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The embattled federal cleantech agency will be folded into the National Research Council following a damning report from the Auditor-General

Sustainable Development Technology Canada has been at the centre of allegations of financial mismanagement and governance lapses

The federal government has also appointed new positions to lead the agency through the upcoming transition.

Beyond the talk about "corporate welfare," there is a smarter debate to be had about what constitutes good industrial policy or bad industrial policy.

Whos really got Ottawas ear? Paid consultants are everywhere in Ottawa. This so-called shadow public service offers expert analysis at a pretty penny—and never has to worry about pesky accountability (Photo illustration by Liz Sullivan and Drew Maynard) Last May, in what we now know was merely the opening chapter of the pandemic, Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED) posted one of the high-level help wanted ads that regularly go up on the federal government’s procurement web...

Article content It was report card day for Ottawa on Tuesday, as the International Monetary Fund released its appraisal of the federal government’s economic stewardship during the COVID-19 crisis. A team of IMF economists are regular visitors to Canada to offer a critical assessment of fiscal policy, under article IV of the Washington-based body’s articles of agreement. The subsequent “Article IV” report forecast robust economic growth of 4.4 per cent this year, after last year’s esti...