There have been clouds and clouds of smoke generated about the impact of Ontario's impending introduction of its Harmonized Sales Tax.  Fortunately there is finally now some substance out there in terms of a detailed analysis conducted by Statistics Canada that was recently released by the Ontario NDP. And what is shows is quite surprising. (progressive-economics.ca)
Nonetheless, the company will have to step up its game due to the impending introduction of the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in May — so its attempt to comply with that sweeping reform may end up also being dressed up as its response to the Cambridge Analytica scandal. (fortune.com)
The essential facts are that activity in constructing and renovating dwellings reached an extreme peak in the June quarter, as people attempted to get work in ahead of the impending introduction of the GST. (rba.gov.au)