Reading Time: 4 minutes Businesses need help managing the complexity and high cost of drug benefits
Month: April 2015
Wait times in Canada longer than health report suggests
Reading Time: 3 minutes While wait times have stabilized, they have done so at an historically high of about 18.2 weeks – almost twice as long as in 1993
The US Civil War ended 150 years ago this month
Reading Time: 3 minutes The number of related military deaths easily surpassed the combined total of American fatalities from both World Wars
Rate of decline in business start-ups in Canada reason for worry
Reading Time: 4 minutes It is critical that governments enact policies, including reforming the capital gains tax, supportive of entrepreneurship
Hockey is a bloodsport we can appreciate; Politics, not so much
Reading Time: 3 minutes Would you rather watch the playoffs or MPs out-insulting each other with carefully scripted answers?
Money kept by Canadian taxpayers is not a “loss”
Reading Time: 3 minutes It is essential in a democracy that those in charge always prove they actually need our cash
Changes to Foreign Worker Program could strangle Canadian economy
Reading Time: 3 minutes Changes could also lead to rise in illegal workers
Doing your taxes good for your health
Reading Time: 3 minutes Taking advantage of tax credits can go a long way to making things easier for low-income Canadians
National drug plan would reduce public, private spending
Reading Time: 3 minutes Any perceived barriers appear to be unjustified
Moral waters of war with ISIS getting murky
Reading Time: 3 minutes Without a concrete plan beyond airstrikes, we could find ourselves mired in war for years to come