Tax
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June 09, 2025
Canada to hit NATO defence spending target this year, not be dependent on others: PM
Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced Canada will invest over $9 billion in defence this year and reach NATO’s two per cent of GDP target five years ahead of schedule, noting the move is required to ensure Canada has the ability to defend itself independently of other nations.
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June 09, 2025
Civil society advocates, information watchdog seek major overhaul of Access to Information Act
Advocates for greater government transparency and accountability have called on the Carney government to stand up an “independent” review — and then speedily overhaul — the much-criticized federal Access to Information Act.
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June 06, 2025
As trade tensions rise, feds table legislation to accelerate national projects, internal trade
With an escalating trade war already reflected in worsening employment data, the federal government has introduced promised legislation aimed at removing federal barriers to interprovincial trade, improving labour mobility in Canada and fast-tracking large infrastructure projects “of national importance.”
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June 06, 2025
Saskatchewan’s new Franchise Disclosure Regulations: How they compare to rest of Canada
On May 8, 2024, Saskatchewan’s Franchise Disclosure Act (the Act) received royal assent. Once in force, this will make Saskatchewan the seventh province to enact franchise disclosure legislation, after Ontario, Alberta, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Manitoba and British Columbia (collectively, the Disclosure Provinces).
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June 06, 2025
B.C. launches review to reduce barriers to business
British Columbia has launched an “ease-of-doing-business review” in an effort to streamline “processes to reduce barriers, cut red tape, foster innovation and create a more supportive, business-friendly environment in B.C.”
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June 06, 2025
PM Carney appoints parliamentary secretaries to support lawyer-rich cabinet & PMO
Prime Minister Mark Carney has tapped a number of lawyers to assist the many lawyers he has already appointed to key cabinet posts.
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June 05, 2025
Carney government introduces promised ‘affordability’ measures in the Commons
The recently elected government of Prime Minister Mark Carney has introduced an “affordability” bill in the Commons to enact some of the tax cuts and other measures the Liberals pledged during the last federal election.
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June 05, 2025
Ottawa reintroduces Citizenship Act reforms that create new framework for ‘citizenship by descent’
The minority Liberal government has reintroduced Citizenship Act amendments that would create a new “citizenship by descent” framework going forward, allowing those born abroad to Canadians, beyond the first generation, to access Canadian citizenship based on a Canadian parent’s “substantial connection” to Canada.
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June 04, 2025
‘Strong borders’ bill would expand police & spy agency powers, federal tools to control migration
A wide-ranging federal omnibus bill — introduced by the minority Liberal government under the rubric of border security — would expand the powers of federal officials to restrict refugee claims and migration while also boosting the investigative and other powers of law enforcement and the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) in the name of protecting national security and clamping down on money laundering, fentanyl trafficking and other organized crimes.
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June 04, 2025
Labour leaders call on Ottawa to impose immediate retaliatory tariffs on U.S. steel, aluminum
The leader of Canada’s largest labour organization is calling on Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government to immediately match increased U.S. tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum, which doubled to 50 per cent effective June 4.