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Ontario Liberals pledge to remove HST from prepared food under $20
Ontario Liberal Party Leader Steven Del Duca speaks in Toronto on March 26, 2022, as the party announces its first platform plank ahead of the provincial election. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
energy and resources
Canadians see biggest drop in gasoline prices since 2009 amid COVID-19 variant concerns
Gas prices are displayed on a pump at a gas station in Montreal, Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021. Canadians will get a short reprieve from rising fuel prices as fears about a virulent new COVID-19 variant are expected to provide about an 11 cents per litre break on Sunday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
technology
Netflix to add GST or HST charges on Canadian subscribers’ monthly bills beginning on July 1
The logo for Netflix is shown on a remote control in Portland, Ore., on August 13, 2020. Netflix told its Canadian members that starting July 1 it will be adding GST or HST charges to monthly bills "due to a recent change in Canada's tax law." THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Jenny Kane
politics
Ottawa is underestimating how much revenue it could receive from taxing services such as Netflix: PBO
This Aug. 13, 2020 photo shows a logo for Netflix on a remote control in Portland, Ore. Netflix Inc. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Jenny Kane
report on business
Canada’s second-wave priority: Protect small business, RBC CEO says
President and CEO of RBC Dave McKay, poses for a portrait in front of retail spaces on Yonge Street in Toronto, on Monday, Sept., 28, 2020. (Christopher Katsarov/The Globe and Mail)
report on business
Sexism, racism at heart of female roofer’s $100,000 victory in federal tax court
Karla Penate, left, owner of roofing company Delphina Enterprises Ltd., and her office manager Lupe Sibrian, in Coquitlam, B.C., on July 24, 2020.
report on business
Iristel says its future depends on outcome of court battle with CRA over $79.6-million
The Canada Revenue Agency headquarters in Ottawa is shown on November 4, 2011. A federal program designed to help low-income Canadians file their taxes has seen an increase in the number of returns in the year after it received a boost in funding. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
nine to five
After working on contract for one company, they let me go without notice. Am I entitled to severance pay?
Happy woman resigning her job & holding cardboard box containing personal belongings outside office building.