enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Federal aid during the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_aid_during_the...

    Existing federal social security programs were modified to provide additional financial support to their recipients. Canada Child Benefit payments were given a one-time increase of $300 per child, [3] the Goods and Services Tax (GST) credit for the 2019 tax year was doubled, [4] and personal income tax deadlines for 2019 were extended.

  3. Canadian transfer payments - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_transfer_payments

    In 2016-17, cash transfer payments from the federal government to the provinces and territories were $36.1 billion and tax point transfers were worth -$4.3 billion. The Canadian Health Transfer increases in line with a three-year moving average of nominal GDP growth, with funding guaranteed to increase by at least 3.0 per cent per year.

  4. Equalization payments in Canada - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equalization_payments_in...

    A formal system of equalization payments was first introduced in 1957. [7] [ Notes 1]. The original program had the goal of giving each province the same per-capita revenue as the two wealthiest provinces, Ontario and British Columbia, in three tax bases: personal income taxes, corporate income taxes and succession duties (inheritance taxes).

  5. Territorial evolution of Canada - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territorial_evolution_of...

    The history of post-confederation Canada began on July 1, 1867, when the British North American colonies of Canada, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia were united to form a single Dominion within the British Empire. [1] Upon Confederation, the United Province of Canada was immediately split into the provinces of Ontario and Quebec. [2]

  6. 2021 Canadian federal election - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Canadian_federal_election

    The NDP, on the other hand, criticized the government's "aggressive" crackdown on possibly fraudulent CERB claims, while calling for clawing back wage subsidy payments to companies who fired their workers while received this benefit. [110] The People's Party was the only party opposing vaccine passports, mask mandates and lockdowns. [111] [112]

  7. Taxation in South Africa - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxation_in_South_Africa

    The change in 2019/20 budget sees South African residents who are working overseas as residing in South Africa irrespective of the number of days they are physically present in South Africa. Such taxpayers are subject to 45% tax on any foreign income earned in excess of R1 million.

  8. Howick, South Africa - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howick,_South_Africa

    Howick is a town located in the UMngeni Local Municipality of KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa. The town is 1050 m above sea level, and about 88 kilometres from the port city of Durban. It experiences warm summers and cool, dry winters. A snappy chill descends upon Howick when snow falls on the nearby Drakensberg.

  9. List of South African provinces by area - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_South_African...

    Since the election of 27 April 1994, South Africa has been divided into nine provinces. They vary widely in size, from the Northern Cape, which covers nearly one-third of the country's land area, to Gauteng, which takes up a mere 1.5%.