QUEBEC -- The Quebec government has formally requested to be excluded from the new federal skills-training program. The province's pro-independence government is particularly livid about the budget, and has held two news conferences 18 hours apart in order to blast it. It stresses that labour...

OTTAWA -- The federal budget has endorsed a major report that urged the government to use the hundreds of billions of dollars of projected military spending to a job-creation strategy for the Canadian defence industry. The Public Works Department commissioned the report by Tom Jenkins, chairman of...

Bombardier says it is positioned to nearly double its annual revenues over the next five years and generate enough cash to boost its dividend and restore its investment grade credit rating, the transportation giant told an investors conference in New York on Thursday. The Montreal-based maker of...

A new ISO (International Organization for Standardization) has been published that calculates the carbon dioxide emissions from iron and steel production. The standard is based on the CO2 data collection methodology that has been used for the past five years in the industry. The data used in the...

TORONTO -- The CAW is calling on federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty to focus on job creation, not more spending cutbacks in his 2013 budget, to be unveiled tomorrow. "Canada's public debt is small, relative to past history and to the debt problems faced in other regions, such as...

OTTAWA -- Finance Minister Jim Flaherty is signalling he'll concentrate on skills training, infrastructure and the battered manufacturing sector in Thursday's budget. The finance minister outlines the three priorities in a letter to the Conservative caucus, but offers few specifics. The letter is...

OAKVILLE, Ont. – Siemens Canada has been awarded an order by Samsung Renewable Energy Inc. and Pattern Energy Group LP to supply 124 wind turbines in the Chatham-Kent municipality in southern Ontario. The investments in the project are expected to top $100 million, and the turbines will be...

TORONTO – A recent survey commissioned by the Canadian Welding Bureau (CWB) suggests that almost all Canadians believe construction work, including welding contractors and steel fabricators, should be overseen by a national organization and held to a national standard. The survey, which took...