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NDP demands federal wage-subsidy clawbacks, but critics question feasibility Business Related Yes NDP MP Peter Julian rises during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Friday, Nov. 20, 2020. The NDP is calling on the federal government to claw back pandemic wage subsidies handed to companies that took advantage of the cash to boost executive compensation. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang OTTAWA – The NDP is calling on the federal government to claw back pand...

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Queensland space company Hypersonix plans to use green hydrogen produced in Brisbane to fuel zero emissions rockets.

The Globe and Mail Michael Smart Published April 13, 2021 Bookmark Please log in to listen to this story. Also available in French and Mandarin. Log In Create Free Account Getting audio file ... This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. Full Disclaimer Michael Smart is an economics professor at the University of Toronto and co-director of the Finances of the Nation project. Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland has promised up to $100-billi...

The Globe and Mail Bookmark Please log in to listen to this story. Also available in French and Mandarin. Log In Create Free Account Getting audio file ... This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. Full Disclaimer Since the 2015 election campaign, the federal Liberals have brandished the idea of putting a federal price on carbon pollution as a centrepiece of their strategy to fight climate change. The idea was straightforward. Ottawa would ...

America’s trade gap soared under Trump, final figures show POLITICO 2/5/2021 By Doug Palmer © Delcia Lopez/The Monitor via AP Former President Donald Trump’s tariffs also imposed higher costs on businesses and consumers. The U.S. trade deficit over the four years of President Donald Trump’s presidency soared to its highest level since 2008, despite his tough tariff tactics intended to bring it down, a new Commerce Department report showed on Friday. Popular Searches T...

The Globe and Mail Bookmark Please log in to listen to this story. Also available in French and Mandarin. Log In Create Free Account Getting audio file ... This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. Full Disclaimer Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press More than 100 licensed cannabis companies and their subsidiaries have received tens of millions of dollars in payments from the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy program, raising new questions about ...

Michael Smart: To boost fairness, productivity and government revenue, tax capital gains

Print I have to admit, Im a little late to the party on this one, as the academic research publication, "The Poverty of the Carless: Toward Universal Auto Access," by professors David King of Arizona State University, Michael Smart of Rutgers and Michael Manville of UCLA came out about 18 or so months ago. But in reviewing it again recently, some facts still resonate. An article in Automotive News ("Self-driving startup tackles food deserts," Sept. 14) prompted me to think that the more light ...

The Globe and Mail Bookmark Please log in to listen to this story. Also available in French and Mandarin. Log In Create Free Account Getting audio file ... This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. Full Disclaimer Thousands of companies that are part of large corporate groups with deep pockets have tapped into the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy program, demonstrating that the coronavirus aid program is poorly targeted and has spent billions ...