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Bank of Canada maintains overnight rate target at 1 per cent
October 22nd, 2014
The Bank of Canada today announced that it is maintaining its target for the overnight rate at 1 per cent. The Bank Rate is correspondingly 1 1/4 per cent and the deposit rate is 3/4 per cent. Inflation in ...
Canada To Implement 2014 Budget Tax Provisions
October 15th, 2014
The Canadian Government has tabled a detailed Notice of Ways and Means Motion to implement tax provisions contained in its 2014 Budget, along with a number of previously unannounced measures. Finance Minister Joe Oliver said: “Canada’s Economic Action Plan ...
Tax breaks for small businesses in Canada
September 15th, 2014
The Canadian Government announced that its new Small Business Job Credit will save firms more than CAD550m (USD500.5m) in payroll taxes over the next two years. The credit is worth the difference between premiums paid at the legislated rate ...
Senators urge Burger King to ditch move to Canada
September 11th, 2014
A group of U.S. senators wants Burger King Worldwide (BKW.N) to scrap its plans to invert, or move its tax domicile to Canada, as part of a deal to buy coffee and donut chain Tim Hortons Inc. (THI.TO) Burger King ...
Canada seeks to become Renminbi (RMB) trading centre for the Americas
September 2nd, 2014
The Toronto Financial Services Alliance (TFSA) and AdvantageBC has announced they would work together, with officials from the federal, Ontario and BC governments, and the financial industry, to promote Canada as a trading hub for the Chinese currency, the ...
Burger King signs deal to buy Canada’s Tim Hortons
August 26th, 2014
Burger King Worldwide Inc (BKW.N) agreed to buy Canadian coffee and doughnut chain Tim Hortons Inc (THI.N) (THI.TO) in cash and stock to create the third-largest quick service restaurant group with sales of about $23 billion. Tim Hortons shareholders ...
Canada Dollar Drops as Yields Hit Lowest in Year on Jobs
August 11th, 2014
Canada’s dollar declined to almost a three-month low and 10-year bond yields sank to the least in a year as the nation’s employers added fewer jobs in July than forecast, increasing concern the economy is faltering. Canada’s dollar weakened ...
Canada, EU Complete Free Trade Agreement Text
August 8th, 2014
Officials have finalized the text of the delayed Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between Canada and the European Union. An agreement in principle was reached in October 2013, but it has since proven difficult to resolve the remaining technical ...
Russia Bans All Food Imports From U.S., EU, Australia, Canada, Norway
August 8th, 2014
Russia banned most food imports from the West on Thursday in retaliation for sanctions over Ukraine, an unexpectedly sweeping move that will cost farmers in North America, Europe and Australia billions of dollars but will also likely lead to ...
Canada’s Dollar Touches 7-Week Low on Growth Concern
August 1st, 2014
Canada’s dollar touched the weakest level in almost two months as data showing the economy expanded in May failed to damp concern growth is lagging behind that of the U.S., its largest trading partner. The currency later erased losses ...
