Economy, Law & Politics

B.C.'s spring fire season hinges on crucial June rains

Taxpayers should direct their questions about costs of the sewage treatment plant to civic leaders, said North Vancouver MP Jonathan Wilkinson

TORONTO — Business leaders see the housing crisis as the biggest risk to the economy, a new survey from KPMG Canada shows.

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is pushing back against premiers who are asking him to cancel an upcoming increase to the federal carbon price, saying they have not proposed better ideas to fight climate change.

'We cringe every time we do a renewal now'

The company posted US$331.8 million in revenue in 2023, an 8.5 per cent increase from the previous year

OTTAWA — The Canada Revenue Agency has now fired more than 200 people for falsely claiming a federal income benefit during the COVID-19 pandemic.

OTTAWA — Dozens of Canadian economists issued an ardent defence of Canada's price on pollution Tuesday, as the government faces increased pressure from the Conservatives and provincial premiers to cancel a planned increase to the levy.

TORONTO — Roughly 200,000 small businesses took on new debt to access the forgivable portion of their pandemic relief loans from the federal government, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business said Tuesday.

Miners seek compensation for wrongful expropriation of mineral claims