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Oil and gas companies should invest profits in climate action, Steven Guilbeault says
Minister of Environment and Climate Change Steven Guilbeault rises during Question Period, in Ottawa, Friday, Sept. 23, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Coronavirus Update: Rich nations must not step back from tackling COVID-19, WHO official says
People wearing protective masks walk past an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei 225 index at a securities firm Monday, Aug. 1, 2022, in Tokyo. Shares were mostly higher in Asia after a strong close on Wall Street last week, though the latest manufacturing surveys showed weakening factory activity in the region's biggest economies. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
european business
Britain sends investors fleeing with historic tax cuts and borrowing
Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng steps outside Downing Street in London, Britain, September 23, 2022. REUTERS/Maja Smiejkowska
explainer
Limited cash? Here’s how – and why – you should start investing anyways
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Coronavirus Update: Biden says ‘pandemic is over’ even as death toll, costs mount
President Joe Biden arrives with Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh, second from right, and Deputy Secretary of Labor Julie Su to speak about a tentative railway labor agreement in the Rose Garden of the White House, Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
small business
Etsy sellers frustrated by company’s confusing approach to new sales-tax law
Margaret Maringgele displays some of the ornaments she sells online in her Etsy store that her and her husband handcraft at their home studio in Courtenay, British Columbia, Friday, September 16, 2022. Canadian Etsy sellers are frustrated with how the company has implemented a new Canadian law requiring online platforms to collect sales tax. Rafal Gerszak/The Globe and Mail
opinion
Taxes can amplify the pain of inflation
Alexandre Laurin and William Robson
opinion
Tax rule changes would level the field for first-time Muslim homebuyers
Mohamad Sawwaf
canada
Coronavirus Update: Deaths are declining, but the pandemic isn’t over yet, experts warn
People wear face masks as they wait to enter a store in a shopping mall in Montreal, Saturday, Nov. 21, 2020. A new study has found that the pandemic provided Canadians the opportunity to rethink their financial goals, with many moving, switching careers and planning to travel. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
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Coronavirus Update: Ontario opens bivalent COVID-19 vaccine bookings for most vulnerable
FILE PHOTO: A doctor shows vials of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine in his general practice facility, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Vienna, Austria May 13, 2021. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger/File Photo
international business
Taxes can be key to social justice, Pope Francis tells Italian business leaders
Pope Francis reads his speech during the meeting with participants in the public assembly of the General Confederation of Italian Industry on September 12, 2022. (Photo by Filippo MONTEFORTE / AFP) (Photo by FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP via Getty Images)
opinion
With a few creative tax solutions, Canada could afford to increase its health care spending
Rhys Kesselman
tax & spend
Ottawa’s hiring spree is beyond measure
The flag on Parliament Hill's Peace Tower flies at half mast on Monday, Sept. 5, 2022 in Ottawa in memory of those killed in a stabbing attack in Saskatchewan. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
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Quebec election: CAQ Leader Francois Legault pitches more hydro dams
Coalition Avenir Quebec Leader Francois Legault speaks to business people, Tuesday, September 6, 2022 in Becancour, Que. Quebecers are going to the polls for a general election on Oct. 3. THE CANADIAN PRESS / Jacques Boissinot
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Quebec Liberals release costed platform promising $41-billion in spending
Quebec Liberal party leader Dominque Anglade unveils her party's costed platform at a campaign event in Montreal, Sunday, Sept.4, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
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Coronavirus Update: Educators are reconsidering how they grade students after COVID-19 upended school life
FILE - Angel Cardenas, a freshman at Hiram Johnson High School, wears his mask as he works on a math worksheet, Monday, June 6, 2022, the first day of the return to mandatory masking at all Sacramento City Unified School District sites, in Sacramento, Calif. Despite a year of disruptions, students largely made academic gains this past year that paralleled their growth pre-pandemic and outpaced the previous school year, according to new research released Tuesday, July 19, 2022, from NWEA, a nonprofit research group that administers standardized tests. (Hector Amezcua/The Sacramento Bee via AP, File)
energy and resources
Ottawa rejects Atlantic Canada’s request for extension to submit climate plan
The four Atlantic Premiers have sent a letter to the federal government requesting a short-term extension past Friday’s deadline to submit a plan to address carbon emissions. Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston is also requesting a meeting with federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault. Houston responds to a question in Victoria, B.C., on Tuesday, July 12, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
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Tax on sugary drinks begins in Newfoundland and Labrador, though not all are on board
In this Monday, Oct. 1, 2018, file photo, a shop owner reaches into a drink display refrigerator at his convenience store in Kent, Wash. Beginning today, consumers in Newfoundland and Labrador will be paying 20 cents more per litre for sugar sweetened drinks. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Elaine Thompson
world
IMF in preliminary agreement with Sri Lanka for $2.9-billion loan
FILE PHOTO: the International Monetary Fund (IMF) headquarters building is seen in Washington, U.S., April 8, 2019. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas
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Coronavirus Update: Routine vaccine rates for children dropped dramatically since start of pandemic
FILE PHOTO: A vial of the measles, mumps, and rubella virus (MMR) vaccine is pictured at the International Community Health Services clinic in Seattle, Washington, U.S., March 20, 2019. REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson/File Photo