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Stephen Harper’s government will examine a broad pool of candidates to replace Mark Carney as Bank of Canada Governor, and won’t let a tight timeframe deter it from looking beyond internal candidates such as Senior Deputy Governor Tiff Macklem, according to a person with knowledge of the process.
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Canada must end its decade-long “era” of tax cuts in order to preserve the effectiveness of the federal government, said John McCallum, the opposition Liberal Party’s main economic spokesman.
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Statistics Canada sends at least 69 government workers and political aides economic reports a day before publication, a practice that investors say undermines market confidence.
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Canadian opposition parties are pushing for hearings into Statistics Canada’s practice of releasing economic reports a day before publication to at least 69 government workers and political aides.
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Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his cabinet are wrestling with how to handle the proposed takeover of Calgary-based Nexen Inc. by China’s Cnooc Ltd. as some investors anticipate Canada will block the bid.
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Canada’s sagging economic recovery means Prime Minister Stephen Harper should ready an extension of stimulus measures, lawmakers from the three opposition parties said.
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Export Development Canada, the country’s export-financing arm, wants Prime Minister Stephen Harper ’s government to make permanent the agency’s temporary powers to support domestic lending, its chief executive said.
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Canada’s parliamentary budget officer, Kevin Page , who’s clashed with Prime Minister Stephen Harper over fiscal forecasts and said his office needs more independence, won’t seek an extension of his five-year mandate when it expires in 2013.
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