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Four years ago, the People's Party of Canada was poised to be a thorn in the Conservative Party's side. Riding the momentum of its anti-vaccine, anti-lockdown, anti-immigration agenda during the throes of the COVID-19 pandemic, the young party won five per cent of the national vote. It peeled supporters away from other parties — in particular, a more moderate Conservative...
Canada Post is raising the cost of stamps and its other mail products by 25 per cent today, a move announced in September, well before a 30-day labour strike further challenged the organization's already dire financial situation.
Canada's inflation rate ticked up to two per cent in October, Statistics Canada said on Tuesday. The consumer price index had previously hit 1.6 per cent in September, thanks to a steep decline in gas prices. Gas prices fell again in October, though to a lesser extent. With gasoline excluded, all-items inflation came in at 2.2 per cent, the same...
Got a light? Canada's weed industry could probably use it. Tokyo Smoke is the latest Canadian cannabis retailer to close some of its locations and seek creditor protection in an unpredictable industry grappling with too many stores, high overhead costs and ultra-low retail prices.
Fearing difficult negotiations, Canadian official sends retaliatory tariff warning. Canada has already begun talks with members of Donald Trump's circle about avoiding new trade tariffs if he's elected U.S. president this fall. If it happens, the Canadians have warned of retaliation. The public line from Canada for months has been that Trump's proposed 10 per cent tariff should not apply...
A chorus of Canadian entrepreneurs and investors is blasting the federal government's budget for expanding a tax on the rich. They say it will lead to brain drain and further degrade Canada's already poor productivity. In the 2024 budget unveiled Tuesday, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland said the government would increase the inclusion rate of the capital gains tax from 5...
Canadians are still paying too much for telecom services, the industry minister said Thursday, one day after Rogers Communications said it was raising the cost of some of its wireless phone plans. Rogers said Wednesday it would hike the cost of some of its wireless plans for non-contract customers. Bell is also reportedly increasing some of its existing wireless phone...
Canada's annual inflation rate held steady at 3.1 per cent in November, matching the previous month's rate, according to data released by Statistics Canada on Tuesday.