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Parliamentary Budget Officer Annette Ryan warned that government borrowing is on track to grow more quickly than the country's deficit and that Ottawa's accounting "obscures" the true scale of debt. Federal deficits are projected to be $3-billion higher per year over the next four years compared with the PBO's June forecast. Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne will release the federal government's 2026 budget on Nov. 5.
Canada's annual inflation rate rose to 3.1 per cent in September, with the acceleration led by a 27.8 per cent spike in gasoline prices, though economists noted easing core inflation. The report "suggests that there is little rush and policymakers can take more time to assess" trade impacts before raising rates, one economist said, keeping a hold the likely near-term call.
In a demand letter sent to Ohio-based Cleveland-Cliffs, Industry Minister Mélanie Joly said the company is violating its commitments under the Investment Canada Act and has 15 days to resolve the issue. Joly indicated that if the government proceeds with legal action, it would seek monetary penalties and could direct the company to divest from Stelco.
Canada's measles outbreak that lost the country its global elimination status is officially over after two years, with more than 6,400 cases reported during that time since starting in October 2024.
Health Canada data show 6.1 per cent of tests detected influenza for the week ending Oct. 17, compared with just 0.8 per cent for the same week in 2025, meaning this year's season started weeks ahead of schedule. B.C. has been hit particularly hard early, with positivity rates between 10 and 15 per cent seen as early as late-September.
Markham, Ont.-based NordSpace announced it signed a 10-year, $20-million CAD facility-access agreement with the Department of National Defence, giving DND priority access to the rocket launch pad at the Atlantic Spaceport Complex under construction in St. Lawrence, Newfoundland and Labrador. The deal pushes Canada toward independent, sovereign rocket-launch capability.
The new Espace Riopelle–Michael Audain Pavilion, attached to the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, is the only significant public institution in Canada devoted to a single artist. The three-storey building covers more than 5,600 square metres, the largest space devoted entirely to one Canadian artist, and cost C$84 million.
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