small businesses

The second instalment of this year’s national carbon price rebate will be deposited or mailed out to millions of households today. The Canada Carbon Rebate returns 90 per cent of the revenue collected by Ottawa from the consumer carbon levy to households in the eight provinces where it is paid. British Columbia and Quebec have […]

The Liberal government’s changes to capital gains taxation came into effect Tuesday, despite significant pushback from business and physicians’ groups. Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s spring budget proposed making two-thirds of capital gains — the profit made on the sale of assets such as a secondary residence or stocks — taxable, rather than one-half. For individuals’ capital gains of $250,000 or less, […]

In the end Premier Scott Moe didn’t get either of his two wishes regarding the 2024 federal budget delivered Tuesday. At a speech to delegates Monday at the Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association convention in Regina, Moe had called for the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program to be reloaded and funded, and also called for the […]

Saskatchewan Party leader Scott Moe kicked off Small Businesses Week in the province by saying a re-elected Sask. Party government will support small businesses as they help drive Saskatchewan’s economic recovery. “Small businesses employ nearly 150,000 people in our province and have a total payroll of more than $6 billion,” shared Moe during Monday’s announcement […]

The Saskatchewan NDP is requesting additional supports to help the province’s small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic. Released in a statement on Thursday, the NDP is calling for the following actions from the provincial government: Providing grants to small businesses to address serious cash flow issues; Allowing payments on business leases, mortgages and other term contracts […]

Small businesses in Saskatchewan and across the country are suffering from the COVID-19 pandemic. Results from a survey conducted by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) suggest a full 60 per cent of small companies, or 55 per cent in Saskatchewan, have dealt with a significant drop in sales. Almost 11,000 small business owners participated […]

Results from a study by Economic Development Regina found that small businesses are a big part of the economy in the Queen City and surrounding area. The study revealed that $10.4 billion goes towards Regina’s GDP and that small businesses account for 69.4 per cent of the regional GDP. The over 6,000 small businesses in […]