Calgary Chamber of Commerce pushes province to eliminate small business tax

  • 📰 CTVCalgary
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 68 sec. here
  • 3 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 31%
  • Publisher: 68%

Canada News News

Canada Canada Latest News,Canada Canada Headlines

The Calgary Chamber of Commerce is calling on the province to help small businesses by eliminating small business tax.

In a Monday news release, the chamber said though inflation and interest rates are easing, more than two-thirds of small and medium-sized businesses report cost concerns are their biggest obstacle right now.

Yedlin says that eliminating small business tax would not only promote affordability but also ensure Alberta remains a "leading destination for entrepreneurship and innovation." Saskatchewan's small business tax is one percent, but is set to return to two per cent on July 1, 2025. Prince Edward Island also has a small business tax of one per cent.Ontario has the highest small business tax in Canada, sitting at 3.2 per cent.

Charges have been withdrawn against a man and a woman who faced a combined 90 charges in a child and animal abuse case.Alberta now has a new provincial health agency to help residents access primary care services, Health Minister Adriana LaGrange announced on Tuesday.Lethbridge Corn Maze celebrates 25th anniversary with Monday fundraiser

A Metro Vancouver man will spend up to four years in prison before he is deported after pleading guilty to a triple stabbing that left his sister-in-law dead and two others, including a two-year-old girl, seriously injured.

Three people, including a child, were killed in two separate collisions on Highway 101 in Nova Scotia’s Annapolis Valley over the Thanksgiving weekend.The Nova Scotia government says that in the coming days it will start building a 500-metre-long berm to protect a low-lying land link between the province and New Brunswick.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 26. in CA

Canada Canada Latest News, Canada Canada Headlines