If the rumours are true, Canadian entrepreneurs will be getting a lump of coal in their stockings this Christmas. Word is that Finance Minister Bill Morneau’s Advisory Council on Economic Growth is essentially recommending that he...
This is a MSM feature every one of our readers will find interesting. Jason Kirby from Maclean’s Magazine has brought together 75 very interesting charts into one remarkable package. The only requirement he had...
News report: Canada’s new “Venture Catalyst Fund” invests in $46M Wattpad deal I’m so utterly confused. For years, Canadian entrepreneurs and VCs begged Ottawa to get involved in arresting the multi-year decline in our...
Depending on your point of view, things are either going quickly or they’re not when it comes to the execution of the Federal government’s Venture Capital Action Plan. Announced formally in January 2013, the...
The hits just keep on coming. From the beautiful and historic Rotunda in the Centre Block of the House of Commons following last month’s budget, I told Randy Cass and Catherine Murray, of BNN’s...
News Report: Let Canadians pay into Canada Pension Plan faster, CIBC Boss urges Just as Finance Minister Jim Flaherty has beaten back those Provincial Treasurers who want to increase the CPPIB payroll tax, he’s...
Yesterday’s Prime Ministerial announcement from innovation-focussed Montreal came as a relief. It had been almost 10 months since the Federal government unveiled the $400 million budget envelope designed to help get more capital into...
A payroll tax increase during a tentative economic recovery? I know that “enhancing the Canada Pension Plan” sounds like a worthy initiative at first blush. But isn’t it just a tax increase on business?...
Does Canada have a start-up culture? Should governments be in the business of creating an environment of innovation and risk-taking? These were questions I was glad to see tackled by my morning newspaper over...
News Report: Ottawa tightening mortgage rules; no more 30-year amortizations Since most of my posts wind up being the electronic version of fish wrapping, I hope you don’t mind if I repost something I...
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