The Alberta Advantage, Refreshed: No PST, No Payroll Tax, and a Lower Income Band
Alberta's tax structure has always been the headline argument when recruiting talent, pitching investors, or d...
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Notes on finance, governance and growth from the partners at RN Canada.
Building a Tariff-Resilient Supply Chain and Pricing Model for Your BC Business
The early-2025 tariff scramble — the threats, the pauses, the March 4 implementation — taught BC owners a hard...
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The Capital-Gains Increase Is Cancelled: Alberta Owners Who Paused Their Exit Can Move Again
On March 21, 2025, Prime Minister Mark Carney's government announced that the proposed increase to Canada's ca...
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BC Minimum Wage Rises to $17.85 on June 1, 2025: Budgeting the CPI-Indexed Increase
On June 1, 2025, British Columbia's general minimum wage rises from $17.40 to $17.85 per hour — a 2.6 per cent...
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Tariffs Hit the Oilpatch: Cash-Flow Planning When WCS Falls
In early March 2025, the United States applied a 10% tariff on Canadian energy exports that do not qualify for...
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Rates Down to 2.75%: Resetting Financing and Capital Plans for BC Businesses
When the Bank of Canada raised its policy rate to 5 per cent in mid-2023, a great many BC owners quietly shelv...
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The Capital Gains Increase Is Cancelled: What Changes for BC Companies Now
After nearly a year of planning around a tax change that kept moving, BC owners finally have a stable answer:...
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Alberta's New 8% Tax Bracket: What It Means for Owner-Managers' Personal Draw
On February 27, 2025, Alberta Finance Minister Nate Horner tabled the 2025–26 provincial budget. Most of the h...
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Alberta Budget 2025: Surplus, Heritage Fund Growth and the No-PST Advantage
As of today, February 15, 2025, Alberta's 2025 provincial budget has not yet been tabled. Finance Minister Nat...
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US Tariffs on Canada: Assessing and Managing Trade Exposure for BC Businesses
If a 25 per cent tariff landed on your products at the US border next month, would you know — to the dollar —...
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Capital Gains Change Deferred to 2026: An Update for BC Business Owners
If you spent the back half of 2024 bracing for a higher capital gains tax bill, you can exhale — for now. On 3...
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Alberta's Innovation Employment Grant: Stacking the IEG with Federal SR&ED in 2025
Ask most Alberta SMB owners whether they claim research and development tax incentives and the answer is almos...
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