Economy, Law & Politics

OTTAWA — The Canada Revenue Agency has denied or adjusted $458 million in funds disbursed to employers through a pandemic-era wage subsidy program as a result of a partially completed auditing process.

Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week.

Premier David Eby told more than 700 cheering delegates at the B.C. NDP convention that he will leave no stone unturned on the housing front, while recent experiences with wildfires, floods and landslides mean the fight against climate change must continue.

The receiver has filed a suit claiming a payment of $2.36 million made by Martel’s company, My Mortgage Auction, to an investor on March 8 was made preferentially while the company was insolvent

Geoffrey Rajay Sidhu misappropriated $900,000 from an investor who took out a mortgage against their home understanding it would be invested in a company.

Metro Vancouver board chair George Harvie asked Ottawa Friday to pay for a third of a $10-billion wastewater plant upgrade and over $200 million for affordable housing.

Nov. 15 move follows elimination of downtown parking minimums in 2019

SAN FRANCISCO — Canada and China need to keep in touch, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he told Xi Jinping during a chance encounter this week at the annual economic summit of Pacific Rim leaders that wrapped up Friday in northern California.

Fred Sharp of West Vancouver and three other B.C. residents have had their appeal of a Quebec tribunal action dismissed at the highest court; the United States has dubbed Sharp the 'mastermind' of an unrelated major stock fraud case.