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Crackdown on Tax Cheats at G8

Diane Francis | Posted 06.14.2013 | Canada Business
Diane Francis

The G8 summit next week could not have come at a better time for Prime Minister Harper, giving him respite from the Senate circus and allowing him to generate photo ops with the Queen and the world's big shots. But challenges await him there too.

Estate Planning for Diverse Family Types

Suzana Popovic-Montag | Posted 06.14.2013 | Canada Business
Suzana Popovic-Montag

Increasingly, Canadians are finding happiness later in life with second spouses and second families. In these situations, professional advice may be desirable to balance the competing demands of providing for the first and second families in an estate plan. This has resulted in a host of creative solutions.

This World Environment Week, Ontario Failed

Mike Schreiner | Posted 06.11.2013 | Canada Politics
Mike Schreiner

Ontario's environment took a beating during Canadian Environment Week. The Liberal Cabinet had decided to gut Ontario's Endangered Species Act. Then the ECO's annual report on climate change revealed that the Liberals will not meet Ontario's greenhouse gas reduction targets. Ontario can't afford to delete environmental protections.

A Day Like No Other: Recalling the Coronation of a Queen

Hon. David C. Onley | Posted 06.05.2013 | Canada
Hon. David C. Onley

Sixty years ago, Coronation Day was celebrated around the world. In Canada, it was declared a national holiday, marked with parades, concerts, and fireworks. Even in wartime Korea, Canadian soldiers marked the day by firing red, white, and blue-coloured smoke shells at a thoroughly confused enemy, followed by toasts to the Queen with rations of rum!

Ontario Liberals To Slash Number Of New Teachers

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 06.05.2013 | Canada Politics

TORONTO - Ontario's governing Liberals are fulfilling a pre-election promise to slash the number of admissions at teachers' colleges in half to curb t...

How Ontario Wound Up With A Bait-and-Switch Budget

Mike Schreiner | Posted 05.24.2013 | Canada Politics
Mike Schreiner

Instead of doubling the exemption level to $800,000, as the Green Party advocates, the Liberal NDP budget raises it by a paltry $50,000. The budget essentially gives businesses a break on hiring one new employee. So much for bold action.

What Baby Boomers Should Know About Estate Planning

Suzana Popovic-Montag | Posted 05.23.2013 | Canada Business
Suzana Popovic-Montag

The baby boomer generation should be paying particular attention to their estate plans. It is a generation that is participating in a large generational transfer of wealth and it is a generation that has increasingly more time on its hands.

How to Spend 72 Hours In Toronto

Travelzoo | Posted 05.19.2013 | Canada Travel
Travelzoo

With an expansive lakefront, bustling business district and renowned entertainment scene, Toronto shines in summer. If you are planning a trip to Canada's largest city, use these tips for hidden secrets from a local and make your trip one to remember.

Export Growth Predictions: See How Canada's Provinces Stack Up

Peter Hall | Posted 05.16.2013 | Canada Business
Peter Hall

International trade will be a key growth driver for the Canadian economy this year and next. However, the distribution of export growth in Canada's provinces is anything but even. Some are leading the charge, while others are steady at the national pace. Others are lagging behind, some quite seriously. What are the key factors influencing the different growth patterns?

5 Reasons You Should Protest Marineland This Saturday

Shannon Kornelsen | Posted 05.16.2013 | Canada Impact
Shannon Kornelsen

Any Canadian who has picked up a paper or watched the news in the last nine months knows Marineland has been in a lot of hot, over-chlorinated water since 15 ex-employees decided to speak out about animal abuse and neglect at the park this past August. Marineland is set to open again this Saturday. This is why we need you (yes you!) to be at the Marineland Opening Day Demonstration.

Transferring Wealth Efficiently

Suzana Popovic-Montag | Posted 05.14.2013 | Canada
Suzana Popovic-Montag

As we move towards and progress through the largest intergenerational transfer of wealth in history, people are looking for ways to improve the effici...

How to Avoid a Victoria Day Tragedy

Dale Orlando | Posted 05.09.2013 | Canada
Dale Orlando

While the Victoria Day weekend is one we all happily anticipate, for emergency room staff and too many Ontarians, it is also the beginning of trauma season; the time when getting to and from the cottage can be a killer due to drunk drivers on congested cottage country roads.

My Decision, McGuinty Says

CP | Keith Leslie, The Canadian Press | Posted 05.07.2013 | Canada Politics

TORONTO, Cananda - There were no apologies Tuesday as former Ontario premier Dalton McGuinty admitted he did not know what it would cost when he made ...

