MARCH 27 (Reuters) – Below are the top stories from selected Canadian newspapers. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not guarantee their accuracy.
The Globe and the Mail
** British Columbia’s Liberal government has received more than 1,000 applications from first-time home buyers lured by new incentives under a program to improve housing affordability. tgam.ca/2mHntKM
** British Columbia’s Comptroller plans to meet soon with the minister responsible for government advertising to find out why the budget for such taxpayer-funded advertising often fluctuates sharply from year to year and only seems to increase years later before voters go to the polls. tgam.ca/2mHD6Sb
** Armed with a budget promising billions of dollars in spending on climate change, Environment Secretary Catherine McKenna travels to New York on Monday to attract investment to fund the country’s transition to a low-carbon economy. tgam.ca/2mHlXYK
NATIONAL MAIL
** The fight to build the Keystone XL oil pipeline is shifting from Washington DC to Nebraska after US President Donald Trump approved the controversial and long-delayed project on Friday. bit.ly/2mHzJLc
** BlackBerry Ltd CEO John Chen had “mixed feelings” about the deal to transfer employees to Ford Motor Co of Canada, according to new documents filed in a CA$20 million class action lawsuit (March 15, 2019). million US dollars) were submitted on behalf of 300 employees of the smartphone -to become a software company. bit.ly/2mHskeY
** Canadians should not assume that the lack of major tax hikes in the 2017 budget means no major changes are forthcoming, Treasury Secretary Bill Morneau said on Friday. bit.ly/2mHAjbP ($1 = 1.3345 Canadian dollars) (Reporting by Sai Sachin Ravikumar in Bengaluru)
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