As the last week of the election campaign wound down, both Conservative leader Stephen Harper and Prime Minister Paul Martin found themselves doing damage control.Harper stepped into the first serious miscue in the campaign by wandering off message and taking a stroll back into Reform party policy by proclaiming that some Liberal-appointed judges are practising […]
As part of our coverage of the federal election, Investment Executive profiles candidates who are working or who have worked in the financial services industry.Here we look at Peter Conroy, Conservative candidate in the Ontario riding of Beaches-East York.Peter Conroy, the Conservative candidate for the Beaches-East York riding in Toronto, wants to see the federal […]
As part of our federal election coverage, Investment Executive explores the positions of the major federal political parties on the top issues affecting the financial services industry.Here we look at where the parties stand on debt reduction:Producing balanced budgets every year and reducing debt are high on the to-do lists of the Conservatives and Liberals […]
The Green Party of Canada’s economic platform is heavily tilted toward environmental sustainability, but that’s not the party’s sole focus in the economic realm. It promises to maintain balanced budgets and aim for surpluses to continue paying down the country’s debt.In addition, the Green party has taken strong a position on many of the economic […]
Candidate profile: Eric Steedman
As part of our federal election coverage, Investment Executive explores the positions of the major federal political parties on the top issues affecting the financial services industry.Here we look at where the parties stand on tax policy:The development of a national securities commission is hardly a hot election issue because most seem to be in […]
As part of our federal election coverage, Investment Executive explores the positions of the major federal political parties on the top issues affecting the financial services industry.Here we look at where the parties stand on tax policy:Both the Liberals and the Conservatives are promising tax cuts, although their promises differ in the targets and the […]
The federal election may still be a week away, but the media appear to have virtually declared Stephen Harper and his Conservatives the winners.Weekend papers and TV programming were filled with items about who Harper really is, the transition process and who may be in cabinet with far less attention on Paul Martin and the […]
As part of our coverage of the federal election, Investment Executive profiles candidates who are working or who have worked in the financial services industry.Here we look at Brian Pallister, Conservative candidate in the Manitoba riding of Portage-Lisgar.Even though Brian Pallister is running in what is generally thought to be a safe riding for the […]
As part of our federal election coverage, Investment Executive explores the positions of the major federal political parties on the top issues affecting the financial services industry.Here we look at where the parties stand on improving retirement security for Canadians:Despite the importance of retirement security in a country that’s on the cusp of a rapid […]
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