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Continued gov’t deficits threaten economic recovery, Fraser Institute claims

Think-tank warns of ‘significant long-term consequences’ from deficit spending As the Covid pandemic appears to be passing and public relief programs are winding down, questions...

Laval retirees donate more than $404,000 to Centraide

In their 24th annual campaign, retired City of Laval employees raised and donated more than $400,000 for Centraide of Greater Montreal. The money was gathered...

City tables a ‘realistic and lucid’ budget for 2024

Mayor Boyer focuses on essentials, without cutting services As announced by Mayor Stéphane Boyer in November, the average household property owner in Laval will be...

Action Laval says mayor still focuses on raising taxes, despite $200 million savings

‘Citizens of Laval are unmistakably overtaxed,’ says Val-des-Arbres councillor Cifelli Action Laval city councillors for Saint-Bruno David De Cotis and for Val-des-Arbres Achille Cifelli say...

Fraser Institute says Quebec families earning $100K or more pay highest taxes

National think tank critical of taxation rates here and in Canada’s Atlantic provinces According to findings in a new study conducted by the Fraser Institute,...

City lists three priorities in 2022 tri-year capital investments budget

According to Laval’s latest three-year capital investments budget, the city plans to spend $1.38 billion over the next three years on 170 projects and...

Quebec allots more than $142 million for Société de transport de Laval’s electric bus garage

Work on $246 million building, for a growing electric bus fleet, is set to begin this fall A more than $142 million subsidy announced by...

Canada well-positioned to continue COVID-19 recovery support, says Mélanie Joly

‘We still have firepower in terms of fiscal capacity,’ federal Economic Development Minister says While some of Canada’s leading economists are suggesting Ottawa won’t be...

This year, May 24 was Tax Freedom Day

Date came week later, because of higher tax revenues this year Tax Freedom Day in Canada this year falls on May 24, according to the...

City of Laval receives ‘AA’ score from S&P Global Ratings

In a report released on Nov. 22, the U.S.-based credit rating agency Standard & Poors (S&P) Global Ratings said it was maintaining the City...