Ed Clark, who serves as business adviser to the premier, also argues the province's economy is 'going to have to make some critical shifts' ...
Category: Government Finance and the Economy
Four projects short-listed for Ontario’s first social impact bonds
SIBs have been on the radar of Queen's Park for years and the government is slowly getting to the stage of signing contracts with private investors to fund the projects ...
EDC predicts stronger Ontario exports due to weaker Canadian dollar, stronger U.S. demand
Export Development Canada also credits lower oil prices for its rosy forecast, saying Ontario exports will grow by 11 per cent in 2015, led by the automotive and manufacturing sectors ...
Seen: CPP assets rise to $272.9 billion
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Barrick sells non-core Nevada mines for US$720 million
Barrick strikes deals to sell Nevada mines, including to Toronto miner Kinross Gold, as it continues to pay down debt. ...
Heard: Algoma Central buys three new ocean-going ships
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Beer Store owners announce ‘game-changing’ deals
AB InBev is in line to buy SABMiller in a $142-billion merger. In a related deal, Molson Coors is buying up all of MillerCoors. ...
Heard: Thomson Reuters selling intellectual property and science business
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Steelworkers want federal, provincial help for battered industry
In letter to Justin Trudeau, union leader asks: 'Will this government continue its predecessor's record of neglecting our industrial and manufacturing base, or will it take meaningful action ...?' ...
Province quietly goes through with beer tax hike
A spokesperson for Finance Minister Charles Sousa says the new charge will work out to an extra penny per bottle of beer through 2018 ...