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Coffee, newspapers and value meals get HST break
Ontario :: CA :: USA | 15 days ago
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There will be no further breaks from the harmonized sales tax beyond a surprise exemption for coffee, newspapers and fast-food value meals, Finance Minister Dwight Duncan says. Bowing to pressure from the restaurant industry and newspaper publishers –...
Tags: value meals, Ontario, HST, food value, ontario government, sales tax, S&P/TSX 60 Index, Tim Hortons, Wendy's International, Tax, Dalton McGuinty, Taxation in Canada, Tax reform, Canadian culture, Business Finance, Value added tax, Peter Shurman, Liberal Party of Canada, Income tax in the United States, Goods and Services Tax, Politics
Ontario's 2007-08 consulting bill: $389 million
Toronto :: Canada | about 1 month ago
Credibility Ontario's New Democrats say the Liberal government has a "million-dollar-a-day" consultant habit. Documents obtained by the NDP under freedom of information laws show the Ontario government spent more than $389 million on consulting services last year.
Ontario to offer rebates for hybrid vehicles
Toronto :: Canada | 4 months ago
Credibility Queen's Park Bureau The Ontario government wants one in 20 cars on the road to be electric by 2020, Premier Dalton McGuinty announced this morning. To get there, the Liberals promise rebates of between $4,000 and $10,000 to every consumer buying a plug-in...
Tags: Ontarioâ, Dalton McGuinty, electrically cars, premier dalton, ontario government, electrically vehicle, offering rebates, Chevy Volt, Chevrolet Volt, ontario premier
Ubisoft to set up studio in Toronto
Toronto :: Canada | 4 months ago
Credibility Video game developer Ubisoft will set up shop in Toronto as part of a deal with the Ontario government to create jobs in the province. Premier Dalton McGuinty and Ubisoft Montreal CEO Yannis Mallat are expected to release more details about how many jobs...
Tags: Toronto, Ubisoft Montreal, Ubisoft Entertainment SA, Ontario, Dalton McGuinty, toronto studio, ontario government, mcguinty says, game development
Ontario mulls equity stake in GM
Toronto :: Canada | 7 months ago
Credibility The Ontario government might invest in General Motors because the province must be "very pragmatic" in thinking about ways to maintain auto jobs, Premier Dalton McGuinty said Tuesday. About 20 per cent of the company's North American employees work in...
Tags: Small General Motors, Ontario, equity stakes, Dalton McGuinty, ontario government
Province pledges $27.5B for infrastructure projects
Toronto :: Canada | 8 months ago
Credibility McGuinty’s vow is good news for light-rail plans, says chair of Toronto Transit Commission Mar 24, 2009 06:57 AM Ontario will spend its way out of the recession with an “unprecedented” $27.5 billion cash infusion to improve public transit, roads, schools...
Tags: Dalton McGuinty, AM Ontario, premier dalton, public transit, mcguinty says, ontario government, infrastructure investment, Canada
Canadian auto workers OK GM restructuring deal
Toronto :: Canada | 8 months ago
Credibility Members of the Canadian Auto Workers union have voted 87 percent in favor of a new cost-cutting contract with General Motors, helping to qualify the struggling automaker for government aid. The agreement reached between the union and company last weekend...
Tags: Dalton McGuinty, Ontario, premier dalton, ontario government
Ontario needs federal cash for poverty program
Toronto :: Canada | 11 months ago
Credibility The Ontario government anti-poverty strategy includes $300 million in new-money initiatives with an annual investment of $1.4 billion when the plan is fully implemented. "This is a strategy that will raise the standard of living for all kids living in...
Tags: Ontario, child poverty, poverty strategy, liberal government, Liberal, ontario government, poverty plan
Province throws lifeline for school pools
Toronto :: Canada | about 1 year ago
Credibility The Ontario government will provide $4 million to keep Toronto school pools afloat for one more year while the board, city and province work on a long-term funding model. David Crombie, who was asked by Toronto District School Board trustees to help find...
Tags: Toronto District School Board, pools open, ontario government, Ontario, David Crombie, school pools
Truscott to receive $6.5-million
Toronto :: Canada | about 1 year ago
Credibility Steven Truscott will receive $6.5-million in compensation nearly five decades after his wrongful conviction for the rape and murder of schoolmate Lynne Harper. Ontario Attorney-General Chris Bentley made the announcement Monday in Toronto, adding the...
Tags: ET Steven Truscott, Mr. Truscott, Lynne Harper, Ontario Court of Appeal, attorney general, Chris Bentley, general chris, ontario attorney, wrongfully conviction, ontario government
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