GOVERNMENT POLICY NEWS FROM ACROSS CANADA
Minister of Finance Announces Task Force to Review Payments System The Honourable Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance, today announced the launch of the Task Force for the Payments System Review to help guide the evolution of the payments system in Canada. “Today, Canadians can pay for things in a bewildering number of ways, even by [...]
Budget 2010 – Budget in Brief Canada has returned to economic growth following the deepest global economic recession since the 1930s. The global recovery, however, remains fragile. Budget 2010 aims to contribute to this recovery and sustain Canada’s economic advantage now and for the future. The budget plan has three broad aims. First, it confirms [...]
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL SECTOR REPORT RELEASED VICTORIA – A new report on British Columbia’s International Financial Activity (IFA) program recommends enhancements that would position Vancouver as a premier centre for international commerce and support jobs and expansion in the growing clean technology, green economy and digital media sectors, Finance Minister Colin Hansen announced today. “British Columbia’s [...]
The B.C. government is seeking public input on ways to strengthen the pension system and expand pension coverage for the majority of workers currently without occupational pension plans. Through this online pension consultation paper, British Columbians are being asked for their views on how to best address anticipated future shortfalls in Canada’s retirement income system. [...]
Bank of Canada releases Monetary Policy Report CANADA’S INFLATION-CONTROL STRATEGY Infl ation control and the economy Infl ation control is not an end in itself; it is the means whereby m • onetary policy contributes to solid economic performance. • Low, stable, and predictable infl ation allows the economy to function more effectively. This contributes [...]
Québec City, November 12, 2009 ? “Our government has undertaken to offer Québec investors better regulation of the financial sector and it is in this spirit that we are tabling today a bill that responds to numerous concerns raised, in particular, in the wake of the international financial crisis and recent financial scandals,” noted Finance [...]
