Fireworks celebrations on July 1st do not escape Harmonized Sales Tax THUNDER BAY – Canada Day celebrations this year will have a little less bang for the buck as the Harper-McGuinty HST will make it more expensive to buy even fireworks. It’s a fitting start to how this unfair tax shift will [Read more]
Ontario’s Tax Plan A Big Boost for Small Business The Harmonized Sales Tax will return approximately 5 billion dollars to Ontario businesses and will create hundreds of thousands of new jobs. On July 1st, the province of Ontario’s 50 year old tax system will get a major overhaul. Ontario is [Read more]
Area Businesses Benefit from Manitouwadge HST Seminar by Karina Hunter Monday, June 7th a full house packed Township of Manitouwadge Council Chambers as service organizations representatives and business owners, having come from as far as Dubreuilville, attended an HST Information Seminar at the [Read more]
Thunder Bay-Superior North MP Michael Gravelle’s office was receiving many calls regarding the new Harmonized Sales Tax. In response to this, Gravelle’s Spring Newsletter focuses on answering questions about the HST and how it affects constituents of his riding; it also includes some [Read more]
HST cheque may be in the mail but Ontario residents are not expecting it More than 80 per cent of Ontarians are unsure or not expecting to receive the HST transitional benefit TORONTO, June 7 /CNW/ – More than 6.6 million Ontario households will receive the HST Transitional Benefit payment [Read more]
HST Cuts Red Tape, Creates Jobs June 4, 2010 2:15 PM McGuinty Government Making It Easier To Do Business Ontario is cutting red tape as part of its plan to create jobs and grow the economy. It will eliminate over 5,000 pages of outdated rules, regulations and operating procedures by implementing [Read more]
Township of Manitouwadge Economic Development will be hosting an HST Seminar Monday, June 7th, 2010 at 6:30 pm @ Township of Manitouwadge Council Chambers This seminar will explain how the Harmonized Sales Tax works. Topics Covered in the HST Seminar: Help you understand the differences and [Read more]
McGuinty Government Gives Businesses More Reasons To Invest In Ontario Ontario’s tax plan will create more jobs for Ontario families and make the province one of the most tax-competitive jurisdictions in the industrialized world for new business investment. This message was delivered today [Read more]
New Energy Credit Available For Northern Residents McGuinty Government Helps Northerners With Energy Costs Ontario has passed legislation that will provide relief for low to middle income northern Ontario residents who are facing high energy costs through an annual credit. The annual Northern [Read more]
McGuinty Government Working to Make Ontario A Clean Water Leader As part of its Open Ontario Plan the province is taking steps to make Ontario the leading clean water jurisdiction in North America. To be introduced later today, the Water Opportunities and Water Conservation Act would, if passed, [Read more]
McGuinty Government Reducing Time Paramedics Spend In Hospitals, Creating Jobs Ontario is helping hospitals create more nursing positions dedicated to assisting patients who arrive in emergency rooms (ERs) by ambulance. The province is providing $9.6 million for municipalities to create over 90 [Read more]
McGuinty Government Introduces New Permanent Northern Ontario Energy Credit Ontario is proposing a new permanent Northern Ontario Energy Credit that would help eligible low- to middle-income northern residents with their energy costs. First introduced in the 2010 Ontario Budget, the credit is [Read more]
The Hon.Kathleen Wynne, Minister of Transport, took a minute to address OntarioNewsNorth.com visitors and share her feelings about the Northwestern Ontario Municipal Association’s (NOMA) Annual General Meeting (AGM) & Conference inMarathon, Ontario last week. This after her participation [Read more]
McGuinty Government Reminds Ontarians To File Your Taxes Ontario’s Tax Plan for Jobs and Growth means that there are more reasons to file a tax return this year. Even for those with little or no income, or who haven’t filed in recent years, filing a tax return is the only way to qualify [Read more]
