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Toronto Employment Changes by Sector

Toronto Employment Changes by Sector

jobs from Crestock Creative Images According to Toronto City employment survey, Toronto’s overall employment in 2009 was 1,291,200 down by 1.4% or 18,100 jobs from 2008; the first year of decline after five consecutive years of growth. Here is some other interesting data based on the report: In 2009, the total number of business [...]

2010 Charity Payments for Cause or Execs

2010 Charity Payments for Cause or Execs

Image by Truthout.org via Flickr According to recently released documents by the government a number of Sr. Execs in large charities in Canada are earning salaries above $300,000. The list include Plan International Canada Inc., Heart & Stroke Foundation of Ontario, York University Foundation, the British Columbia’s Children’s [...]

Ontario’s New 13% Harmonized Sales Tax – What It Will Mean To You

Ontario’s New 13% Harmonized Sales Tax – What It Will Mean To You

Next summer (2010) the Ontario Government is set to put into force its new harmonized GST/PST sales tax which will apply a 13% sales tax to everything we purchase. Things That Were Not Subject To The Current 8% PST Will Be Now Taxed As a result, things that were not previously taxed under the current Ontario Provincial Sales Tax (PST) will be [...]

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