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CTV News
22-07-2025
- Business
- CTV News
Saskatchewan announces trade-related memorandums of understanding with Manitoba, PEI
Premier of Saskatchewan Scott Moe speaks to media following the First Minister's Meeting in Saskatoon, Sask., Monday, June 2, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Liam Richards Saskatchewan has now added two more provinces to its list of improved interprovincial trade partners, as leaders from across Canada continue to move toward more integration in the face of U.S. tariffs. Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe signed Memorandums of Understanding (MOU) with his opposite numbers in Prince Edward Island and Manitoba on Monday. The agreements include a framework for direct-to-consumer alcohol sales between the provinces, in addition to measures aimed at boosting interprovincial labour mobility and investment while strengthening public safety and maintaining Crown corporations. A similar MOU was signed between Saskatchewan and Ontario prior to the first ministers meeting in Saskatoon in early June. The total value of interprovincial trade between Saskatchewan and PEI was $44.25 million in 2021 – while trade with Manitoba totalled $6 billion. The announcements come as provincial premiers gathered for three days of meetings in Muskoka, Ont. and just days after Moe called on all provincial leaders to join the New West Partnership. 'You see numerous memorandum of understandings being signed, various pieces of legislation building on, not only the Canadian Free Trade Agreement that we have and some of the exemptions that are being removed, but maybe a discussion today about moving forward with a little bit more expansive agreement,' Moe said told reporters, referring to his New West Partnership pitch. 'These are all steps. They're steps in the right direction. We need to have free and open trade between our provinces.'
CTV News
17-07-2025
- Business
- CTV News
Federal government directs National Gallery, Crown corporations to develop savings plans
The National Capital Commission, the National Gallery of Canada and other federally funded institutions are being directed to developing savings plans, as part of the Liberal government's quest to find $25 billion in savings over the next three years. Last week, Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne and Treasury Board President Shafqat Ali issued letters to cabinet, directing ministers to identify savings of up to 15 per cent in all federal departments. The government says while statutory transfer payments to provinces, territories and individuals will be maintained, 'most other government spending will be included in the review.' The Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat confirmed to CTV News Ottawa on Thursday that Crown corporations are 'subject to this exercise' for finding savings. 'Individual organizations are responsible for developing proposals for how best to meet their savings targets. No decisions on any savings proposals have been taken yet,' the decision said. The National Capital Commission, which oversees federal lands and is the principal steward of nationally significant public places, confirms to CTV News it falls under the federal government's comprehensive expenditure review. 'As the saving proposals haven't yet been developed, it is too early to offer any prediction on the potential impact on NCC programs and services,' the NCC said. Crown corporations include the CBC, Bank of Canada, Export Development Canada and federal museums. The National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa says it has been asked to develop proposals to identify potential savings of 15 per cent over the next three years. 'Over the coming weeks, the Gallery will work with government to identify areas for potential savings with the goal of limiting their impacts on our operations and mandate,' a spokesperson for the National Gallery said. The Parole Board of Canada says it has been asked to bring forward savings proposals. 'The PBC is currently in the process of developing its savings proposals, in line with the government's directive, and is committed to doing so in a way that preserves the delivery of the Board's core mandated programs and operations,' a spokesperson for the Parole Board of Canada said in a statement. 'Approved savings amounts will be presented in the Government's 2026-27 Main Estimates.' Federally appointed organizations are also required to find budget savings, but several departments have been exempted, including agents of Parliament, Courts Administration Service, and the Office of the Registrar of the Supreme Court of Canada. A lower savings target of two per cent has been set for the Department of National Defence, the Canada Border Services Agency, and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. With files from CTV News Stephanie Ha and CTV News Ottawa's Dylan Dyson
Globe and Mail
26-05-2025
- Business
- Globe and Mail
Manitoba NDP wants interprovincial trade bill passed before summer break
Manitoba's governing New Democrats are hoping to rush a bill on interprovincial trade through the legislature before the summer break, but the Opposition Progressive Conservatives are not yet agreeing. The bill, introduced last week, would remove trade barriers for some goods and services between Manitoba and other jurisdictions with similar laws. There are exceptions to the Manitoba bill, such as goods and services provided by Crown corporations. NDP house leader Nahanni Fontaine asked the Tories to agree to pass the bill immediately – a move that would bypass public hearings that are normally mandatory for all non-budget bills. Tory house leader Derek Johnson says the NDP seem to be in a rush now after voting against an earlier private member's bill from the Tories that did not exempt Crown corporations. Fontaine says fast action is needed because of tariffs imposed by the United States, and Johnson says the Tories are willing to consider the idea if the NDP agrees to also pass some Tory bills. The legislature is scheduled to break for the summer next Monday and not resume until Oct. 1.
