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SNC-Lavalin said it is ‘appalled and surprised’ by Chilean miner’s decision to cancel contract — even though it had been warning shareholders about its trouble for months. Divisions are apparent in the NDP-Green alliance in B.C. after Premier John Horgan unveiled plans to spur LNG investments in the province. And Canada’s cannabis supremacy may be short-lived if a new rule that would open the U.S. banking sector to cannabis companies is passed.
Here’s what’s breaking this morning:
- SNC dealt another blow with copper mine project cancellation
- SNC-Lavalin backtracks on CEO’s comments surrounding potential job losses
- B.C. brings in tax credit to help spur liquefied natural gas investment
- Freeland says tariffs raise ‘serious questions’ about NAFTA after meetings in DC
- Mangrove plans to nominate five ‘dissident’ candidates to TransAlta board
- Methanex investor M&G plans to nominate four board directors
- New Democrats would bring in $25 daycare if re-elected: Notley
- Brexit hardliner Jacob Rees-Mogg willing to back Theresa May’s Brexit deal
- Apple unveils paid news subscription, television and movie streaming service in major strategy shift
- Canadian oilfield services companies are now making more money south of the border than at home
- China suspends clearance of Canadian canola from Viterra from March 26 – customs
- Recession obsession keeps global markets subdued
- Brits pretend they’re sick of Brexit, but the truth is they’re obsessed with it
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U.S. bill that aims to open financial system to cannabis companies could be bad news for Canada’s pot sector
- Onex deal for Gluskin Sheff shows high-net-worth clients still in high demand
- Cancelled asset sales, fewer financings make oil and gas deals ‘a grind’
- If you think cheating at universities is just an American problem, you’re wrong
- The media needs to do better: Inflaming the glyphosate debate doesn’t help anyone
- When it comes to your family budget, don’t follow Ottawa’s example and pile on the debt
- A legal analysis of the roads forward for SNC-Lavalin
- Colby Cosh: More Alberta NDP campaign stunts and Kenney Konspiracies
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Nova Scotia government unveils its budget in Halifax
- Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale delivers a keynote address to the Regina and District Chamber of Commerce on “Sustaining a Strong Economy in a Tough, Uncertain World”
- Finance Minister Bill Morneau discusses the 2019 federal budget at an event in Vancouver
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Notable earnings: Cronos Group Inc., AGT Food and Ingredients Inc.
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— With files from The Canadian Press, Thomson Reuters and Bloomberg