France’s “yellow vest” protesters are demanding the right to hold referendums on new legislation that would overrule parliamentary votes in what they claim would be a “more direct” form of democracy. Referendums have become a key demand of the movement, which began as a fuel price protest but has now broadened to encompass a range…
OTTAWA — The finance minister says he had no idea a tax credit the government renamed in its budget this week essentially erased a piece of Jim Flaherty’s legacy. In an interview with HuffPost Canada, Bill Morneau said the decision to rename the Working Income Tax Benefit (WITB) to the Canada Workers Benefit (CWB) was…
It was a catchphrase from his days as host of The Apprentice and, now in the White House, Donald Trump has shown he’s still happy to tell someone: You’re fired. Since the former celebrity businessman entered the Oval Office, the list of departures from his administration has been rising rapidly. Some have been dismissed, some have…
If you earn income through tips and don’t report it, watch out. It’s becoming increasingly easy for Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) to catch unreported tip income, and the agency says it plans to continue targeting those who don’t pay up. In an email to HuffPost Canada, a CRA spokesman denied recent news reports that the…
Diplomatic tensions between the United States and Iran escalated on Friday as Tehran announced it would send warships close to American waters within months. The Iranian Navy said it would deploy vessels in the Atlantic from March as a counter-measure to the presence of US aircraft carries in the Gulf. Iranian Rear-Admiral Touraj Hassani said they…
HALIFAX — Viola Desmond’s trailblazing act of defiance — overlooked for decades by most Canadians — was honoured Thursday in a Halifax ceremony that cemented her new status as a civil rights icon. A new $10 bill featuring Desmond was unveiled by Finance Minister Bill Morneau and Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz. The purple…
South Africa has issued an arrest warrant for Zimbabwe’s former first lady Grace Mugabe over an alleged assault in an upmarket district of Johannesburg last year, a police spokesman said on Wednesday. After the alleged assault with an electric cable came to light in August 2017, the South African government granted Grace Mugabe diplomatic immunity….
OTTAWA — The federal government is taking steps to crack down on companies that try to ship cheap foreign steel and aluminum through the Canadian market. Canada Border Services Agency is being granted extra powers to identify businesses that try to dodge import duties and more flexibility to determine whether prices in countries of origin…
The big Nintendo Switch Fire Emblem game has been unveiled. It’s called Fire Emblem: Three Houses and it’s coming spring 2019. Nintendo showed a chunk of the game during the Direct E3 broadcast. Three Houses has the strategical top-level grid-based gameplay you expect from the series, as well as fully rendered playings-out of the attacks…
A married Australian MP will quit the parliament over a scandal in which he had dinner in Hong Kong with a much younger woman he met on a "sugar daddies" dating website and sent her a series of explicit texts detailing his “completely dishonourable” intentions. Andrew Broad, a 43-year-old father from the rural-based National party, initially…