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.
Taxation
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?
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Carbon Border Taxes: A Counterproductive Idea Which Will Lead to Penalized Customers
Carbon taxes at the borders are becoming a popular idea among some countries and world regions. For example, the European Commission, the EU executive institution, is proposing environmental tariffs “on imports from countries with less stringent climate-protection...
Reverse Orwell to Give Our Leaders New Titles
In his novel 1984, George Orwell envisioned a future that is arguably unfolding before our eyes where government authority was supreme and truth and freedom were not to be found. Perhaps he should have named his novel 2021 because our times seem more like his novel...
Ask Albania
For a lesson in pro-growth tax policy, may we suggest gazing east, to Albania.
Manitoba Fine with Status Quo
Doer majority comes despite economic malaise
Timid, Distant and Bland
Offered a choice between a confident incumbent who promised to keep a dysfunctional system, and a largely unknown challenger who offered minuscule changes, Manitoba opted for the status quo.
Federal Budget: Attack on Capital Tax Pleases Business Community
There is no bang for your buck in that tax. In fact, it causes a lot of damage. It’s a real detriment to growth in the province.
Where the Lights Aren’t Bright
You do not have to spend long in the company of a San Jose official before the old photographs come out. Chuck Reed, the mayor, has an aerial view of the city centre from the late 1970s on a wall in his office. Tom McEnery, who held the same post in the 1980s, has a...
Property Rights, Tax Reform Laws Coming, China Says
China’s legislature said it will enact laws to protect private property and close a tax gap between local and foreign companies, possibly encouraging overseas funds to invest in the world’s fourth-largest economy.
Fraser Institute Praises NDP & Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan ranked as having the third-best climate for investment, trailing only Alberta and British Columbia in the conservative Fraser Institute think-tank released its 2007 report on the investment climate of Canadian provinces.
Private Capital on Strike in Manitoba
In 2005 Manitoba moved to last place in Canada’s private investment sweepstakes, a spot traditionally held by either New Brunswick or Prince Edward Island. FC026
Optimal Spending Expands Public Revenues
A Happy New Year for Manitobans would entail reducing the burden of their oversized public sector, a policy reform that over time would pay enormous dividends, as it did in Ireland.