The LINK Online this week features Carmel Kilkenny sitting in for Marc Montgomery, with Lynn Desjardins, Levon Sevunts and Leo Gimeno
ListenHuawei worries in Canada over 5G future and security with China
Huawei seeks to dominate development of 5G wireless technology and China’s government provides considerable support. (Mark Schiefelbein/AP Photo)
The Globe and Mail newspaper reported that U.S. National Security adviser John Bolton talked with Canadian officials directly about the China-based tech company Huawei.Several countries are concerned about Huawei dominating the coming 5G telecommunications technology. Huawei is already entrenched in the Canadian information technology ecosystem. Tech analyst Daniel Bader says the Canadian government may try to prevent the company from bidding on important contracts like network infrastructure, and discourage private telecoms from using Huawei. Lynn Desjardins looked into the developments.
Inheritance Taxes: the time has come in Canada
Inheritance taxes: David Macdonald, an economist with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, says Canada should consider implementing them on estates of more than $5 million. (Cdn)(www.policyalternatives.ca)
With an election looming in 2019, David MacDonald of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, says it’s time for the government to implement an inheritance tax on the country’s wealthiest families. “These 87 famiiies have the same wealth as 12 million Canadians,” MacDonald says. “It’s a tremendous concentration of wealth in very few hands.” MacDonald says it could raise as much as $2 billion dollars for new government programs, and bring Canada in line with the other G7 countries, who all have inheritance taxes for the most wealthy.
Trump’s trade truce: good news for Canada?
U.S. President Donald Trump and President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker speak in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, U.S., July 25, 2018. (Joshua Roberts/Reuters)
The recent meeting between US President Donald Trump and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, brought about a truce of sorts, in the tit-for-tat tariff war. Levon Sevunts looked into the developments and found, according to several experts, it’s all good news for Canada too. Former Industry Minister, James Moore explains why.
Posted by Radio Canada International on Friday, August 3, 2018
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