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What will cost more in 2025
Numerous factors including inflation, limited housing, a weaker dollar, and global political tensions, continue to play a significant role in affordability
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GST holiday brings mixed feelings, hurdles for local businesses
Small business owners in towns like Vankleek Hill, Ontario are critical of the federal sales tax holiday, questioning its value and criticizing its rollout
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Timiskaming: Province provides assistance to offset 2025 policing costs
Ontario makes material change to fund OPP costs in 2025 but municipalities wonder what will happen in 2026 and beyond to offset potential property tax hikes
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OPP bills jumping in 2025: FONOM joining municipalities for province to take back OPP costing
Danny Whalen, president of the Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities, says the Ontario government must take back responsibility for OPP costing
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Saskatchewan: CRA changes to note
A review of recent CRA changes of note affecting Saskatchewan residents, including farmers, such as electronic filing, correspondence and automatic filing
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Rural politicians relieved over $77M funding to cover spiking police costs
Queen's Park is doling out $77-million to help ease sticker shock in municipalities provincewide from Ontario Provincial Police increased contract costs
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Alberta: Willow Creek Municipal District calls out deadbeat tax evaders
The municipality of Willow Creek has requested provincial support to “rat out bad actors” in collecting unpaid taxes from delinquent oil and gas companies
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Taber, Alberta: Shields calls for ‘relief’ during economy debate
In the House of Commons, fact and fiction aren’t always absolutes; they’re often selective interpretations of cherry-picked data, on food banks or taxation
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Thunder Bay: Doane Grant Thornton helps business leaders make a vibrant community
Doane Grant Thornton, which recently rebranded, held a Vibrant Communities civic improvement event at Fort William Historical Park for Thunder Bay business
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Midland mayor says premier promises relief for 'absurd' OPP costs
Ontario taxpayers may be saved from municipal property tax hikes if Doug Ford fixes ridiculous increase in police billing costs of new provincial contract
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New Brunswick: A $29M fight over big industry taxes
New Brunswick business supports a Liberal plan to give all industrial property taxes to municipalities but is wary of decoupling taxation from the province
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Canadians are being given muddied information about the carbon tax; the facts are crystal clear — it saves money for most
Pierre Poilievre’s axe the tax message ignores the benefits of the carbon tax for most Canadians and avoids its real target — corporations and the wealthy
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