Karina Roman

Attawapiskat First Nation’s audited consolidated financial statements contain a clerical error that was not caught by the band, federal government or the auditor hired to assess the statements. The band’s finances have been under public scrutiny since its housing crisis hit the headlines in 2011.

Canada’s largest federal public sector union is taking the federal government to court over provisions in last fall’s omnibus budget legislation that limit strikes by federal workers deemed by the government to provide essential services.

A year after the release of a scathing auditor general’s report on problems at Canada Revenue Agency’s call centres, the agency’s promised new phone system is being delayed — and critics are warning that, even when it’s up and running, it won’t be the silver bullet the government is promising.

A national standards association is calling for profound changes to the way Canada’s long-term care facilities are run after the pandemic exposed serious weaknesses that contributed to thousands of deaths.

Promised new national standards for long-term care homes in Canada have now been published — part of Ottawa’s attempt to avoid a repeat of the alarming death tolls in long-term care homes that marked the early phase of the pandemic.

Sources say the 2023 federal budget, set to be unveiled March 28, will focus on three main priorities: affordability measures, investments in the clean industrial economy and the new money promised to provinces for health care.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland will announce billions of dollars in loans and other incentives for housing construction, CBC News has learned.

Economists and experts say they’re expecting the federal government to raise taxes in Tuesday’s budget to help offset billions of dollars in new spending already promised in the pre-budget announcements that have been landing almost daily since the end of March.

The Liberal government plans to force the Conservatives to vote this coming week on changes to the country’s capital gains tax regime set to go into effect on June 25.

Canada has set ambitious post-pandemic tourism targets and has a new strategy to meet those goals, but experts say geopolitical challenges, cost of travel in the country and climate change will make those goals difficult to achieve.