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By Staff The Canadian Press Posted April 25, 2023 12:00 pm Descrease article font size Increase article font size Downtown Ottawa is buzzing with public servants in numbers that haven’t been seen since before the pandemic. And it’s all thanks to workers fighting for the right not to have to …
Read More »Critics warn Ottawa’s new ‘luxury tax’ on pricey cars, planes and boats could backfire
Ottawa’s luxury tax on high-priced cars, planes and boats is coming into effect today, despite warnings from some critics that the measure will hurt the economy and turn out to be more trouble than it’s worth. As of Thursday, luxury cars and personal aircraft with sale prices of over $100,000 …
Read More »To understand Ottawa’s use of the Emergencies Act, we need to know what cabinet knew
Attempts to follow the threads that led to the federal government’s historic invocation of the Emergencies Act in February have come upon a knot — the question of who, if anyone, provided the advice that led the government to declare an emergency. Unravelling that knot is vital to understanding how the …
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