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Market Wire (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
OTTAWA, ONTARIO (MARKET WIRE) Farmers, agriculture students and academics from across the country will get an opportunity to discuss the key challenges facing young farmers and the future of agriculture through roundtable discussions with Minister of National Revenue and Minister of State (Agriculture) Jean-Pierre Blackburn over the next few weeks.
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Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
The Finance Minister buys a board game instead of selling Crown assets - and Jean-Pierre Blackburn brags about his billions
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Macleans.ca (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
“Normally, there should be a mechanism in a bank so that when this kind of thing happens, a red light goes on,” said National Revenue Minister Jean-Pierre Blackburn last month. Royal Bank apparently didn’t investigate the irregularities, however. When, in the fall of 2008, the bank noticed what a spokesperson called a “few transactions [that] did not comply with the rules,” officials...
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Market Wire (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
OTTAWA, ONTARIO (MARKET WIRE) Minister of National Revenue and Minister of State (Agriculture) Jean-Pierre Blackburn salutes the agri-food industry's success at the ANUGA trade show held in Cologne, Germany, from October 10 to 14, 2009. The anticipated impact of Canada's participation in the 2009 edition had been estimated at some $50 million, but the benefits are now assessed at nearly $146...
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CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
? The Canada Revenue Agency is stepping up its efforts to track down eBay merchants who haven't paid taxes on profits made from selling goods on the popular auction website.To date, only 50 Canadian eBay merchants have come forward to pay their back taxes since July, when Revenue Minister Jean-Pierre Blackburn gave high-volume eBay sellers one last chance to pay their taxes without penalty.Under...