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| Fight brewing over securities watchdog plan
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KAREN HOWLETT AND JANET McFARLAND
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Thursday, July 15, 2010
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The federal government is bracing for a showdown in the Supreme Court of Canada, where it will square off against three provinces staunchly opposed to its plans to create a national securities regulator.
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| Proposal to scatter regulator offices 'huge step backward'
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JANET McFARLAND AND KAREN HOWLETT
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Wednesday, July 14, 2010
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A controversial proposal to create a new national securities regulator without a head office simply replaces one patchwork system with another, critics of the plan say.The proposed Canadian Securities Regulatory Authority would rely on a diffuse group of regional offices to oversee the country's securities markets, much like the current group of provincial regulators that has long been criticized as splintered and often ineffective.
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| A BITTER PILL
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MARINA STRAUSS, GRANT ROBERTSON AND KAREN HOWLETT
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Saturday, April 17, 2010
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The pharmacy at Lovell Drugs in Oshawa, Ont., is a beehive of activity on a weekday morning. No bigger than a studio apartment, there are seven people behind the counter working in tight quarters, meting out pills.
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| Ontario insists regulator HQ be in Toronto
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KAREN HOWLETT AND JANET McFARLAND
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Thursday, March 11, 2010
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Ontario is bracing for a showdown with the federal government over the province's insistence that the head office for a proposed national securities regulator must be in Toronto, home to Canada's major industry players.
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| Loblaw to tap Ontario program with solar panels
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KAREN HOWLETT
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010
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Canada's largest supermarket chain plans to install rooftop solar panels on many of its Loblaws stores in Ontario, becoming one of the first companies to jump aboard the province's new renewable-energy program.
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| Ottawa tries to sidestep legal challenges
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KAREN HOWLETT, JANET MCFARLAND and RHÉAL SÉGUIN
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Saturday, December 19, 2009
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The federal government plans to turn up the heat on its constitutional showdown with Quebec by asking the courts to toss out the province's legal challenge to a proposed national securities regulator.
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| Ontario eyes sale of asset pool
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ANDREW WILLIS AND KAREN HOWLETT
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Thursday, December 17, 2009
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Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty faces a multibillion-dollar tradeoff as he contemplates selling iconic Crown corporations: The most politically palatable options don't make the most money for the cash-strapped province.
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| Alberta to join Quebec in single-watchdog fight
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KAREN HOWLETT AND RHÉAL SÉGUIN
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Saturday, December 12, 2009
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The national power struggle over who polices Canada's securities markets is coming to a boil as Alberta moves to side with a Quebec legal challenge. Government officials in Ontario fear it's all part of a plan to pressure Ottawa to base its proposed national securities regulator outside Toronto, the country's financial capital.
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| Ontario unveils pension reforms
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JANET MCFARLAND AND KAREN HOWLETT
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Thursday, December 10, 2009
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The Ontario government has unveiled a package of technical changes for pension plans, but has deferred decisions about many high-profile areas of reform, including proposals to create a new supplementary pension system.
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| Ontario deals blow to fund industry
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SHIRLEY WON AND KAREN HOWLETT
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Friday, November 13, 2009
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The Ontario government has refused to exempt mutual funds from its new harmonized sales tax, but the industry is now jockeying for other measures to try to shelter investors from paying an extra levy on retirement savings.
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| Ontario targets pension reform
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JANET McFARLAND AND KAREN HOWLETT
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Thursday, October 29, 2009
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Ontario is jumping on a growing pension-reform bandwagon, pledging to introduce measures next month to enhance protection for employee plans on the heels of federal moves to modernize pension rules.
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| Fund industry set for battle over sales tax
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KAREN HOWLETT AND SHIRLEY WON
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Tuesday, September 15, 2009
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The mutual fund industry is pressing the Ontario, B.C. and federal governments to tax funds fairly when they harmonize provincial sales taxes with the GST, warning them against siphoning off retirement savings from consumers.
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| Ontario looks to jolt electric car market
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KAREN HOWLETT AND GREG KEENAN
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Wednesday, July 15, 2009
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The Ontario government will help take the sting out of buying pricey electric cars by offering purchasers incentives of as much as $10,000, Premier Dalton McGuinty is expected to announce today.
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| GM plans North American-built subcompact
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SHAWN McCARTHY AND KAREN HOWLETT
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Saturday, May 30, 2009
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General Motors Corp. GM-N has committed to build a new subcompact car in North America, as it prepares to announce a restructuring plan Monday that would include massive loans from Canadian and U.S. governments and a filing for bankruptcy protection.
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| GM-UAW deal puts pressure on Canadian counterparts
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SHAWN McCARTHY AND KAREN HOWLETT
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Friday, May 22, 2009
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General Motors of Canada Ltd. finds itself isolated from its American parent after the Detroit-based auto maker concluded a cost-cutting deal with its United Auto Workers union, increasing the likelihood of a U.S. government bailout.
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| Auto crisis ripples through dealerships
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GREG KEENAN AND KAREN HOWLETT
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Saturday, May 16, 2009
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The auto industry crisis is spreading well beyond the Ontario and midwestern U.S. manufacturing centres to smaller communities throughout North America, as two of the biggest car makers slash their vast dealer networks.
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| Pension deficit threatens GM's viability
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SHAWN McCARTHY AND KAREN HOWLETT AND GREG KEENAN
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Wednesday, May 13, 2009
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General Motors of Canada Ltd. faces a pension shortfall of more than $7-billion, a gap that poses a major obstacle to a cost-cutting deal with the Canadian Auto Workers union, and a political challenge for Ottawa and Ontario.
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| Ottawa to GM: Cut costs or be cut off
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GREG KEENAN, KAREN HOWLETT AND SHAWN McCARTHY
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Friday, May 08, 2009
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The federal and Ontario governments have ordered the Canadian Auto Workers to make further cuts in labour costs at General Motors of Canada Ltd. - including addressing the deficit in the company's pension funds - or they will cut off financial support, leaving few options but liquidation.
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| THE WAR OVER CHRYLSER
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SHAWN McCARTHY, KAREN HOWLETT AND JACQUIE McNISH
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Friday, May 01, 2009
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On a gloomy Friday afternoon in December, Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty paid an hour-long visit to Prime Minister Stephen Harper in his office near Parliament Hill.His goal: To hammer out a joint approach to rescuing Canada's beleaguered auto industry.
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| CAW gives ground in attempt to save Chrysler
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GREG KEENAN, JACQUIE McNISH, SHAWN McCARTHY AND KAREN HOWLETT
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Saturday, April 25, 2009
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The Canadian Auto Workers union has surrendered years of hard-won gains to keep the operations of Chrysler Canada Inc. from being liquidated in a likely bankruptcy protection filing by the troubled auto maker.
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| CAW makes key concessions to Chrysler
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GREG KEENAN, JACQUIE MCNISH, SHAWN McCARTHY AND KAREN HOWLETT
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Saturday, April 25, 2009
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Chrysler LLC nailed down a key piece of its survival plan in Canada yesterday, but the critical issue of a tax dispute with the federal government still hangs over the troubled auto maker.
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| CAW to Chrysler: No more concessions in bankruptcy
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GREG KEENAN AND KAREN HOWLETT AND SHAWN McCARTHY
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Friday, April 24, 2009
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Forced to make concessions twice in less than a year to Chrysler Canada Inc., the Canadian Auto Workers union is seeking a guarantee that its members won't be targeted again if the company seeks bankruptcy protection.
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