Award-winning reporter Elizabeth Thompson covers Parliament Hill. A veteran of the Montreal Gazette, Sun Media and iPolitics, she currently works with the CBC’s Ottawa bureau, specializing in investigative reporting and data journalism.
Category: North America
Vancouver’s foreign buyer tax sparked Chinese interest in rest of Canada, report finds
TChinese enquiries of the listings in the Vancouver real estate market slumped by 81 per cent year-over-year in July 2016, the month the city’s 15 per cent foreign buyers tax tax was announced, according to a new report from Sotheby’s and Juwai.com. Chinese property enquiries in several big Canada markets spiked in the months after Vancouver introduced its foreign buyers tax, according to a report based on data culled from searches on a top Chinese foreign property website.
Snowbirds may soon be allowed to stay 8 months in U.S., but risk losing provincial health benefits
Canadians Gilles Dupont, left, and Monique Dupont sit in the sun, in Dania Beach, Fla. A bipartisan bill currently before the U.S. Congress would allow Canadians over the age of 55 to stay south of the border for up to eight months of the year.
CRTC hearing to tackle costly and hard-to-control cellphone charges
The current wireless code didn’t help cellphone customer Rosemary Pick, who got dinged for about $1,700 in data overage charges when her son approved exceeding the cap without her knowledge. Sophia Harris has worked as a CBC video journalist across the country, covering everything from the start of the annual lobster fishery in Yarmouth, N.S., to potash prices in Saskatchewan.
Transfer of Canadian banking records to U.S. tax agency doubled last year
Award-winning reporter Elizabeth Thompson covers Parliament Hill. A veteran of the Montreal Gazette, Sun Media and iPolitics, she currently works with the CBC’s Ottawa bureau, specializing in investigative reporting and data journalism.
Women’s March: Overseas Demonstrations Occur In Conjunction With D.C., Sundance Protests
Sister marches in Toronto, Prague and Mexico City declared defiance to Donald Trump’s presidency and support for women’s rights. As around 500,000 people , many wearing knitted pink hats, marched in Washington D.C. to demonstrate their support for women’s rights, around 500 “sister marches” unfolded in cities worldwide to show solidarity.
Internal document raises possibility of ‘Netflix tax’
A briefing note for MA lanie Joly, minister of Canadian Heritage, weighs the pros and cons of enforcing a sales tax on the digital services of foreign companies such as Netflix. The Liberal government is reviewing whether to enforce a so-called Netflix tax on the digital services Canadians buy from foreign-based firms over the internet.
Dairy farmers replace ‘way too cute’ cartoon cow in logo redesign
The Dairy Farmers of Canada’s former symbol for Canadian-only milk products has been around for decades. The new look is meant to be less cute and more professional.
Scuttled Ford plant has Mexico fearing more under Trump
A man walks past a nearly deserted construction site, as workers shut down operations and remove equipment on Wednesday, a day after Ford announced the cancellation of plans to build a $1.6 billion auto manufacturing plant on the site in Villa de Reyes, outside San Luis Potosi, Mexico. Ford Motor Company’s cancellation of plans to build a $1.6 billion US auto manufacturing plant in San Luis Potosi has sounded alarms throughout Mexico.
Mexico’s peso weakens after Ford says cancelling Mexican plant
Mexico’s peso slipped on Tuesday after Ford said it will cancel a planned $1.6 billion factory in Mexico’s central state of San Luis Potosi.