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Manulife has rescinded a promotional offer it had been offering consumers of a record-low five-year mortgage rate after Finance Minister Jim Flaherty indicated his displeasure with the lender's decision. More...

Finance Minister Jim Flaherty meets with his provincial counterparts in Victoria, and the future of federal funding for health care and pensions is expected to dominate the discussions. More...

Finance Minister Jim Flaherty says the decision to delay approval of the Keystone XL pipeline may kill the project and could add momentum to efforts to open up the Asian market for Canadian oil. More...

Europe's debt problem will get harder and more expensive to solve unless European leaders act aggressively to deal with it, Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said on Monday. "The issues facing Europe won't get better, but more difficult to handle and more expensive if not addressed in a...

Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty says there will be no HST compensation deal for Quebec in his sixth budget, expected to be tabled in February or March. "No, I don't think we'll be there by then," he said in an interview with CBC Radio's The House, aired Saturday, when asked if his...

TORONTO – Canada's recovery from an economic recession is not yet fully secured and the government must continue spending on projects to stimulate growth, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said on Friday. "Canada's economy is still fragile and uncertain. The global economic crisis is affecting...

Canada's recovery from an economic recession is not yet fully secured and the government must continue spending on projects to stimulate growth, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said on Friday. "Canada's economy is still fragile and uncertain. The global economic crisis is affecting every part of...

OTTAWA (Reuters) – Finance Minister Jim Flaherty sounded an upbeat note on the North American and global economies on Wednesday, saying he detected small signs of encouragement amid all the uncertainty. Flaherty also said Canadian bond and capital markets were improving and that the United...

Flaherty downplays severity of recession -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LONDON (Reuters) – Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty played down concerns about the depth of the country's recession Friday, saying Canadians have survived worse...