Feds
Feds won't stand in the way of Alberta's fall referendum, stress common immigration goals
OTTAWA — Federal officials say they won’t stand in the way of Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s plan to put a number of constitutional and immigration-related questions to a referendum...
Canada will not get new special envoys for combatting antisemitism, Islamophobia. Instead, feds announce advisory council
Despite a plea from a Canadian Jewish advocacy group, the Carney government will not be appointing a new special envoy to tackle antisemitism. Neither will it have an Islamophobia...
Warsh’s return revives tensions over the fed’s US$6.6 trillion QE hangover
[NEW YORK] For much of the time that US President Donald Trump was mulling his potential choice for the next chair of the Federal Reserve, the debate in markets...
Fed’s first meeting of 2026 likely to be dominated by threats to central bank’s independence
ALL eyes are on what US Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell will say and do this week. While he is unlikely to change policy at the end of the...
'The deadlines are real': Feds launch firearms 'buyback' with March deadline for compensation
OTTAWA — Starting Monday, gun owners will have until the end of March to declare their intention to participate in the federal program compensating individuals for turning over one...
Fed’s Barkin says central bank independence means better economic outcomes
RICHMOND Federal Reserve President Tom Barkin on Tuesday declined to comment on “stuff that’s been in the news,” a reference to the Trump administration’s threat of indictment against Fed...
Global central bankers defend Fed’s Powell after Trump threat
Central bankers fear that political influence over the Fed would erode trust in the bank’s commitment to its inflation target[FRANKFURT] Central Bank chiefs from around the world lined up...
Alberta minister calls on feds to crack down on foreign trucking scams
OTTAWA — An Alberta cabinet minister is calling on the federal government to clamp down on immigration abuses in the commercial trucking sector, warning that inaction is putting lives...
