Reading Time: 3 minutes Trudeau told us he wouldn’t be increasing taxes. He lied
Author: Aaron Wudrick
Aaron is a lawyer and the Director of MLI’s Domestic Policy Program. A graduate of the University of Waterloo (economics and political science) and the University of Western Ontario (law), he practiced litigation in his native Kitchener, Ontario, and then corporate law with a major international law firm in London, Hong Kong and Abu Dhabi, before returning to Canada to work as a political consultant and lobbyist. Prior to joining MLI, he spent six years as the national spokesperson for a prominent non-profit advocacy group. He lives in Ottawa.
Trudeau taking the federal debt to infinity and beyond
Reading Time: 3 minutes The fall economic statement should worry anyone concerned with Canada’s long-term economic future
Trudeau’s cavalier attitude towards debt is troubling
Reading Time: 3 minutes The prime minister needs to reconsider his love of debt before Canadians decide it is time for him to go
Trudeau’s second carbon tax coming at worst possible time
Reading Time: 3 minutes Trudeau needs to go back to drawing board and come up with an environmental plan that doesn’t hammer taxpayers
Trudeau’s infrastructure announcement raises red flags
Reading Time: 3 minutes Every dollar spent on white elephant vanity projects reduces the money that could be spent on schools, hospitals
An argument for a tax-cut led recovery
Reading Time: 4 minutes Trudeau government should put more money back into the pockets of Canadians and let them spend and invest it in our economy
Trudeau needs to turn off the emergency spending taps
Reading Time: 3 minutes With a deficit of at least $343 billion, there’s not a lot to be cheery about
Tough times ahead: what is Trudeau prepared to cut?
Reading Time: 3 minutes The federal government’s single biggest cost centre is the $51 billion it spends on salaries and benefits for its 368,000 employees
Juice the recovery by cutting taxes, getting out of the way
Reading Time: 3 minutes The best way toward economic recovery won’t be found in a pricey, jargon-filled federal government report
Ottawa’s carbon tax hike out of step with global reality
Reading Time: 3 minutes Canadian taxpayers need financial relief during the COVID-19 crisis. Carbon taxes are an obvious place to start