Prime Minister Stephen Harper confirmed last week that his minority Conservative government will address issues regarding foreign acquisitions of Canadian assets involving state-owned enterprises but also said the proposed takeover of PrimeWest Energy Trust by the Abu Dhabi National Energy Co, or TAQA, would be reviewed under existing rules, as set out in the Investment Canada Act. Read More

Having boxed Canada’s opposition parties into a choice between supporting his coming throne speech and forcing an election that will almost surely end with another minority Conservative government, Prime Minister Stephen Harper seems to have turned his skills as a political operator to the world stage and the debate over climate change. Read More

It’s prime time for 30-years-ago-today stories on both sides of the US-Canada border. Not since November 1976 had the loonie traded at parity with the greenback. Read More

Say what you will about the Canadian prime minister--and income trusts and their investors have many unkind words for him and his finance minister--but the guy is playing the game hard. And he’s playing it well. Read More

As widely anticipated by politics watchers north of the border, Prime Minister Stephen Harper last week extended Canada’s parliamentary vacation by a month, proroguing the current session... Read More

One noteworthy trend to emerge during the recently concluded earning reporting season was the prevalence of trusts booking one-time adjustments to earnings to reflect passage of the Tax Fairness Plan, the minority government’s proposal to place a 31.5 percent levy on distributions to unitholders... Read More