Budget 2021: 20 ways it could affect your wallet 1. Extension of Canada Recovery Benefit and Canada Recovery Caregiving Benefit Earlier this year, the government announced that both the Canada Recovery Benefit (CRB) and Canada Recovery Caregiving Benefit (CRCB) would be extended by 12 weeks to a maximum of 38 weeks. Budget 2021 proposes adding up to 12 more to …

Newest US President Joe Biden, through a Presidential order, revoked a critical presidential permit for the 300 miles long, Keystone XL oil pipeline, a big blow to Western Canadian economy. Earlier Democrats did stop construction of the pipeline, which would have carried crude oil from Alberta, Canada to the Gulf Coast of the US, in 2015. Environmentalists strongly objected to …

The Government of Canada is taking immediate, significant, and decisive action to support Canadians and businesses facing hardship because of the COVID-19 outbreak. The CRB provides $500 per week for up to 26 weeks for workers who have stopped working or had their income reduced by at least 50% due to COVID-19, and who are not eligible for Employment Insurance (EI). …

A string of US companies has been cautioning investors that first quarter sales could take a hit from the spread of coronavirus. Apple (AAPL) just made it all more real. The $1.4 trillion company put out a surprise investor update on Monday, warning that it no longer expects to meet the revenue guidance provided last month. Notably, the company isn’t …

Canada’s International Trade Tribunal said on Tuesday it had opened an inquiry into whether Argentina, Brazil or Mexico were dumping sucker rods – used in the oil industry – in such a way as to hurt domestic production, according to a statement. The independent tribunal reports to parliament through the finance ministry and will deliver its ruling on April 28, …

Many of Canada’s drug suppliers cannot, or will not, agree to ship cheaper prescription medicines into the United States, a new challenge to the Trump administration’s push to reduce drug prices, companies and industry officials said to reporter. The administration on Wednesday proposed new regulations that would allow states to import prescription drugs from Canada. They would require a state …

Here’s the Bank of Canada’s official statement for its interest rate decision on Wednesday, December 4, 2019: The Bank of Canada today maintained its target for the overnight rate at 1.75 per cent. The Bank Rate is correspondingly 2 per cent and the deposit rate is 1.5 per cent. The Bank’s October projection for global economic growth appears to be intact. There …

Sunjit Lidhar was awoken by a phone call from Scotiabank last February, informing him that $3,000 had been transferred out of his savings account and was gone. “My heart pretty much dropped to my stomach,” Lidhar told Go Public from his home in Surrey, B.C. “We just assume our money’s safe.” Soon after, the cybercriminals stole another $2,000. But worst …

The Montreal-based plane and train maker said in a statement that two existing contracts in the province are slated to wind down and the plant has no new trains to build. Bombardier has been winning work and expanding its rail car manufacturing in the United States, including the June announcement of a new facility in California that will assemble rail …

Canada’s main stock index rose on Tuesday, driven by gains in energy shares on the back of a surge in oil prices. – At 9:33 a.m. ET (14:33 GMT), the Toronto Stock Exchange’s S&P/TSX composite index was up 40.58 points, or 0.26 percent, at 15,609.43. – World stocks also advanced on optimism about U.S.-China trade talks and cheered Washington’s deal …