Finance & Taxation

Retail sales ticked down 0.1% to $66.1 billion month-over-month in August 2023, according to Statistics Canada’s latest sales report. Core retail sales were down 0.3% in August. Sales ...Learn More

Meet Michael Appel, a seasoned senior executive with over 50 years of experience in the retail industry, including turnaround CEO at Rue21. As the Managing Director at New York-based Getzler Henrich &...Learn More

To address the increased costs to businesses due to property crime and vandalism in communities across the province, the B.C. government has launched its $10.5 million Securing Small Business Rebate P...Learn More

Last week, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a three-year pause to the carbon price for heating oil for households and small businesses to help alleviate cost pressures, particularly for residen...Learn More

Following passage in November 2022, Newfoundland and Labrador’s Bill P-3.02 – An Act Respecting Pay Equity for the Public Sector and Pay Transparency for the Public and Private...Learn More

Nova Scotia’s minimum wage will rise to $15.00 an hour on October 1, 2023, being one of five provinces to increase the total. The increase comes six months earlier than initially scheduled by No...Learn More

Manitoba’s minimum wage is increasing to $15.30 on October 1, 2023 marking the second increase this year, and a significant increase over the past year from $11.95. RCC will have better clarity foll...Learn More

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has announced that her government will consult with Albertans over the coming months with an eye to holding a referendum on whether to leave the Canada Pension Plan (CPP...Learn More

The minimum wage increase announced by the Ontario government on March 31, 2023 comes into effect on October 1, 2023. The province’s general minimum wage will increase from $15.50/hr to $16.55/hr. R...Learn More

Federal Bill C-56 (“The Affordable Housing and Grocery Act”) was tabled Thursday, September 21, 2023. This short bill includes the following proposed amendments to the Competition Act, whi...Learn More