Category: Business/Finance

  • Today, Parents Get Child Care Payments from Harper Government

      Lump sum child care benefit of about $500 per child hits parents’ bank accounts and mailboxes, totalling $3 billion in a single day July 20, 2015 – High River – John Barlow, Member of Parliament for Macleod, celebrated the first installment of the Harper Government’s boosted Universal Child Care Benefit (UCCB) today. The newly…

  • Premiers Commit to Apprentice Mobility

    Premiers Commit to Apprentice Mobility

    ST. JOHN’S – Canada’s Premiers today signed a Protocol that will facilitate the mobility of apprentices across Canada. The Protocol will enable mutual recognition of technical training, work experience, and examination results for apprentices moving between provinces and territories in Canada. By 2016, the training and hours successfully completed by apprentices in one jurisdiction will…

  • Good Things Take Time and So Does Canadian Energy Strategy

    Good Things Take Time and So Does Canadian Energy Strategy

      OTTAWA, July 17, 2015 – Senator Black is encouraged by the release of a Canadian Energy Strategy by the Council of the Federation. The Senator was the founding President of the Energy Policy Institute of Canada (EPIC) that was formed in 2009 and its Canadian Energy Strategy Framework was published in August 2012. “At…

  • Premiers Adopt Canadian Energy Strategy

    Premiers Adopt Canadian Energy Strategy

    Premier Rachel Notley welcomed today’s unanimous agreement by all of Canada’s provincial and territorial governments to a new Canadian Energy Strategy. “This document is an important meeting of the minds across Canada about the importance of Canada’s energy industry, including its national infrastructure. At the same time, this strategy speaks directly to our province’s new…

  • Greek Tragedy: Budgetary Irresponsibility at the Heart of the Problem

    Greek Tragedy: Budgetary Irresponsibility at the Heart of the Problem

      MONTREAL /CNW Telbec/ – The Greek crisis unfolding before our eyes is the result of a long history of budgetary irresponsibility and ruinous public spending decisions, explains a Viewpoint on the situation in Greece published today by the MEI. “The Greek public finance crisis did not appear overnight. The Greek government has been living…

  • Diamond Valley Businesses Being Warned About Counterfeit Canadian Bills

    Diamond Valley Businesses Being Warned About Counterfeit Canadian Bills

      Turner Valley RCMP warn that Counterfeit Canadian $20 bills could potentially be used at your place of business. Information about the counterfeit bills: These are the “old” style of $20’s not the new style (these are Canadian bills) The currently used counterfeit bills seem to be fairly obvious as they are: 1) on lighter…

  • CFIB Launches Petition Campaign to Stop Minimum Wage Hike

      Offers to set up roundtables for government to hear directly from small businesses CALGARY – The Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) launched an online petition to capture the reaction of independent business owners from across the province to the Alberta government’s plan to hike the minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2018.…

  • Bank of Canada Lowers Overnight Rate Target to 1/2 per cent

    Bank of Canada Lowers Overnight Rate Target to 1/2 per cent

    OTTAWA, July 15, 2015 /CNW/ – The Bank of Canada today announced that it is lowering its target for the overnight rate by one-quarter of one percentage point to 1/2 per cent. The Bank Rate is correspondingly 3/4 per cent and the deposit rate is 1/4 per cent. Total CPI inflation in Canada has been around…

  • High River Council Passes Property Tax Bylaw

    High River Council Passes Property Tax Bylaw

      Levy will provide long-term protection for Town’s infrastructure High River, AB: A two per cent infrastructure reinvestment levy was approved by High River Town Council on July 13, as part of the property tax bylaw for 2015. “This levy is an important step in ensuring that we can maintain and protect our infrastructure for…

  • Experience Alberta Agriculture During Open Farm Days

    Experience Alberta Agriculture During Open Farm Days

    Albertans looking for a unique tourism experience will have the opportunity to visit farms and ranches during Alberta Open Farms Days, August 22 and 23.   Open Farm Days is a collaborative, open house event that spans the province and encourages Albertans to taste local foods direct from the producer and participate in a wide…

  • Poll: Canadians prefer TFSAs, RRSPs over a bigger CPP

      CFIB urging premiers meeting in St. John’s to say no to payroll tax hike Toronto – As Canada’s premiers prepare to meet in St. John’s this Wednesday, new data shows that most Canadians can’t afford to save more for retirement, and wouldn’t put any extra money into the CPP or QPP if they could.…

  • The NDP Approach to Minimum Wage is Bad for Business

      The Wildrose Official Opposition has been a strong, positive and moderate voice for Alberta businesses in the legislature, while the NDP has remained ideologically stuck on making a dramatic 50 per cent increase to minimum wage across Alberta. The NDP members have their hearts in the right places, but they have failed to properly…

  • Why Hot Crops Can Mean Yield Drops

    Why Hot Crops Can Mean Yield Drops

    Every year summer comes and we in the agriculture industry dread the days that start to creep up on 30 degrees celcius.  This year with drier conditions the across the prairies we are likely to see extreme heat cause even more significant yield reductions. But what exactly is the reasoning for this? Is every crop…

  • Town of Turner Valley Pool – Enabling Accessibility Funding

      Harper Government improves accessibility for Canadians with disabilities in Macleod. High River, AB – Today, John Barlow, Member of Parliament for Macleod on behalf of the Honourable Candice Bergen, Minister of State for Social Development, announced improved access for Canadians with disabilities to programs and services in Turner Valley, AB. The Town of Turner…

  • Women Entrepreneur Breakfast with Dr. Kellie Leitch in Okotoks

    Women Entrepreneur Breakfast with Dr. Kellie Leitch in Okotoks

      Dr. Kellie Leitch, MP for Simcoe-Grey, to be guest speaker at breakfast with Macleod MP John Barlow to discuss economic and leadership opportunities for women and the importance of mentorship OKOTOKS, AB – According to RBC a 10% per cent increase in the number of majority-owned women’s businesses would bring a $198 billion influx…