Finance & Taxation

Yesterday, Canada’s Governor General delivered the speech from the throne outlining the government’s list of priorities for the coming session of Parliament.  The speech rightly focused on th...Learn More

Last Friday, Statistics Canada released July retail figures. Retail Council of Canada issued a statement noting that after a big leap in June, the 1.2% month-over-month decline in core retail in ...Learn More

Retail By The Numbers is a monthly report issued by Retail Council of Canada. It consolidates Statistics Canada data and provides a summary of key performance measures for retail trade by sales sector...Learn More

Retail Council of Canada (RCC) notes that July retail numbers, as reported by Statistics Canada this morning, show that many categories within the sector are still strained and struggling to survive t...Learn More

According to Bain & Company, faced with a global collapse driven by lockdowns and the shutdown of tourism in all key markets, the luxury industry faces a challenge like never before. After fallin...Learn More

As a result of the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Government of Canada used its authority under the Employment Insurance Act to temporarily limit the change in the premium rate to zero ...Learn More

The Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance (CECRA) will be extended by one month to help eligible small businesses pay rent for September. RCC has been advocating strongly for amendments to the C...Learn More

UPDATE: At the eleventh hour (actually two hours before the Canadian government was about to release a list of retaliatory measures), the US government lifted its recently-imposed tariffs on imports o...Learn More

Originally, the Ontario Government’s Infectious Disease Emergency Leave (IDEL) was slated to end September 4, 2020 which would have meant that businesses who still were experiencing low sales could ...Learn More

The federal government has extended the application deadline for the Canada Emergency Business Account (CEBA) from August 31, 2020 until October 31, 2020. The government is working to make the CEBA pr...Learn More