Linda Linfoot

Federal budget 2013: 6 key features of the budget

The Conservatives’ 2013 federal budget includes a job training grant, the elimination of CIDA, help for manufacturers and tariff cuts on sports equipment. Here are the key highlights.

Spending restraint

Finance Minister Jim Flaherty proudly noted the budget “contains the smallest increase in discretionary spending in nearly 20 years.” He also ...

New TFSA Contribution Limit for 2013  

B.C. Assessment Appeals Reminder

The B.C. Assessment Authority has now completed its

2012 Assessment Roll for all properties in British Columbia. 

Individual Tax Notices have also been mailed out

to individual home owners.

The deadline to file an appeal with BC Assessment is January 31, 2013.

Dreaming Of Owning Your Home And Tired of Wasting Money On Rent? 

Is there ever a bad time to invest in a rental property?

Fabio Campanella, Special to Financial Post  May 22, 2012 – 10:48 AM ET

Record low interest rates coupled with an overly extended bull market for Canadian residential real estate has some investors questioning the validity of investing in a rental property.

Current economic indicators support these fears: mortgage rates scheduled to r ...

Harbingers of doom

Andrew Coyne Apr 10, 2012 – 6:00 AM ET | Last Updated: Apr 10, 2012 11:55 AM ET

Even by Maclean’s standards, the cover was alarming. “You’re about to get burned,” screamed the headline, over a picture of a house that was literally on fire. “Canada looks like the us before its devastating housing crash — maybe even worse.” And the kicker, for those still hesitating: “Why it’ ...

Budget: Highlights of the 2012 federal budget

The budget will:

- Gradually raise the age of eligibility for Old Age Security from 65 to 67 beginning in 2023.

- Contain no new taxes or tax increases.

- Tell consumers to complain directly to food companies about product labelling.

- Eliminate the penny.

- Eliminate 19,200 government jobs over three years, including 600 senior executives and 7,2 ...

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Transition measures support new-home buyers, builders

VICTORIA – New housing transition measures give certainty to an important economic sector and help to keep taxes equitable throughout the transition as the province returns to the PST, Finance Minister Kevin Falcon announced today.

B.C ...