Aug 14 2018 — Elizabeth Thompson — CBC — The Canadian government is talking to the U.S. government about the impact a retroactive tax signed into law by U.S. President Donald Trump is having north of the border, Finance Minister Bill Morneau revealed Monday. Speaking to reporters in Windsor, Ontario, Morneau said he is aware that some of the U.S. government’s tax changes affect […]
Aug 13 2018 — Elizabeth Thompson — CBC — Thousands of Canadian residents hit hard by a retroactive tax signed into law by U.S. President Donald Trump have been dealt another blow, CBC News has learned. Newly proposed regulations issued by the U.S. Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service threaten to increase their tax hit. “You have to almost empty out your company […]
Jul 16 2018 — Elizabeth Thompson — CBC — The number of federal public servants fired for misconduct or incompetence has risen sharply in recent years, according to figures obtained by CBC News. The government sacked 1,316 full-time public servants between 2005/06 and 2015/16 — 726 of them for misconduct and 590 for incompetence or incapacity. An additional 862 were let go before they […]
Jun 20 2018 — Elizabeth Thompson — CBC — Less than a day after Parliament adopted landmark legislation to legalize recreational marijuana, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party has quietly started using the legislation to raise funds, CBC News has learned. In a series of Facebook ads, the Liberal Party points out it kept its campaign promise to legalize recreational cannabis use. “It’s been […]
Jun 13 2018 — Elizabeth Thompson — CBC — Thousands of Canadian residents who are facing massive tax bills as a result of the sweeping tax reform U.S. President Donald Trump signed into law in December have been given a temporary reprieve. With only days to go before a deadline of June 15 to make the first payment, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) […]
Jun 7 2018 — Elizabeth Thompson — CBC — Three of Ontario’s four largest provincial political parties are microtargeting Ontario voters with Facebook ads on election day, CBC News has learned. However, there are conflicting opinions about whether those running the ads are violating Ontario’s elections law, which imposes a blackout period for advertising on election day.
Jun 7 2018 — Elizabeth Thompson — CBC — A mysterious group that has been microtargeting Ontario voters with Facebook ads attacking Conservative Leader Doug Ford says it has stopped running the ads for the final two days of the Ontario election campaign. Ontario for Ontarians announced the move on its Facebook page shortly before noon Wednesday. The post came only hours after CBC […]
Jun 6 2018 — Elizabeth Thompson — CBC — Two dozen groups who aren’t registered as third parties under Ontario’s election rules have been quietly targeting Ontario voters with Facebook ads on a range of issues during the provincial election campaign, CBC News has learned. Under Ontario election rules, any group running political ads during a provincial election has to register as a third […]
May 29 2018 — Elizabeth Thompson — CBC — A number of Canada’s big banks are under investigation for possible violations of the consumer rules that govern financial institutions, top officials from Canada’s financial consumer watchdog told members of Parliament Monday. However, officials from the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada (FCAC) were tight-lipped, refusing to say which banks are being investigated or exactly which […]
May 28 2018 — Elizabeth Thompson — CBC — The Canada Revenue Agency has disciplined more than 1,000 employees for professional misconduct over the past four years — on average one case every working day. According to numbers obtained by CBC News, some tabled in Parliament and others provided by the agency, there were 550 cases of misconduct between April 1, 2016 and March […]
May 21 2018 — Elizabeth Thompson — CBC — A group representing hundreds of thousands of students across Canada has launched an online campaign calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government to make billions of dollars in student loans interest-free. In a series of Facebook ads, the Canadian Federation of Students says the federal government shouldn’t be profiting from student loans and should follow […]
May 14 2018 — Elizabeth Thompson — CBC — The plight of thousands of Canadian residents facing massive bills as a result of U.S. President Donald Trump’s tax reform, will be on the agenda when a committee of MPs and senators heads to Washington this week. Liberal MP Wayne Easter, co-chair of the Canada-United States Interparliamentary Group, said the top priority when Canadian lawmakers […]
May 7 2018 — Elizabeth Thompson — CBC — Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives are pitching at Donald Trump supporters with Facebook ads. Premier Kathleen Wynne’s Liberals are directing ads at Facebook users based on their ages and where they live. Andrea Horwath’s New Democrats, meanwhile, seem to be running few, if any, Facebook ads. The social media battle already underway just below the surface […]
May 2 2018 — Elizabeth Thompson — CBC — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government should be doing more to help thousands of Canadian residents being hit hard by U.S. President Donald Trump’s tax reform, say opposition critics. “This is destroying the retirement plans of many Canadians who have used these corporations, often as part of their tax planning for their retirement,” said New Democrat […]
Apr 30 2018 — Elizabeth Thompson — CBC — Thousands of Canadian residents are facing massive tax bills because of U.S. President Donald Trump’s December tax reform, CBC News has learned. Canadian residents with U.S. or dual citizenship who own Canadian corporations are being slapped by an American measure meant to get big U.S. multinationals to stop parking billions of dollars in offshore subsidiaries […]