Sept 11 (Reuters) - 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
** The Bank of Montreal BMO.TO has agreed to buy GE
Capital's GE.N transportation finance business, boosting the
Canadian lender's U.S. commercial banking business and adding
one more Canadian name to the list of buyers for GE Capital's
assets. (http://bit.ly/1JZRJ3r)
** Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Conservatives
are retooling their election campaign after a series of missteps
that has driven the Tories to third place in the polls. The
changes come as his government scrambles to unveil a plan within
days that speeds up Canada's intake of Syrian refugees. (http://bit.ly/1JZRV2N)
** Canada's National Democratic Party leader Tom Mulcair and
Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau repeated promises this week to
roll back a Conservative budget measure that nearly doubled the
contribution limit on tax-free savings accounts. (http://bit.ly/1JZSeL5)
NATIONAL POST
** Bombardier Inc 's BBDb.TO head of commercial aircraft,
Fred Cromer, reiterated on Thursday that the company remained on
track to hit its order target for the CSeries jetliner even as
questions persist about the future of its biggest consumer jet.
(http://bit.ly/1JZSMAC)
** Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Conservatives
have slipped to third place, according to poll tracker Eric
Grenier. However, gaps between the major parties remain
negligible. Now clinging to 28 percent national support, Harper
is still within easy reach of Justin Trudeau's Liberals, at 31.5
percent, and Tom Mulcair's New Democrats, at 31.6 percent. (http://bit.ly/1JZTiyC)
** The father of the little Syrian-Kurdish boy, Alan Kurdi,
photographed lying dead on a Turkish beach says he blames Canada
for the deaths of his wife and two sons. (http://bit.ly/1JZTzS4)