No early child-care deal, Dryden predicts

Social Development Minister Ken Dryden predicted Friday there would be no quick deal on a national child-care program. FULL STORY

INDEPTH: Day care in Canada

Plan could shift 30,000 federal bureaucrats, union warns

The federal government is planning major changes in the way it serves Canadians, a move that could shift thousands of bureaucrats from big cities to smaller centres at a cost of hundreds of millions of dollars. FULL STORY

Equalization payments shortchange Ontario: McGuinty

Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty said Friday he's ready to wage a strong campaign against the federal government over equalization payments. FULL STORY

INDEPTH: Equilization payments