Ontario's Head-in-the-Sand Green Energy Policy

Kenneth P. Green | Posted 05.01.2013 | Canada Politics
Kenneth P. Green

Earlier this month the Fraser Institute published a report sharply critical of one of the flagship policies of the Ontario government, namely the Ontario Green Energy Act (GEA). Ontario Energy Minister Bob Chiarelli dismissed it out of hand. What makes the Minister's response most disturbing is that it is so disconnected from reality.

Ontario Gov't Putting $45 Million Into Music

HuffPost Canada Music | Jason MacNeil | Posted 05.15.2013 | Canada Music

The Ontario Government is getting into the music business. The province announced it's providing $45 million in grants for music production throug...

Don't Look At Me!

CP | Keith Leslie, The Canadian Press | Posted 04.30.2013 | Canada Politics

TORONTO - The Ontario Power Authority keeps changing the estimated cost for cancelling a gas plant in Oakville, Premier Kathleen Wynne said Tuesday as...

"Daddy, Where Do Babies Come From?"

Brandon Hay | Posted 04.25.2013 | Canada Living
Brandon Hay

Sooner or later, and usually at the most inappropriate time, some version of The Question ("Where do babies come from?") will emerge from your child's lips. Whatever the inspiration, our responses as Black Daddies tend to oscillate between evasion and deliberate vagueness ("Go ask your mother....").

Anti-Terror Policies Must Uphold Canadian Values

Saeed Selvam | Posted 04.24.2013 | Canada Politics
Saeed Selvam

Personal learnings from the Countering Violent Extremism portfolio echoed the sentiments that Justin Trudeau expressed following the Boston Bombings -- to get to the root cause to prevent future attacks. Last year I had the chance to work with the Department of Public Safety on National Security Policy, and if there's one thing that you need to focus on in preventing any kind of violence from happening -- whether it be localized gun violence or terrorism -- it's the root cause. Mind you, gun violence and extremism are two very different animals, but what they do share in common is an immature and ridiculous sense of expression through violence.

How to Deal With Death and (Estate) Taxes

Suzana Popovic-Montag | Posted 04.23.2013 | Canada Business
Suzana Popovic-Montag

Many have heard the saying that the only two certainties in life are death and taxes. How the two relate, however, is something that is not often fully understood. An estate tax is conventionally understood to be the tax that is paid on your death.

Ontario's Farmland Is Under Threat

Mike Schreiner | Posted 04.22.2013 | Canada Politics
Mike Schreiner

It is unsustainable and irresponsible for Ontario to dig up farmland and natural heritage sites while blasting through water tables to supply aggregates for growth plans that pave over prime farmland. We can and must do better -- for the health of our economy, environment and communities.

Ontario Tories To Move Non-Confidence Motion Against Liberals

CP | Keith Leslie, The Canadian Press | Posted 04.22.2013 | Canada Politics

TORONTO - The Progressive Conservatives' non-confidence motion in Ontario's minority government over the cancellation of gas plants is just a headline...

The Local Food Act That Could Make a Difference in Ontario

Ontario Association of Food Banks | Posted 06.15.2013 | Canada Impact
Ontario Association of Food Banks

With the current economic state in Ontario, many individuals are struggling to put meals on the table each and every day. Prices are rising across the board for food staples, and it is becoming increasingly difficult to find accessible, affordable, and nutritious food. Since being re-introduced to legislature, the Local Food Act has passed its first reading.

Why Toll Roads Will Keep Ontario Moving

Steve Lafleur | Posted 06.08.2013 | Canada Politics
Steve Lafleur

Ontario's opposition parties never miss the chance to use toll roads as a wedge issue, regardless of who is in power. Canada's roads require expensive maintenance. Tolls are an excellent way of paying for road maintenance. Ultimately, charging for congestion is the only way to get Toronto moving again, and mobility is not a partisan issue.

London's Upcoming By-election and NDP's Chance

Samuel Getachew | Posted 06.05.2013 | Canada Politics
Samuel Getachew

My only visit to London was on my way to Detroit a decade ago. I took a quick glimpse of the city and left. I saw beautiful noticeable architecture an...

Rural Ontario Restaurant a Hidden Gem in Canada

Vacay.ca | Posted 06.04.2013 | Canada
Vacay.ca

Canadians from coast-to-coast have been naming their favourite restaurants in a first-of-its-kind national poll to discover the nation's best choices ...