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Finances of the Nation

A lot was covered in the Speech from the Throne, if you want background and insights on a number of the relevant issues look no further than Finances of the

Today (Apr 27) marks the opening of the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy. The program will rebate 75% of employee wages to employers who continue to pay their staff whether they

StandingTheGaff

I see no compelling evidence that NDP extracted CERB, "paid sick days" from unwilling, inflexible Liberal govt - esp. when NDP aligned with CFIB for wage subsidies. Given their 2008

As we await further developments this afternoon from @PremierScottMoe and @SaskHealth, a few comments from "Main Street" and the interaction between provincial public health orders and various federal existing supports.

Canadian Chamber of Commerce

CdnChamberofCom

On September 30, the old rent support program ended. It was wound down on the premise the program had missed the mark and would be replaced with an improved program.

On hindsight bias.In March, a reporter for a national newspaper called and asked for comment on the state of the labour market.I said that we were likely to see the

Brendan Denovan at a social distance

If we are going to have an election over a CPC stunt, let's make sure that everyone knows how juvenile their committee is. Please read the details of the motion

The Real Estate Gods Must be Crazy Stealing the title of a charming 1980 movie about a Coke bottle falling from the sky, I am giving some thought to nearly

🇨🇦 Basic Income

Summarizing #BasicIncome @ $196B/yrAvg cost $5,214 non-taxable20 Million Canadians Min $18,329 floor#COVID19EvictionsPerm Job Losses Masks & PreventativesEssential WorkersBI Helps #CEWS by #CreatingJobs#RaiseTheRates for #PWDRT & #S

I've seen some discussion that for emergency support, dividends should be treated the same as wages.I'm going to get to that, but let's start this thread by defining a key

The House of Commons is set to reconvene today to debate the wage subsidy bill at 1:15 p.m. Atlantic time. Will have your updates here: https://tj.news/story/101236634?ref=tw #covid19nb Conservative MP for

Nearly 6 months ago, a group of us hastily created a website http://SaveSmallBusiness.ca . Within a couple of weeks our digital cry for help ballooned into a grassroots campaign backed by

I agree that this does encapsulate the political divide.Many in the private sector are suffering loss of employment/hours/business because of the pandemic. One side thinks that public sector workers should

1/ This is my second thread on Basic Income, expanding on the reactions my first thread elicited. From the get-go, I should have made clear that I am NOT interested

John Paul Tasker

The prime minister will be up shortly. We're expecting some sort of announcement on the domestic manufacturing of ventilators — the medical devices that those gravely ill with COVID-19 depend on to