By Laveza Khan On Monday, Finance Minister Bill Morneau has announced a drop in the small business tax rate from 10.5 percent to nine per cent by 2019. While this news may not entirely assure all Canadians that these tax changes are fair and beneficial, some are relieved to hear news of progress after several […]
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How Proposed Tax Changes Could Impact Canadians
Written by Change.org · October 20, 2017 9:28 pm -
Tips for Petitioning the New Government
What if you could write a law? Or improve any government policy? You feel closely connected to the issue, but you’re not satisfied with the situation. Based on your experiences or expertise, you know what it takes to make the country better. What would you do? Canadians just elected a new federal government, and last week they arrived […]
Written by Change.org · January 31, 2016 9:55 pm -
Canadians Are Crowdsourcing Justin Trudeau’s Government
Well, Canada, you wasted no time. Last Monday night the Liberals rode a “real change” agenda to victory. By Tuesday morning, Canadians took to the web to speak to their new prime minister. Twenty-three new petitions for him, on day one. Life in the public square is playing itself out online, only the Internet has […]
Written by Change.org · November 1, 2015 8:34 pm -
What Canadian voters actually care about, Part 2: Changing the System
We’ve seen Canadians start petitions addressing most of the policy issues you hear about on the campaign trail, and many you don’t hear about. But here’s yet another inspiring and exciting trend we weren’t really expecting: Canadians are increasingly turning to online activism to try to change or affect the political and electoral process itself. […]
Written by Change.org · October 18, 2015 4:25 pm -
What Canadian voters actually care about, Part 1: Changing Policy
Not to brag, but working at Change.org Canada is a lot of fun. Every week, we get to see the 200 or so petitions Canadians start on all sorts of topics, giving us a good sense of what matters most to people, and why. Throw in an election campaign that has everyone thinking more deeply […]
Written by Change.org · October 18, 2015 4:10 pm -
Announcing change #elxn42!
Change.org has launched a unique hub for all petitions started by Canadians that target federal party leaders or address elections-related issues. Change #elxn42 features trending petitions, official responses from party leaders, and data on what election issues matter to our Canadian users in the lead up to the federal election on October 19. More and […]
Written by Change.org · October 2, 2015 4:35 pm