Amid increasing scrutiny on the use of Canada’s temporary foreign worker program, the total dollar amount of fines imposed on employers who are found to violate the terms of the program has risen dramatically. 

However, some observers think changes to monitoring and enforcement of the program are still required.

Budget season for Canada has kicked off with three provinces already posting steep deficits, a trend economists say is the result of several factors impacting every part of the country.

The powerful U.S. agriculture industry is throwing its weight behind the Canada-U.S.-Mexico trade agreement, urging the Trump administration to consider the deal's economic benefits to rural America before making any moves to rip it up.

Some 40 organizations representing farmers, ranchers, food producers and processors have launched what they call the Agricultural Coalition for USMCA, the American acronym for the three-way trade deal known in Canada as CUSMA.

A new type of employee ownership comes at a time when the country is facing a wave of baby boomer entrepreneurs nearing retirement and an increased focus on strengthening the national economy in the face of a trade war with the U.S.

Different types of employee ownership have existed in Canada for decades, but in 2024, the federal government amended the Income Tax Act to introduce a new option called an employee ownership trust (EOT).

Telecom giant Bell Canada plans to build an "AI data centre campus" south of Regina, according to documents filed with the Rural Municipality of Sherwood.

The documents filed with the RM of Sherwood propose rezoning a parcel of land measuring approximately 160 acres (65 hectares).