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Logos for Irving Oil and J.D. Irving Ltd. can be seen on neighbouring properties on Union Street in Saint John. (Carl Mondello/Radio-Canada ) As New Brunswick’s Irving family raced to break up their multibillion-dollar corporate empire more than a decade ago, brothers J.K., Arthur and Jack Irving agreed on at …
Read More »Winnipeg’s next mayor loves jazz, hates putting up Christmas lights and plans to raise your taxes
Winnipeg’s next mayor is a former pastor who is known by some of his closest friends and family as a genuine, patient man — who also got very familiar with the penalty box while playing junior hockey as a teen. Scott Kitching has known Scott Gilllingham, who was elected as Winnipeg’s …
Read More »Vaping advocates are fighting for no new taxes. Industry money helps them do that
In June 2021, the Calgary Herald published an opinion piece that criticized the provincial government for, in the views of the authors, failing to deliver on promised revisions to Alberta’s laws around vaping. “A cascade of inaction characterizes Alberta’s approach to preventing young people from vaping and becoming smokers — just …
Read More »After UN chief calls out ‘scandalous’ profits, Ottawa offers no plan to hike taxes on oil and gas industry
Canada’s Ministry of Finance says it’s aiming to make everyone pay “their fair share of tax” but is not committing to an elevated tax on energy companies who are reporting sizeable windfalls while consumers feel pinched at the gas pumps. The ministry’s statement comes on the heels of United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres …
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