Economy, Law & Politics

As the housing market continues to slip and Canadians experience worries over high debt, consumer confidence has dropped once again, according to TNS data released this morning.

With the annual income tax filing deadline less than two weeks away, CIBC tax and estate planning expert Jamie Golombek has penned a report to provide Canadians with tips of the trade to help them unearth available tax savings.

The following is a list of the largest stock trades made by corporate executives, directors and other company insiders of B.C.’s public companies filed by the week ending April 10. The information comes from a compilation of required reports filed with the BC Securities Commission.

Summit told engagement with Asia is key to exploiting world’s economic growth engine

The Lower Mainland has a language problem.

The following is a list of the largest stock trades made by corporate executives, directors and other company insiders of B.C.’s public companies filed by the week ending April 17. The information comes from a compilation of required reports filed with the BC Securities Commission.

Debt elimination and a freeze on taxes are core elements in the BC Liberal Party's election platform, which Premier Christy Clark unveiled April 15.

The provincial government has launched a PST education program that businesses can use to help ensure their accounting and reporting systems are set up to comply with PST laws.

Pollster Ipsos Reid Corp. is suing former senior vice-president Catherine Dawson and her new company, Insights West Marketing Research Inc., over her departure from Ipsos to compete with the company.

A scathing report by the B.C. branch of the Consumers’ Association of Canada (CACBC) says the Liberal government turned ICBC into a cash cow that has driven insurance premiums higher in B.C. than they need to be.