Canada won’t put a hold on the digital services tax on big tech companies set to take effect on June 30, the finance minister said Thursday.
Source: CBC News (Politics)
Prime Minister Mark Carney announced Thursday new measures to help stabilize Canada’s steel and aluminum sectors that have been hard hit by President Donald Trump’s tariffs — with exports down and job losses up.
The federal government is planning to help Canadians fleeing the escalating conflict between Israel and Iran by organizing commercial flights out of neighbouring countries, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says.
The Parliamentary Budget Officer says the deficit will be smaller than predicted, but the Liberal government’s lack of clarity on fiscal planning has left Yves Giroux’s office unable to determine if the government’s spending plans are sustainable.
The Competition Bureau is calling for changes to improve the competitive landscape in Canada’s airline industry, including loosening rules that currently limit foreign ownership of Canadian airlines.
Running roughshod over the environment. Spawning the next Idle No More movement. Picking economic winners and losers. Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Building Canada Act is anything if not a magnet for criticism.
The Assembly of First Nations national chief is among a chorus of First Nations leaders urging Gov Gen Mary Simon to intervene and delay passage of the federal government’s major projects legislation.
It’s one of the largest pension plans in the world — and some are now asking why nearly half of the Canada Pension Plan’s investments are based in the U.S. while just 12 per cent of the fund that Canadian workers contribute to is invested at home.
The average Canadian family will save $280 on their taxes next year from the Liberal government’s planned income tax cut, the parliamentary budget officer said in an analysis released on Wednesday.
As the G7 summit concludes in the popular wilderness destination of Kananaskis, Alta., officials say provincial teams managed frequent animal encounters without serious incident.
