Federal government will remove GST on new rental housing builds, senior source says
PM Justin Trudeau will announce Thursday the removal of the GST on construction of new rental apartment buildings, according to a senior government source.
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Champagne maintains Canada’s approach to AI is ‘ahead of the curve’
Canada’s industry minister says he thinks the country is “ahead of the curve” with its approach to AI, beating even the European Union.
As tech industry readies for Collision conference, some wonder about the future of the event
Between appearances from AI leader Geoffrey Hinton and executives from Airbnb, Amazon Web Services and Google’s AI researcher Deep Mind will be another hot topic:
One tourist company struggles to stay afloat in the midst of downtown job action
A week into the federal public service strike, the owner of a small tourism company on Sparks Street says the picketing currently underway downtown will
Industry minister announces $250 million to train workers for emerging sectors
The program will help 15,000 mid-career workers to transition into new positions in sectors including clean tech, cybersecurity and bio manufacturing, he said.
Rogers CEO defends outage response to MPs at committee hearing
Tony Staffieri faced questions from MPs about whether a lack of competition in the telecom sector might have contributed to the massive Rogers outage earlier
Trudeau announces deal for new electric vehicle battery component plant in Kingston
Ottawa and Ontario have reached a deal with a global materials technology and recycling group to build a new battery component facility in the province’s
What Canada’s telcos need to consider when coming up with crisis plan
One former telecom executive says there is the risk of creating a situation where a competitor’s network becomes overwhelmed and service is ultimately degraded.
UPDATED: Bank of Canada hikes key interest rate
The central bank increased its key rate by a quarter of a percentage point to 0.5 per cent in a bid to help fight inflation,
Liberals look to infrastructure bank to finance rural, remote broadband internet
The federal infrastructure minister says he is looking to connect private backers with some of the country’s rural and northern communities to pay for badly
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