Calgary will fight a bear, Toronto offers monetary savings in Amazon HQ2 showdown
As Amazon’s RFP from cities interested in hosting its second headquarters ends at midnight, governments across Canada…
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Facebook Canada releases election integrity plan for 2019 election
Facebook Canada announced its election integrity plan to provide protection from cyberhacks and the spread of misinformation…
Federal gov’t sets $50,000 a year threshold on taxing passive investments
Finance Minister Bill Morneau announced that a new tax on passive income investments will only apply to earnings above $50,000…
Ontario gov’t investing $30 million in Vector Institute as part of Amazon HQ bid
At a Canadian Club speech this morning, Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne’s business advisor and Vector Institute Chair Ed Clark…
Alphabet investing $62 million in Sidewalk Labs Toronto site
Alphabet has officially won the bid to make Toronto the site of its Sidewalk Labs Project. Sidewalk Labs is Google’s…
Gov’t nixes proposed tax change targeting capital gains, will restrict income sprinkling
The federal government is cutting the small business tax rate from 10.5 percent to nine percent by 2019, and confirmed that…
Navdeep Bains says not-for-profit model will keep superclusters accountable
Minister of Innovation, Science, and Economic Development Navdeep Bains announced the last shortlisted supercluster yesterday…
Uber will continue operations in Quebec, says it’s open to negotiations with gov’t
It looks like Uber won’t be leaving Quebec after all. At least, not yet anyway. Under the conditions of Uber’s pilot project…
Canadian gov’t announces first of nine shortlisted superclusters in Atlantic region
The Canadian government has announced its first supercluster in Halifax, kicking off a cross-country tour of announcing shortlisted…
Quebec Superior Court rejects demands to revoke Uber’s operational permit
Amidst news that Uber plans on leaving the province because of increased, more stringent regulation, the Quebec Superior Court…
Minister Bill Morneau says gov’t addressing concerns with proposed tax changes
Finance Minister Bill Morneau plans to address “unintended consequences” of the government’s proposed tax…
CCI, NACO, CVCA, and AceTech respond to gov’t tax changes in joint letter
As the Canadian government closes its consultations on its proposed tax changes today, several CEOs have been public about…
Canadian govt’s tax proposals will make angel investing impractical
We have supported the local tech ecosystem through angel investing since 2014. Many of our portfolio companies have gone on…
CanCon Podcast Ep. 87: Why hasn’t Twitter learned any lessons from Slack?
Does Twitter understand what its problem is? That’s the question the team is asking this week on the latest CanCon podcast.…
Canada’s proposed tax changes will stifle investment in early-stage startups
I am a lifelong entrepreneur, small business owner, and investor. Not once in my 40-year career of making my own way have I…