Provinces have been protesting the large volume of work and heavy costs they say the Trudeau government has piled on them in its rush to legalize recreational cannabis across Canada by next year.

Hourly wages expanded by 0.7 per cent in April, the slowest year−over−year growth since the federal agency started collecting that data in January 1997.

It didn't take long for Donald Trump's new tariffs on softwood lumber to echo in Ontario's Madawaska Valley — a forestry-dependent area almost exactly 1,000 kilometres due north of the U.S. capital.

The Bank of Canada is leaving its trend-setting interest rate unchanged because it believes the economy has yet to show it can stick to the higher growth trajectory.

The Trudeau government tabled legislation Tuesday which, once passed, will give the parliamentary budget officer expanded powers but also impose new restrictions.

In his search for common ground with the new U.S. administration, Finance Minister Bill Morneau has been drawing parallels between the underlying forces that elected Justin Trudeau and Donald Trump.

Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz on March 28, 2017 makes a case for a policy mix frequently promoted by the federal government, an openness to more foreign investment, immigration and free trade.

A Trudeau cabinet minister entrusted with bringing high-level talent to Canada hopes new budgetary measures will help his determined efforts to recruit brains from abroad.

The Trudeau government is introducing the second budget of its mandate on Wednesday, March 22, 2017.

A U.K.-based economist known for advocating a prominent role for the state in fostering modern, high-tech growth is expected to leave her mark on Wednesday's federal budget.