[ad_1] A large proportion of small and medium-sized businesses soon to be subjected to Ottawa’s carbon tax worry they’ll be unable to pass along the bulk of the extra costs to their customers, suggests a new survey being released Tuesday. The online survey was completed by 3,527 members of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business[…]
[ad_1] During Tuesday’s State of the Union, President Trump praised his administrations’ involvement in creating an economic boom. “We have created 5.3 million new jobs and importantly added 600,000 new manufacturing jobs,” he said. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] A report by the Halifax Regional Municipality’s auditor general has found a “significant weakness” in the city’s property tax system, one that could lead to fraud or error. In the report released on Wednesday, Auditor General Evangeline Colman-Sadd found many employees had system access privileges that would allow them to change property assessment values,[…]
[ad_1] Scott Moe is almost one year into his tenure as Saskatchewan premier and he has used his opposition against a federal carbon tax as a major front in the early battle to define his leadership. Moe points to the pending tax as one of the biggest economic headwinds facing his province. Since replacing Brad[…]
[ad_1] A group representing 20 industry groups of varying sizes in New Brunswick is critical of proposed legislation that would remove a property tax exemption from machinery and equipment used by heavy industry. The Coalition of New Brunswick Employers says the affected businesses would face huge additional financial pressures. “Clearly this is another tax on[…]