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FBI contacts second woman in claims of sexual misconduct against Brett Kavanaugh - The Australian Financial Review Sep 30th
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Former PM Mulroney back on Parliament Hill in role as NAFTA broker + MORE Apr 6th
Brian Mulroney was back on Parliament Hill today _ and he’s not mincing words about the challenges Canada faces in renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement.
The former prime minister, a personal friend of Donald Trump and for many the grandfather of free trade in North America, ha.... More »
This tax perk for wealthy CEOs will cost Canada $840M this year + MORE Mar 20th
It’s called the stock option deduction — a tax break for employees that critics claim largely benefits wealthy corporate executives. They say it's time for Ottawa to claw back the benefit in this week's budget..... More »
Valeant’s new bonus math puts debt holders in driver’s seat + MORE Mar 2nd
Shift means executives’ incentives are no longer tied to adjusted earnings per share
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The unseen history of ‘white trash’
– macleans.ca
WHITE TRASH
By Nancy Isenberg
One of the central factors in American history has always been one of the least mentioned: class. Even in purely economic terms, early colonial settlement was bedevilled by the question of labour: where to get the workforce to perform the brutal task of turning North America into a replica of Europe, and how to bend the workers to the task. Racial slavery was the obvious and eventual answer for commercial agriculture, but from the beginning, those in England promoting colonial schemes universally presented them as win-win projects—not only would investors reap the wealth, they would rid the realm of its human garbage.
Richard Hakluyt the elder (1530-1591), one of Elizabethan England’s chief colonial enthusiasts, referred to those he thought transportable overseas in indentured servitude as the “offals of our people.” Such commonplace imagery resonated for decades as much as any dream of avarice. In 1619, King James I wrote the Virginia Company asking for its help, not in filling his coffers, but in clearing his palace environs of vagrant boys…
As finance ministers gather, a by-the-numbers look at the Canada Pension Plan
– canadianbusiness.com
OTTAWA – Finance Minister Bill Morneau meets with his provincial and territorial counterparts in Vancouver on Monday and one of the key agenda items is going to be the federal Liberals’ push to expand the Canada Pension Plan. Here’s a by-the-numbers look at CPP.
$45 billion: Total contributions to CPP in 2015
$38.7 billion: Total benefits paid out to eligible Canadians in 2015
5.3 million: Total CPP beneficiaries in 2015
$1,092.50: Maximum monthly benefit payout in 2016
$19.97: Maximum monthly benefit payout in 1967
$1.3 billion: Cost to operate CPP in 2015
$269.6 billion: Total net assets of CPP as of March 31, 2015
$264.6 billion: Amount managed by CPP Investment Board
$290 billion: Size of the 2016 federal budget
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$45 billion: Total contributions to CPP in 2015
$38.7 billion: Total benefits paid out to eligible Canadians in 2015
5.3 million: Total CPP beneficiaries in 2015
$1,092.50: Maximum monthly benefit payout in 2016
$19.97: Maximum monthly benefit payout in 1967
$1.3 billion: Cost to operate CPP in 2015
$269.6 billion: Total net assets of CPP as of March 31, 2015
$264.6 billion: Amount managed by CPP Investment Board
$290 billion: Size of the 2016 federal budget
The post As finance ministers gather, a by-the-numbers look at the Canada Pension Plan appeared first on Canadian Business – Your Source For Business News.
