Thomas Mulcair

Flaherty Holds Spending to Return Canada to 2015 Balance

Finance Minister Jim Flaherty safeguarded Canada’s status as the only Group of Seven country with a stable top credit rating after releasing a fiscal plan that eliminates the country’s deficit in two years.

Flaherty Holds Spending to Return Canada to 2015 Balance

Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty plans to eliminate the country’s deficit before the next election in 2015 by limiting spending growth to the slowest pace since the 1990s and banking on an accelerated recovery.

Redford Says Canada Keystone Opposition Dogmatic

Comments questioning TransCanada Corp.’s Keystone XL Pipeline Project by members of the federal opposition New Democratic Party are “dangerously dogmatic,” Alberta Premier Alison Redford said today.

Canada’s Mulcair Says Oil Companies Would Gain From NDP Victory

Thomas Mulcair, leader of Canada’s main opposition party, said oil companies hoping to build infrastructure needed to reach export markets would have more success if his party were in power.

Canada’s Mulcair Says NDP Would Raise Business Tax Rate

Canada’s New Democratic Party would increase corporate income tax rates if it won power to invest in social programs while keeping sales and personal income taxes unchanged, its leader said.

Canada Opposition Head Mulcair Wants New Democrat Changes

Canada’s main opposition New Democratic Party will change its policies to broaden its appeal, new head Thomas Mulcair pledged after winning the party’s leadership.

NDP's Mulcair Says Canada Should Support G-7 Tax on Financial Transactions

Thomas Mulcair, deputy leader of Canada’s opposition New Democratic Party, said Finance Minister Jim Flaherty should support efforts by some of his Group of Seven peers to tax the financial system, particularly the idea of a levy on financial transactions.

Mulcair Says He May Run to Succeed Layton as Canada Opposition NDP Leader

Thomas Mulcair, deputy leader of Canada’s New Democratic Party, said he may run for the party’s top job, which became vacant after the death of Jack Layton.

Canada’s New Democrats Elect Thomas Mulcair as New Leader

Canada’s main opposition New Democratic Party elected Thomas Mulcair, a lawmaker from the French-speaking province of Quebec, as their new leader at a convention in Toronto.

Osborne’s Surprise ‘Maple Syrup’ Choice Can Only Win Praise

George Osborne sprang a surprise with his choice of Mark Carney as Bank of England governor yesterday. He got a surprise of his own a few minutes later when Labour’s Ed Balls had only praise for the chancellor’s decision.

"Stephen Harper and Jim Flaherty have consistently gotten it wrong with regard to their budget predictions."

- Thomas Mulcair on Mar 21, 2013

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Asian Stocks Slip on World Bank as Kiwi Drops; Yen Gains

Yen Surges Past 95 Per Dollar to 2-Month High on Japan Flow Data

Hong Kong to Handle NSA Leaker Extradition Based on Law

Sony Outduels Microsoft in First PS4-Xbox One Skirmish

Metacapital in Worst Slide as Bloodbath Roils Funds