The Canada Energy Regulator has approved a toll agreement that lets major oil shippers on the publicly owned Trans Mountain pipeline pay about 10% less per barrel than originally planned, Canada’s National Observer reported.
The federal government plans to turn the year-old Defence Investment Agency into a Crown corporation so it can buy military equipment faster, two federal sources told CBC News on Monday.
The sovereigntist Parti Québécois (PQ) is projected to form Quebec’s next government after Monday’s provincial election, ending eight years of Coalition Avenir Québec rule. On election night it was not yet clear whether the PQ would have a majority.
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