Twelve jurors have found the Coutts Three guilty of mischief over $5,000 at a courthouse in Lethbridge, Alberta. Marco Van Huigenbois, Alex Van Herk and George Janzen will appear again in court on July 22 for sentencing. Van Huigenbois, Van Herk and Janzen were each...
The average capital gains tax in developed countries is 19.55%. With the budget this week by the Federal Government, it increases the maximum Capital Gains rate from taxing 50% on the gain, to 66.67%. For high income earnings, who are at a marginal tax rate of 48%,...
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The recent unhappy news that Canadian taxpayers will soon be at least partially bailing out the government of Newfoundland and Labrador, the owners of Nalcor, which is completing the massively over-budget and behind-schedule Muskrat Falls power plant, may be the least...
When Artur Pawlowski came to Canada in 1995, he did not think it would turn out as it has. The pastor of Calgary’s Street Church, famous for his confrontations with police, says Canada looks too much like the Communist Poland he grew up in. “I grew up seeing police...
Emergency response expert and retired Lt. Col. David Redman tirelessly tried to warn everyone that the “incoherent” chaotic response to COVID-19 was dangerously flawed. The powers in charge didn’t listen to Redman, a globally respected authority who led Alberta’s...
The largest Central business districts (CBDs or downtowns) face a serious crisis as working from home has seriously reduced the demand for five-day on-site employment. The CBDs most at risk are typically those with the strongest transit work trip market shares, at...
The Federal Court recently overturned the Federal Government's order to add certain single use plastics to the list of Federally banned toxic substances. What hasn't been reported by the media is that the deciding Federal Court Judge, Angela Fulanetto (appointed to...
Watch William Watson, opinion editor for the Financial Post, discuss the state of the economy in Canada with Frontier's Vice President and host of Live on X, David Leis. (53 minutes, was live November 23 2023).
Rising land costs, not construction, to blame for housing unaffordability
It’s been a continuing mystery for three years, at least to me but many others too. In October 2020, in the midst of a genuine crisis, three scientists made a very short statement of highly public health wisdom, a summary of what everyone in the profession, apart from...
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Is there any critical industrial material as bizarre as natural gas? The stuff holds almost zero interest for the general public, for the same reason no one is interested in the sound of a washing machine. Both boring. Both ubiquitous. Natural gas isn’t even sold on...
CCF announces launch of new free book innovative policy solutions to improve Canada’s failing healthcare system