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October 2026

September 2026

  • Ottawa Gives Billion-Dollar Investors Priority Access to CRA Tax Rulings as Carney Courts Global Capital

    Investors committing at least $1 billion to Canada will receive priority access to advance tax rulings as the federal government looks to reduce uncertainty around major projects and attract new investment. TORONTO :- The federal government is offering large-scale investors priority access to binding tax rulings from the Canada Revenue Agency as Prime Minister Mark

    Economy
  • Canada Lost 42,000 Jobs in August, Behind the Number, Families Are Feeling the Slowdown

    Canada’s labour market ended the summer on a weaker note, with employment falling by 42,000 positions in August, according to Statistics Canada. The unemployment rate held at 6.4 per cent. Those figures are often presented as a monthly economic scorecard. For people living through the slowdown, however, the experience is more personal: a contract that

    Economy