Today, Mayor Ken Sim announced the creation of the Mayor’s Task Force on Vancouver Business Growth, a new initiative to position Vancouver as the most competitive city in North America to start, grow, and scale a business.
Canada has a comprehensive taxation system to pay for the many publicly funded infrastructure, health, and social services Canadians enjoy. Personal, business, and corporate taxes pay for our schools, hospitals, roads, essential services, and everything else.
Canada faces key challenges from the U.S. tariffs and the need to fund the government for the next fiscal year. With the recent election of Mark Carney as the new Federal Liberal leader and former Prime Minister Trudeau’s successor, he might secure support from the left-wing New Democratic Party.
March 20, 2025 Canada is the happiest country in the G7, according to the World Happiness Report edited by a Simon Fraser University professor….
The B.C. NDP Government’s proposed Bill 7 is an unprecedented attempt to concentrate power in the hands of the Premier and must be stopped, says Canada’s largest construction association, the Independent Contractors and Businesses Association (ICBA).
Enacting the current rules for Capital Gains tax changes may require individuals, trusts, and corporations to include more capital gains in their taxable income. Specifically, 66.67 percent of capital gains realized on or after June 25, 2024, for corporations and trusts would need to be included in income for tax – up from 50 percent.
Canada’s housing market is among the most unaffordable in the world, with one of the highest house-price-to-income ratios among OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development) member states. Between 2000 and 2021, housing prices soared over 355 percent in Canada, while median nominal salary incomes for Canadians increased by only 113 percent.
With snow and frigid weather forecasted, employers are reminded to conduct cold stress risk assessments and implement safety measures to protect workers.
New International Student Program regulations take effect. By Vineel Rajan Quick facts: To work off campus without a work permit, international students must be…
“The Canadian economy is now smaller than in 2019 when adjusted for inflation and immigration. Canada has fallen from the 6th most productive economy…
BY ATIKA CHERRY We run from dusk to dawn; the Earth fuels everything we need for a good life. We are digging the ground…
According to a recent report in the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), Germany’s climate policies—chasing after “net-zero” greenhouse gas emissions, aggressive electric vehicle sales mandates, and moving electricity production away from fossil fuels to renewable sources such as wind and solar—has imperiled Germany’s massive auto-sector, the central pillar of its economy.
The Surrey Langley SkyTrain project is hosting a final round of public engagement on the design of the eight new SkyTrain stations. Starting Nov….
Premier David Eby has appointed a new cabinet that is ready to listen to British Columbians and deliver on the core challenges people are facing – a team that combines years of experience and fresh perspectives from outside of government.
From left to right: Mona Louey, one of the sponsors of the event; May Ho, performer and Co-chair of the event; Spencer Gall, Chief Philanthropy Officer, Richmond Hospital Foundation; Natalie Meixner, President & CEO, Richmond Hospital Foundation; Anita Ip, President, Vancouver Metropolitan Lions Club; Albert Wong, Co-chair of the event.