Creating a sustainable future: Canadian colleges rising to Freeland’s challenge
If we don’t have the workers trained in necessary jobs in emerging sectors of the economy, Canada will be left behind.
Right to repair provisions must take the automotive sector into account
Automakers will continue to control the terms through which independent auto repair shops access necessary data unless there is an intervention by the federal government.
It’s time to stop stalling and advance the Climate Aligned Finance Act
Bill S-243 is a gold-standard piece of legislation that would align Canada’s financial system with our climate change commitments, writes Amr Addas.
Canada’s over-dependence on foreign investment is a problem
Ownership does matter. If so many of our corporate head offices are in other countries, then that’s where Canada’s economic future will be decided. We’ll be a branch-plant economy, creating future wealth for foreign corporations.
Critics of basic income ignore benefits of investing in struggling Canadians, ‘astronomical’ cost of poverty, argues Senator Pate
ISG Senator Kim Pate’s Bill S-233, the National Framework for a Guaranteed Livable Basic Income Act, passed second reading in the Red Chamber on April 18.
Measuring, disclosing Canada’s tax gap key to combatting evasion
Bill S-258 would amend the Canada Revenue Agency Act to require the CRA to report on all convictions for tax evasion, including a separate report listing all convictions for overseas tax evasion, in an annual report tabled in Parliament.
The clean-up of dirty money has officially launched
The Liberal government announced a suite of fairly remarkable measures to tackle money laundering with its recent budget. These long-overdue initiatives will enhance the detection, policing, and prosecution of money laundering.
Feds seek to highlight fiscal strength of provinces before ‘inevitable tightening of the spending taps,’ say strategists
One economist told The Hill Times the provinces’ fiscal position is ‘quite strong,’ but another argued that Ottawa should not ‘egg the provinces on’ to spend more.
Budget 2023: where were the tax measures to deal with corporate profits?
An excess profits tax would return to the government billions of public dollars used to support Canadians through the pandemic, fuelling hope in government leadership to face multiple crises, including healthcare, housing, and the climate.
Can Canadian airports keep pace with the surge in air travel demand?
Fair access and affordable air travel are essential to ensuring that Canadians can fully embrace the return of air travel in the post-pandemic world.
