R&D is booming in Alberta
Most Canadian provinces top-up the federally-funded Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SR&ED) tax credit. In the past, Alberta has trailed the rest of Canada in its support of research and development. Up until now. It seems that Alberta has finally caught up with the rest of Canada with their announcement of a 10% SR&ED tax credit top-up. The Alberta […]
2008/2009 Canadian Economic Forecast
Source: http://www.economist.com/countries/Canada/profile.cfm?folder=Profile-Forecast Outlook for 2008-09 The current Conservative government is likely to survive its full term to October 2009. The Economist Intelligence Unit expects the next election to return another Conservative minority government. The opposition Liberal Party\’s new environmental policy initiative, based around a carbon tax, could, if successful, establish a platform for an election […]