Advocates call on Ottawa to extend tax incentive for employee ownership trusts
Craig Lord / theglobeandmail - Supporters say allowing a 2023 tax measure to end this year would undercut the new succession model before it’s given a chance to shine
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Laid-off GM workers should get lower taxes on severance, Tories urge
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - The Opposition Conservatives are calling on the federal Liberal government to reduce taxes on severance packages for laid-off General Motors workers in Ingersoll, Ont.
Back to Top / Monday, February 9, 2026, 8:22 am / permalink 18933 / 5 stories in 25 days
Ottawa gives Canada Post a $1.01-billion loan amid ongoing financial struggles
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - The federal government will provide Canada Post a $1.01B repayable loan to maintain services and support reforms for long-term stability.
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Canada’s 5% NATO pledge to add $63-billion to deficit over next decade, budget watchdog says
Steven Chase / theglobeandmail - PBO says meeting the goal could cost about $33.5-billion more each year until 2035-36
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Carney’s grocery, GST benefit plan will cost $12.4B over six years: PBO
Ariel Rabinovitch / globalnews - The recently announced Canada Groceries and Essentials Benefit will cost an estimated $12.4 billion over six years, according to the Parliamentary Budget Officer.
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Immigration minister says struggling universities must ask provinces for help
News Staff / citynews - HALIFAX — Canada’s immigration minister says universities and colleges struggling to balance the books after federal cuts to the international student program will have to turn to their provincial governments for financial help. Lena Diab told a crowd in …
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Carney unveils hike to GST credit, other measures targeting affordability
Stephanie Levitz / theglobeandmail - The package includes an increase to the GST credit for five years and $20-million to support food banks
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PM’s rallying cry exuded passion — and irony
Niigaan Sinclair / winnipegfreepress - Prime Minister Mark Carney’s passionate speech to global leaders last week was simply ironic. Carney spoke at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland about how the “middle powers” of […]
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Universities and colleges say more funding critical to Ford’s ‘protect Ontario’ plan
John Marchesan / citynews - Ontario’s universities and colleges are looking for billion-dollar funding boosts in the province’s upcoming budget, investments they are framing as critical to Premier Doug Ford’s plan to “protect Ontario” from tariff impacts by strengthening domestic ca…
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Quebec’s finance minister says Ontario’s Crown Royal whisky ban is misguided
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - Quebec's finance minister says he has shared his concerns with his Ontario counterpart about that province's intention to remove Crown Royal whisky from liquor stores.
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Inflation ticked up to 2.4% in December: StatCan
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - Statistics Canada says the end of the federal government’s tax holiday a year earlier pushed the annual pace of inflation up two ticks to 2.4 per cent in December.
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Montreal's $7.7B budget raises spending by 5.4 per cent, has money for homelessness
sootoday - MONTREAL — Montreal Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada has presented a $7.7-billion budget with new spending on housing and homelessness. The first budget since Martinez Ferrada won the November election raises spending by about 5.
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Back to Top / Monday, January 12, 2026, 1:22 pm / permalink 17791 / 14 stories in 7 wks
Toronto budget will be tabled with proposed 2.2% tax increase
Isaac Callan / globalnews - The city will table its draft budget on Thursday, laying out the initial increase and spending constraints for councillors to debate.
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Deloitte sees Canadian economic growth slowing to 1.5% in 2026
Daniel Johnson / theglobeandmail - But chief economist Dawn Desjardins optimistic economy will gain momentum through second half of the year
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Canada’s highest-paid CEOs made an average of $16.2-million in 2024, report says
Ian Bickis / theglobeandmail - Gap between their payout and average worker wages widened to a record 248 times more
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CRA says its owed more than $10B in COVID benefit payments
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - The CRA says that as of Nov. 30, it had disbursed $83.5 billion in COVID benefits to Canadians, including $45.3 billion for the Canada Emergency Response Benefit
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Interim budget officer says he regrets calling feds' fiscal management 'stupefying'
sootoday - OTTAWA — Jason Jacques says he learned a lot about the importance of choosing his words carefully in his first few months as the interim parliamentary budget officer.
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Carney’s first year as prime minister highlights the contrast with Trudeau
Kyle Duggan / nationalobserver - Canadians started the year with Justin Trudeau as prime minister, a man who wore his emotions on his sleeve — who teared up when he announced his resignation in early January, triggering a tumultuous year in politics.
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Back to Top / Wednesday, December 17, 2025, 8:23 am / permalink 17065 / 13 stories in 2 months
Doug Ford knocks back plan to sell off U.S. booze for charity
Isaac Callan / globalnews - Ontario Premier Doug Ford says selling off surplus American alcohol for charity is 'not as easy as it sounds,' knocking back a suggestion to raise funds for food banks.
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Eby plans $150 million in loan guarantees for Cowichan land owners
sootoday - VICTORIA — British Columbia Premier David Eby says his government plans to offer private owners of land in the Cowichan Aboriginal title area more than $150 million in loan guarantees, amid fears about the impact of the landmark ruling on their finan
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