December 22, 2021 – Ottawa, Ontario – Department of Finance Canada The Government of Canada is committed to supporting Canadian workers and businesses through the COVID-19 pandemic. Today, the Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, announced the...

The Government of Canada is committed to negotiating collective agreements that are fair for employees and reasonable for taxpayers.  However, bargaining groups representing approximately 159,000 public servants, including the 39,000 represented employees of the Agency, are in a legal strike...

Kevin Connor Publishing date: Jul 14, 2022 Statistics Canada says hundreds of thousands of teenaged students received payments of up to $5,000, which was money intended for COVID relief aid for jobless taxpayers facing eviction or foreclosure, according to Blacklock’s Reporter....

By Amanda Persico, Georgina Advocate, Tuesday, December 28, 2021 #Reflection: Then and now: Georgina woman goes from unemployed and pregnant to new mom and owning her own business While some may say it was an improvement over the previous year,...

Last year, the Government of Canada put in place an economic response plan with unprecedented measures to meet the unprecedented challenge of the pandemic. The plan is working: Canada exceeded its goal of creating a million new jobs, well ahead...

Canada Revenue Agency offers the Community Volunteer Income Tax Program. The deadline to file your 2023 taxes is approaching and you might be considering getting help with your return. Well, the Canada Revenue Agency offers a service across Canada so you can get your taxes...

Story by Jamie Golombek The tax-free savings amount (TFSA) contribution limit on Jan. 1, 2023, will finally increase by $500 to reach $6,500, marking the first time since 2019 that this limit has been increased. That’s because in 2015, the government announced...

FINTRAC not sure total amount of CERB/CEBA funds may have gone to organized crime Catharine Tunney · CBC News · Posted: Nov 12, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: November 12 The federal government spent billions of dollars on income supports to help...

Jordan Press, Kelly Geraldine Malone And Stephanie Taylor, The Canadian Press Published Friday, April 22, 2022 Vivian Ketchum applied for emergency aid during the first wave of the pandemic when she was forced to isolate after being a close contact...

Taxpayer ombudsperson says office hearing from several Canadians still receiving collection notices Darren Major · CBC News · Posted: May 21, 2023 Some Canadians who have repaid a pandemic benefit they received by mistake are still seeing their tax refunds withheld by the government....