Today, the Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, concluded her in-person participation at the two-day G7 Finance Ministers’ Meeting in London, United Kingdom.
Day: June 5, 2021
Canada’s finance minister says a deal reached by G7 countries on establishing a minimum corporate tax and taxing the profits of major multinationals will help end “jurisdiction shopping.” Canada is still planning to implement its own digital services tax, as conversation shifts to broader forums, she says.
Goaltender Taya Currie made history on Saturday by becoming the first female ever chosen in the Ontario Hockey League Priority Selection draft.
Canada’s PR3 mixed coxed four is headed to the Tokyo Paralympics after finishing first at a qualifying regatta Saturday in Gavirate, Italy. “I don’t think it has fully hit me yet,” says coxswain Laura Court of St. Catharines, Ont.
Jamaican sprint darling Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce became the second-fastest woman of all time behind 100-metre world record holder Florence Griffith-Joyner when she clocked 10.63 seconds at a meet in Kingston on Saturday.