Daily Archives: December 19, 2012

$3.6M on Cigarette Labels, Custom’s guards firearm training cost $143M

According to an article in the Edmonton Sun, Health Canada spent more then $3.6 Million developing new warning labels for cigarette packages.  And there is dispute over whether the new labels will even make it onto the packs! From 2004 to 2010, Health Canada spent almost $1.9 million on public opinion research, like focus groups,…

Some Interesting Trivia Facts about Canadian Business

  1.) Income Tax: 95 Years Young Canadians paid no income tax until 1917.  Nothing. Not the rich, the poor, or the corporations.  Temporary tax measures brought in near the end of the war were largely seen as a way to nab a few war profiteers were made permanent and increased as the government increased…