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• Windfall tax on large Canadian companies needed to recover public funds: report

  A new report says Canada should institute a windfall tax on all large corporations to help recover some of the public funds awarded to businesses during the pandemic.

  Canada

  Feb 9
  
• 2 men facing charges in connection with 2021 Oakville shooting, fraud investigation

  Halton Regional Police say a woman was injured in a residential shooting the morning of June 27, 2021 in Oakville's Greenery area.

  Crime

  Aug 25, 2022
  
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• Plans aim to re-establish aquatic centre as cornerstone in Saint John

  'We’re definitely seeing everything on an upward trajectory,' said Amy McLennan, general manager at the Canada Games Aquatic Centre.

  Canada

  Jun 16, 2022
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• ‘Extremely scary’: Business owners, workers concerned of COVID-19 subsidy wind-down

  Programs like the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy, the Canada Emergency Rent Subsidy and the Canada Recovery Benefit have ended and are set to end be replaced with new ones.

  Canada

  Oct 24, 2021
• ‘Half of restaurants still at risk’: Small businesses warn Ottawa despite new hiring subsidy

  With wage and rent subsidies set to run out in September, experts warn small businesses will need a longer runway to reach financial self-sufficiency after the COVID-19 crisis.

  Money

  Jun 30, 2021
• NDP calls for federal COVID-19 wage subsidy clawbacks, but critics question feasibility

  ``The wage subsidy was clearly supposed to go to workers and toward protecting Canadians' jobs -- not bonuses for top corporate brass,'' the letter states.

  Health

  May 22, 2021
• Canada extends 3 COVID-19 supports for businesses until June

  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said they will "remain at the current levels."

  Canada

  Mar 3, 2021
• Report finds Alberta left millions of dollars in federal COVID-19 funds ‘on the table’

  A think-tank looked at COVID-19 support transfers and programs available from the federal government and how each province used them -- or didn't -- in a report released Tuesday.

  Canada

  Jan 26, 2021
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• More than 200K small businesses could close permanently amid pandemic: CFIB

  The closures would jeopardize millions of jobs, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business warns.

  Money

  Jan 21, 2021
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• Federal COVID-19 subsidy went to company of man on no-fly list for alleged terrorist financing

  An Ottawa company barred from government national security contracts over alleged links to Indian intelligence was among the recipients.

  Canada

  Jan 20, 2021