The NDP is calling for National Revenue Minister Gail Shea to defend cuts to the Canada Revenue Agency in the wake of leaked information that 450 Cana...

OTTAWA - A year's worth of budget cuts saw dozens of federal programs eliminated in 2012, but when it comes to paring down the deficit, it's not the f...

A retired top army commander who penned a controversial report on transforming the military is breaking his silence 18 months after retiring from the ...

OTTAWA - The commander of the Canadian Army told a Senate committee Monday there is no administrative fat to cut in his branch and that budget restrai...

OTTAWA - The Conservative caucus meets for the first time Monday since Parliament packed up for the summer, but the catching-up chatter won't all be a...

A famous research facility in Ontario that pioneered investigations into acid rain is the latest victim of federal budget cuts. ...

More than 1,000 workers with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, including 763 with the Canadian Coast Guard, received notices Thursd...

The federal government is expected to announce next week the closing of some of Canada’s consulates in the U.S. as well as domestic tra...

The most serious threat to our future is the climate crisis. A responsible government would be working to reduce fossil fuel dependence and maximize jobs in energy efficiency retrofits, conservation, and investments in renewable energy. This budget does not even mention climate change.

OTTAWA - Policy-makers have talked about business innovation endlessly — now the Harper government says it is determined to do something about it.Pr...

The federal government has sought to assure Canadians that their pensions are secure after Prime Minister Stephen Harper suggested last we...

OTTAWA - The Conservative government's move Tuesday to curtail debate on legislation creating a new pooled pension plan illustrated some of the potent...

A national research group says Atlantic Canada will lose a disproportionate number of jobs as the federal government cuts the civil servi...

OTTAWA - Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said Tuesday his upcoming budget will seek to address longer-term problems facing Canada, while protecting the ...

OTTAWA - The Conservative government's plan to slash spending on food safety could put Canadians at risk of another crisis like the deadly listeriosis...

The Conservative government is wrongheaded if it thinks general broad-based cuts will fix Canada’s economic woes, former Liberal prime minister Paul...

CALGARY - Finance Minister Jim Flaherty says the challenges of Canada's aging population are coming up repeatedly in his pre-budget consultations.Gove...

VANCOUVER - The federal government has increased spending every year for the last five years, but now Finance Minister Jim Flaherty says such spending...

OTTAWA - The Commons finance committee is calling for a review of both individual and corporate income taxes.The committee says the government should ...

OTTAWA - A review of the federal government's books shows some departments are beginning to come clean about the effect of budget freezes and cuts.And...