
Ontario scraps its portion of HST on purpose built rentals
The province has been saying it would remove its eight per cent portion of HST if the federal government dropped the five per cent goods

Ontario scraps its portion of HST on purpose built rentals
The province has been saying it would remove its eight per cent portion of HST if the federal government dropped the five per cent goods

Umicore finalizes agreement with feds, province to build EV battery plant west of Kingston
The federal and provincial governments have finalized an agreement with global materials technology and recycling group Umicore to proceed with the construction of a new

Freeland introduces bill to remove GST off rental developments, amend competition law
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland introduced legislation Thursday morning that would remove GST charges from new rental developments and update the country’s competition law.

Online News Act could see Google, Meta pay combined $230 million to Canadian media
The federal government has put a price tag on how much it would like to see Google and Meta spend under an act requiring the

Feds giving little indication they will extend CEBA repayment deadline
As business owners struggle to pay back CEBA loans, local advocates aren’t giving up hope that the federal government will extend the upcoming deadline for

Local tourism still recovering, China decision could have ‘huge impact’
China lifted a pandemic ban on group tours to countries last week including the United States and Australia, but tourists are still barred from group

All news in Canada will be removed from Facebook, Instagram within weeks: Meta
Discovering news articles and videos on Facebook and Instagram will soon become a relic of the past, as Meta announced it is officially ending news

As pandemic business loan repayment deadline looms, calls for extending deadline grow
New Democrats and a business group are calling on the federal government to extend the deadline for small businesses to repay loans they received from

Ottawa real estate insiders weigh in on fed’s ‘disposal list’ of properties
Local real estate leaders are not surprised by the federal government’s “disposal list,” but it’s unclear what direction redevelopment will take.

Feds release ‘disposal list’ of NCR properties
The federal government this week released a list of several properties that it is planning to dispose of in the National Capital Region.
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