Amazon’s Jeff Bezos supports Biden’s tax rate hike and omnibus ‘infrastructure plan’
Monopolistic tycoon Jeff Bezos, who founded Amazon and is now the world’s richest man with a net worth of $188.5 B, supports U.S. president Joe Biden’s corporate tax hike and ‘infrastructure’ plan.
covid19
Quebec closes “non-essential” stores in two regions, imposes stricter lockdown
The Quebec government has announced that four regions in which restrictions were eased two weeks ago are going back into full lockdown, while two of those zones are going into a stricter lockdown with just about everything closed, including “non-essential” stores.
budget
Catherine McKenna’s Minister of Infrastructure fails another Audit, billions unaccounted for
Karen Hogan, Auditor General, found numerous inconsistencies and incomplete information when auditing the $187.8 billion 12-year ‘Investing in Canada Plan’.
canadian energy
Opinion | It’s time for conservatives to stop letting the left define them on the environmental debate
LNG Quebec is the subject of much discussion, especially in recent days. The Bureau d’audiences publiques sur l’environnement, whose mission is to evaluate the impacts of the project, submitted its report to Environment Minister Benoit Charette on March 10. The Minister still has a few days to make it public.
canadian energy
21 states file lawsuit against Biden for revoking Keystone XL pipeline permit
U.S. attorneys general from 21 states have filed a lawsuit against President Biden and members of his administration for rescinding the Keystone XL pipeline on the first day of the new administration.
canada
Canada experiences 80% increase in debt-to-GDP in 2020, highest increase in all developed countries
Data released by the World Economic Forum in collaboration with Visual Capitalist shows that Canada has experienced the highest recorded change in debt-to-GDP in all developed countries.
covid
Trudeau government to increase immigration levels by 117% despite economic uncertainty
Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino has reaffirmed the Trudeau government’s intention to hike immigration levels in 2021 by a record-high 117% despite the uncertainty of the economic recovery.
covid
Heavily locked-down province of Quebec accounts for 56% of insolvencies in Canada last year
Preliminary data about business insolvencies shows that the heavily locked down province of Quebec accounted for 56% of all Canadian bankruptcies and consumer proposals for the 12 month period ending 01-31-2021.
canadian energy
Hydrogen gas: a promising solution for a net-zero future
Canadian governments are increasingly viewing hydrogen gas as a fuel of the future which can help Canada get to a net-zero future while still allowing for the combustible fuels that can power transportation and other uses that require combustion.
covid19
Twitter introduces Strike System to take down “misleading information about COVID-19 vaccines”
On March 1, 2021, Twitter announced that the company will “begin applying labels to Tweets that may contain misleading information about COVID-19 vaccines”. The company will also continue to remove “misleading information” about COVID-19.
