
| 7 months ago
I certainly expected Coleman would try and claim credit, but what I didn't expect was that in doing so he would also launch a classless and pathetic attack against another conservative organization...In a recent note posted on the NCC blog (which was...
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The Globe & Mail
| 7 months ago
Is Canada closed for business, or is it just doing the right thing and protecting its natural resources from ill-advised foreign takeovers? These are the questions the international financial world and Canadians are asking themselves this morning in...
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The Courier-Mail
| 7 months ago
Minister Peter Garrett has "more than a vague idea" about how the bill for school funding reform should be split between the commonwealth and states. But he has no intention of revealing the federal government's hand before negotiations. "You'll have...
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The Globe & Mail
| 7 months ago
Story Motorists pump petrol at a Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) petrol station in Putrajaya outside Kuala Lumpur. Business Reuters Energy It also threatens to undermine the Conservatives' reputation for competent economic stewardship, Prime...
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Chinadaily
| 7 months ago
Canada blocked Petroliam Nasional Bhd's C$5.2 billion ($5.23 billion) takeover of Progress Energy Resources Corp, saying the bid by the Malaysian State-owned company wasn't in Canada's national interests. In what investors say is a test case for the $...
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Delhi News-Record
| 7 months ago
Canada's stock market is likely to take a tumble Monday and you can thank the Harper government for that, half-a-dozen American analysts and fund managers told me Sunday...Here's why: A Malaysian state-owned firm, Petronas, was all set to pay $5...
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The Globe & Mail
| 7 months ago
Prime Minister Stephen Harper rises during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012...Ltd's $15.1 billion offer to buy the Canadian oil and gas producer. The company's common and preferred...
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Miami Herald
| 7 months ago
Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras says a deputy from his center-right party who has expressed opposition to new austerity measures is no longer part of the parliamentary group and asks that he be stripped of his party membership as well.
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The Globe & Mail
| 7 months ago
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty takes questions during a new conference in Ottawa, Thursday October 18, 2012 The Canadian Press video Prime Minister Stephen Harper meets with local civil society and opposition leaders at the Francophone summit in...
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Epoch Times
| 7 months ago
October 20, 2012 In 1939, the United Kingdom's Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain was duped into claiming peace with Germany, while Winston Churchill despaired. Today, in 2012, Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper is similarly being duped and fails...
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Turks and Caicos Free Press
| 7 months ago
Canada said on Saturday it still invites foreign investment in natural resources despite its surprise rejection of a C$5.17 billion ($5.2 billion) takeover of Progress Energy Resources Corp by Malaysia's Petronas , a deal that had been expected to...
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Turks and Caicos Free Press
| 7 months ago
Canada signaled a tough line on control of its natural resources with its surprise rejection of a Malaysian bid for gas company Progress Energy Resources Corp. , putting concerns about state-owned firms above fears of damaging an already dented...
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The Globe & Mail
| 7 months ago
Canada's Finance Minister Jim Flaherty at at meeting of the Globe and Mail's editorial board on April 27, 2012. The Globe and Mail video video Prime Minister Stephen Harper meets with local civil society and opposition leaders at the Francophone...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 7 months ago
Canada has blocked Malaysian state oil firm Petronas's C$5.17 billion ($5.2 billion) bid for gas producer Progress Energy Resources, throwing the country's energy sector into turmoil. C$15.1 billion offer for oil producer Nexen and, longer term,...
