OTTAWA — Liberal MP Doug Eyolfson moved to adjourn a health committee meeting on Tuesday, without agreeing to a motion to bring Health Minister Marjorie Michel to testify on the failed federal e-prescribing program PrescribeIT. Read More

OTTAWA — Parliamentary Budget Officer Annette Ryan says key details are missing from the federal government’s spending plans and its comprehensive expenditure review. Read More

OTTAWA — Liberal members of the House of Commons committee on health did not provide an explanation on Wednesday for why they moved debate behind closed doors during a meeting on Tuesday. Read More

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney’s spring fiscal update showed a smaller than projected budget shortfall of $66.9 billion for the fiscal year that just ended, thanks to a Canadian economy that performed stronger than expected and increased personal and corporate income tax revenues. Read More

OTTAWA — Fiscal analysts expect the federal deficit in Tuesday’s spring economic update to be less than what was initially projected, thanks to higher revenues and revised GDP figures. Read More

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney announced the creation of a sovereign wealth fund one day ahead of his government’s spring fiscal update, with an initial endowment of $25 billion. Read More

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney took aim at the U.S. administration’s list of trade irritants heading into the review of the Canada-United-States-Mexico-Agreement (CUSMA), noting Canada has a few of its own. Read More