The country is shuffling through a very weak recovery, and public opinion remains distinctly negative, with nearly half of Americans saying China has already leapfrogged us and nearly 60 percent convinced the country is headed in the wrong direction.
Taxation
Taxes, Bureaucrats Should Top Liberal Concerns: Party has chance to change policy landscape
The Manitoba Liberals may make gains next election, so they should adopt some winning policy ideas.
Why Shouldn’t Princeton Pay Taxes?
For the latest evidence of the town-gown divide, look no further than New Jersey, where earlier this summer residents of Princeton banded together to sue the prestigious school in their backyard. The residents argued that Princeton University, which boasts the largest endowment per student in the country, should no longer be entitled to its tax-exempt status because the school makes money—from its scientific patents, ticketed concerts, on-campus eateries and more. The Ivy League school is operating like a business, the plaintiffs say, so the tax code should treat it like one.
Hong Kong’s Simple, Low Taxes: Don’t We All Want It?
“I did a little calculation yesterday,” says Stuart Iliffe, a Canadian working in Hong Kong as chief financial officer of publishing house PPP Co. Ltd. “If I earned $100,000 [all figures Canadian unless noted] in Canada, after tax I would keep $64,000. If I earned $100,000 in Hong Kong, and made use of the married man’s tax allowance, I would keep $90,100.” Those are startling figures – and they don’t even take into account that the former British colony – since 1997 a special administrative region (SAR) of China – has no goods and services tax, harmonized sales tax or value added tax.
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Coal – Not Wind – is Keeping Saskatchewan’s Lights On
While it’s not the same minute-by-minute data provided by the Alberta Electric System Operator for their grid, SaskPower has begun breaking down where its power is coming from on a daily basis. And the data from Oct. 3 and 4 showed wind generated an average of just...
57 Policy Proposals for Future Leaders to Help Make the Canadian Economy Soar
Executive Summary The various federal political parties are all promoting the policy agendas they believe will foster a sustainably high quality of life for all Canadians. It remains to be seen whether they will attain the success that they aim to achieve. In some...
Can Canada Increase Entrepreneurship?: How tax administration may be biased against self-employment
In doggedly downgrading self-employed individuals to employees, the Canadian Revenue Agency (CRA) is exhibiting a strong bias against entrepreneurship, creating a series of negative consequences for the Canadian economy.
Who Determines Entrepreneurship?
There are 2.6 million self-employed people in Canada. Even though the Canadian and provincial governments generally have formally stated positive attitudes toward self-employed people, key aspects of tax administration are biased against people being self-employed....
Ethics and Aboriginal Governance – With Don Sandberg
Watch Don Sandberg discuss the Federal Government auditing Aboriginal Governance. (6 minutes)
Taxpayers’ Money Will Continue To Fund Political Parties
In fact government handouts will still be the primary source of funds for all five political parties represented in Parliament.
Go North, Young Man, Go North: Canada is quietly surpassing the U.S. as the land of opportunity
While we have every reason to fear the disorder spilling over from our increasingly lawless neighbor to the south, our well-mannered Canadian neighbors have pulled their act together. We could learn a lot from them.
Speaking to Quebeckers
Danielle Smith, the leader of Alberta’s Wildrose Alliance Party, has made a spirited defense of Alberta’s oil industry in her address to members of Reseau Liberte-Quebec (RLQ –Quebec Freedom Network) gathering in Montreal last week.
Don’t Backpedal on Budget
The last thing the federal Tories should be doing with their new mandate is backpedaling on balancing the budget. Instead it’s the first.
Not Taxing Low Income People Smarter than Raising Minimum Wage
Reducing taxes paid by the poor can have a more significant impact on their take-home pay than increasing minimum wage.
False Economy – Tobacco Taxes
Have they conducted a cost-benefit assessment?