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The HST includes the provincial portion of the sales tax but is administered by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) and is applied under the same legislation as the GST. The HST is in effect in Ontario , New Brunswick , Newfoundland and Labrador , Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island .
The goods and services tax [1] (GST; French: Taxe sur les produits et services) is a value added tax introduced in Canada on January 1, 1991, by the government of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. The GST, which is administered by Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), replaced a previous hidden 13.5% manufacturers' sales tax (MST).
All organizations and individuals producing and trading VAT taxable goods and services pay VAT, regardless of whether they have Vietnam-resident establishments. Vietnam has three VAT rates: 0 percent, 5 percent and 10 percent. 10 percent is the standard rate. A variety of goods and service transactions qualify for VAT exemption. [105]
Climate change is claimed to result in catastrophe (non-marginal) changes. [28] [29] "Non-marginal" means that the impact could significantly reduce the growth rate in income and welfare. The amount of resources that should be devoted to climate change mitigation is controversial. [28]
A 2012 Canadian poll, found that 32% of Canadians said they believe climate change is happening because of human activity, while 54% said they believe it's because of human activity and partially due to natural climate variation. 9% believe climate change is occurring due to natural climate variation, and only 2% said they do not believe ...
Estimated median income loss or gain per person by 2050 due to climate change, compared to a scenario with no climate impacts (red colour indicates a loss, blue colour a gain). [1] An economic analysis of climate change uses economic tools and models to calculate the magnitude and distribution of damages caused by climate change.
The key conclusions of Working Group I [11] were: . An increasing body of observations gives a collective picture of a warming world and other changes in the climate system (The global average surface temperature has increased over the 20th century by about 0.6 °C; Temperatures have risen during the past four decades in the lowest 8 kilometres of the atmosphere; Snow cover and ice extent have ...
Climate change's increase of water temperatures intensified peak wind speeds in all eleven 2024 Atlantic hurricanes. [15] 1 July (reported): Hurricane Beryl, the earliest Category 5 storm on record in the Atlantic, [16] broke records for rapid intensification (65 mph in 24 hours), overall strength, and location for June. [17]