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CBTU hails mobility tax deduction for trades workers
Budget 2022 proposes to introduce a labour mobility deduction that would provide tax recognition on up to $4,000 per year in eligible travel and temporary relocation expenses to eligible tradespersons and apprentices.
Jobless rate falls to record low as economy adds 72,500 jobs in March, StatCan says
Statistics Canada says the unemployment rate in March fell to its lowest rate on record, falling to 5.3 per cent from 5.5 per cent a month earlier as the economy added 72,500 jobs.
Niagara Falls tapped for green-hydrogen production facility
Atrua Power announced a plan last week to build a green-hydrogen production facility in Niagara Falls.
Toronto approves plan to streamline office footprint
The ModernTO plan will condense 55 city office locations to 15, and repurpose the vacant sites into affordable housing units and other facilities that support municipal priorities.
It’s time for the Canada Infrastructure Bank to reclaim its public purpose
Five years into its mandate, the CIB has not delivered on its promise, say the authors. Of the $19.4 billion invested to date, only about one-third has come from private and institutional investors ($7.2 billion).



