Press Digest: Canada - September 16

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16/09/2026 12:25

The following are the top stories from selected Canadian newspapers. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
     
     
THE GLOBE AND MAIL
** Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney unveiled a permanent tax deduction that will allow companies to write off the full cost of acquiring or building a wide range of new business assets, with eligible costs including things such as new equipment, infrastructure and software. 
     
** Private equity firm Birch Hill Equity Partners is forming a regional airline group in British Columbia, with Birch Hill-owned Harbour Air buying Pacific Coastal Airlines. 
     
** Cohere Inc. and Open Text Corporation OTEX.TO are partnering to sell artificial intelligence tools to businesses and governments. 
      
       
NATIONAL POST
** European Union President Ursula von der Leyen extended an invitation to Canada on Wednesday to become the European Union’s first ever “associate member.” 
     
** The Canadian Taxpayers Federation called on the Carney government to make about $60 billion in annual spending cuts, including the end of taxpayer support for corporations, the CBC, the Senate and expense accounts for past governors general. 
     

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