Well, the government didn't fall, but that doesn't mean Michael Ignatieff isn't going to start campaigning — it is only a matter of time until the opposition parties pull the plug on the Conservatives. On Monday, the Liberal leader will be speaking to guests at the Toronto Board of Trade. ...

So, is the recession over or not? If you're asking the Conservative government that question then don't expect a straight answer. A few days after Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney declared the recession over, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said that wasn't the case. "I think the direction's important. There ...

It's the question everyone wants answered: when will the recession end? Yesterday, the Bank of Canada's governor responded to all those wondering when the downturn (or financial crisis, or Great Recession or almost-but-not-quite depression) will be over. And his answer? Today!

If you hadn't heard, June 11, 2009 was economic update day! Speaking to a crowd in Cambridge, Ont. earlier this morning Stephen Harper outlined just how the Conservatives were handling the economy. Judging by all the exclamation marks littered throughout the text of his speech, I'd say he thinks they're ...

Calling for Jim Flaherty's head seems to be becoming something of a regional pastime up Ottawa way, and I guess you can't fault the Opposition for seizing what they see as an opportunity.

There are plenty of factors that will determine whether or not this recession is turning around, but one of the more important indicators for economists, and especially politicians, is consumer confidence. Basically, if consumers think things are getting better they'll start spending, they might invest and, perhaps most importantly, that ...

Canada has just racked up its biggest monthly job loss in a generation and the commercial real estate market in the U.S. is slipping closer to meltdown stage as the winter of our economic discontent drags on. And to make themselves look busy on the recession file, it seems Canadian   politicians ...

Let’s hope all of this doom and gloom means we’re at some kind of market bottom. The Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants and the Royal Bank of Canada have just released a major report that finds senior level chartered accountants in this country are feeling about as down as you can ...

Beijing, 11 p.m. The first full day of the trade mission is wrapping up with a 500-person gala banquet at the Kerry Center Hotel's glittering ballroom, under massive, sparkling chandeliers shaped like inverted pyramids. At the head table: the four premiers of Ontario, Manitoba, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island, as ...