Sales Tax

• Manitoba’s provincial sales tax cut on store-bought food takes effect

  The tax cut applies to food sold at grocery and convenience stores, but it's still charged at restaurants, bakeries and bars.

  Economy

  Jul 1
  
• Should Ottawa raise the GST to pay down debt or fund more spending?

  A group of Canadian business leaders agree with the idea of increasing the GST if the government needs to generate revenue quickly.

  Consumer

  Oct 2, 2025
  
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• Manitoba Tories promise to lift provincial sales tax from restaurant meals

  Manitoba Progressive Conservatives are promising to remove the provincial sales tax from restaurant meals if they are re-elected on Oct. 3.

  Politics

  Sep 15, 2023
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• Ontario Liberals pledge to remove provincial part of HST on prepared food under $20

  The Ontario Liberals say they are promising to remove the provincial portion of HST on all prepared food under $20, if elected in June.

  Canada

  Apr 29, 2022
• Halifax businessman fined $113,000 for sales tax evasion: CRA

  The Canada Revenue Agency says Pantelis Panagiotis Giannoulis, a hotel and restaurant owner, has been sentenced to pay a fine equivalent to 100 per cent of the taxes evaded.

  Canada

  Jan 6, 2021
• Facebook will begin collecting sales tax on ads sold at Canadian offices

  Facebook will begin collecting sales tax on advertisements sold at its physical offices in Canada, in a break with other tech giants that have so far avoided taxation.

  Politics

  Aug 29, 2018
• Regina and Saskatoon fall on BMO’s list of Canada’s most attractive cities for workers

  Since 2013 both Regina and Saskatoon have dropped in rankings in terms of being the most attractive city for workers among major Canadian cities

  Canada

  Jul 25, 2018
• Medical cannabis patients to lobby government for tax exemption

  The government says exempting medicinal cannabis could lead to abuse of the existing medical marijuana system.

  Canada

  Apr 2, 2018
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• Feds considered how to collect taxes from Netflix, Amazon

  Federal officials have taken a close look at how the government can make online services like Netflix and Amazon voluntarily collect sales tax, similar to the model Quebec plans to bring in next year.

  Mar 28, 2018
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• Justin Trudeau stands by decision not to tax web giants like Netflix, Google

  Some union and business leaders as well as the NDP have said it's unfair that Canadian companies are faced with more taxes and regulations than foreign digital companies such as Netflix and Google.

  Canada

  Mar 1, 2018