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CRA backtracks on message to artists, says grant money counts as income to qualify for emergency benefits
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Canada Revenue Agency targets artists for possible repayment of emergency benefits
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January 15
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Pandemic-related drop in emissions will reduce carbon rebates next year
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January 15
tax and spend
Wage subsidies flow to companies with deep pockets, analysis shows
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January 8
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Is carbon pricing a burden on Canadian households?
Patrick Brethour
January 1
Updated
CRA releases wage subsidy claimants, not amounts, after privacy change
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December 22
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Canada Revenue Agency names companies that received federal emergency wage subsidy
December 21
Updated
tax and spend
Why Canada does not have a carbon tax
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December 18
tax and spend
The accounting adjustment underpinning Ottawa’s falling debt costs
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December 11
tax and spend
Ottawa’s low-interest borrowing plan mostly talk, little action
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December 4
tax and spend
Ottawa gives households $7 for every dollar of income lost in private sector
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December 1
Updated
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‘Fiscal guardrails’ shrouded in fog as net federal debt to pass $1-trillion mark
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November 30
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tax and spend
Chrystia Freeland will deliver the federal government’s 2020 fiscal update on Nov. 30. Here’s what to look for
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November 27
tax and spend
How COVID-19 layoffs created a tax burden for employees and employers
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November 20
Updated
Doctors push aggressive strategy to get COVID-19 cases down to zero
November 15
Updated
tax and spend
Vanishing act: Why there were fewer insolvencies even as number of businesses decreased
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November 13
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Payroll taxes, CPP rates to rise as COVID-19 pandemic cuts into revenues, profit margins
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November 6
tax and spend
Ontario steps on to a slippery debt path with budget
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November 5
Updated
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U.S. debt burden poses major challenge for next president
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November 3
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Parsing Chrystia Freeland’s speech for hints of Ottawa’s fiscal direction
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October 29