The federal government tabled its annual budget on Tuesday with a promise to open the door to homeownership for millennial and Gen Z renters. You’ll have to read the fine print to find measures for young renters who can’t buy a home — or just don’t want to.
OTTAWA - The federal government expects that its latest effort to discourage Canadians from smoking, contained in the federal budget tabled Tuesday, will generate $1.7 billion in new revenue. That increased cash flow happens to coincide with the launch of a new $1.5-billion drug plan offering universal coverage for contraceptive and diabetes medications. Both programs were billed as new health measures in the budget tabled Tuesday in the House of Commons by Finance Minister Chrystia...
Amid an imminent Iranian regime attack on Israel, a U.S. think tank disclosed that an Iranian general killed by an Israeli air strike was deeply involved in the mass murder in southern Israel.
A senior Iranian general with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) who was assassinated in an Israeli airstrike at the beginning of April had reportedly been involved in the "planning and execution" of Hamas's Oct. 7 attack on Israel.
The federal government is upping its funding for the CBC and Radio-Canada in its 2024 budget, easing the financial strain on the public broadcaster and the need for major job cuts and programming reductions this year.
OTTAWA - With a variety of fiscal and policy measures announced in the federal budget, here's a look at some of the winners and losers: Winner: Small businesses Carbon tax rebates for small businesses are coming, five years after consumers began receiving their share. The measure is “a big relief,” says Dan Kelly of the Canadian Federation of Independent Businesses, which represents the sector. The budget says as many as 600,000 small firms would be eligible for a share of $2.5 billion. ...
THE Adamawa State Government has proposed N55.5bn as supplementary budget for the 2024 financial year. The State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Neido Kofulto, said this while briefing newsmen in Yola on Tuesday evening, the News Agency of Nigeria reports. She said the supplementary budget was part of the agenda of the emergency executive council Read More
Hamilton, Halton, Niagara and area news from CHCH - Hamilton, Halton, and Niagara news.. Still trending here in Canada is the federal budget after it was tabled by the Liberals in the House of Commons on Thursday. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is accusing the Conservatives of siding with multi-millionaires and standing against fairness, after the Tories said they won’t support the proposed budget. In it, the Liberals included a […]
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Hamilton, Halton, Niagara and area news from CHCH - Hamilton, Halton, and Niagara news.. Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland is promising billions in new spending in the federal budget, while also laying more taxes on the highest earners. Freeland announced this year’s federal budget inside the House of Commons Tuesday afternoon. After weeks of teasing many budgetary items, the Liberal government unveiled its plans on how it intends to offset […]
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland introduced the 2024 federal budget on Tuesday. Some key highlights: Housing In hopes of building nearly 3.9 million new homes across Canada by 2031, the government plans to: increase the capital cost allowance rate for apartments from four to 10 per cent, allowing builders larger tax writeoffs; extend the mortgage amortization period to 30 years for first-time homebuyers purchasing new builds; make more public lands available for...