A GST holiday sounded like it might be a good thing, but it turned out to be a gimmick to distract us from more serious issues, writes Marco Navarro-Genie.Courtesy Ivanoh Demers/Radio-Canada One more racket from a government that rules by racket The Prime...
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Record debt, more taxes, and a drop in your standard of living, what is happening to Canada? Can we reverse the damage? Former minister of finance and resource development, Joe Oliver, joins host David Leis for a live conversation on the current state of...
Manitoba’s provincial government is finding itself in a financial downturn even as it is set to receive an historic 24 per cent bump in its equalization payments. Something is clearly amiss in the land of polar bears, bison, and Slurpees. The problem is the government...
A Snapshot of Property Rights Protection in Canada After 10 years
The writ has been dropped and Albertans are off to the polls on May 29. That leaves just four weeks for political leaders and voters to sort out what is arguably the most divisive, yet significant, issue for this election - health care. On Day 2, NDP leader Rachel...
In 1992, Colorado voters approved the TABOR Amendment to Colorado’s state constitution. TABOR is a loose acronym for “Taxpayers’ Bill of Rights.” TABOR, explains Colorado’s legislative council staff, “allows the state to retain and spend an amount based on the prior...
Preston Manning: Competence and ability, not ideology, should be the core criteria for hiring civil servants
Increasing income tax on businesses and investment will not increase prosperity and personal income.
The federal Liberal government’s current budget proposal budget proposal to increase the inclusion rate for capital gains tax was met with justifiable criticism and opposition - primarily from business groups. There is another corporate income tax increase looming. ...
The meme where Prime Minister Justin Trudeau becomes the new coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs, who lost in the NHL playoffs to Boston May 4th, has far more depth than people realize. Previous head coach Sheldon Keefe was fired, leaving a prime job open. “With my...
Canadians have been treated to the latest growth-strangling budget of our mushrooming federal government. Aside from the usual profligate Ottawa spending plans, one move has caused justifiable consternation: the capital gains inclusion rate is to be raised from one...
Canada Now has the Third Highest Global Capital Gains Tax Rate The April 16th federal budget increased Canada’s inclusion rate for capital gains, sharply moving Canada up in the effective marginal capital gains tax rate versus rival nations. According to...
An open letter to political leaders written by investment management firm Letko Brosseau, ‘LB’, signed by about ninety current and former Canadian corporate chief executive officers, exhorts government officials to induce public pension plans to allocate more –...
An immune system is an essential part of every complex living organism. Without it, foreign toxins and diseases can infect the body, compromising its health and even its life. A healthy immune system will be pervasive, ready to deal with intruders wherever they appear...