Reading Time: 3 minutes A $1 increase in CPP contributions reduces private savings – which could be used for home ownership – by around the same amount
Author: Charles Lammam
Charles Lammam was director of fiscal studies at the Fraser Institute.
A better way to fund transit expansion
Reading Time: 3 minutes Look to existing budgets and not new taxes to fund transit expansion in Metro Vancouver
Guaranteed annual income in Alberta a longshot
Reading Time: 4 minutes The practical challenges of implementing a GAI mitigate its success
Throne Speech portends big blow to Alberta’s investment climate
Reading Time: 4 minutes Fixing a spending problem with higher taxes that erode competitiveness is not a solution
Government employee compensation should reflect private sector norms
Reading Time: 3 minutes Doing so will allow governments to better control spending and rein in deficits and debt
Alberta wrong to increase minimum wage
Reading Time: 3 minutes Policies based on party dogma won’t solve the province’s problems
Growing number of firefighters fighting fewer fires
Reading Time: 3 minutes The number of reported fires in Ontario fell by 41% while the number of firefighters increased by 36%
Many Canadians could end up paying a 15% marginal tax rate
Reading Time: 3 minutes If the government simplified the tax system by eliminating tax credits, deductions, exemptions and exclusions
Canada’s tax system requires swift simplification
Reading Time: 3 minutes Complex tax system imposes costs on those least able to afford them
Ontario budget an exercise in wishful thinking
Reading Time: 3 minutes The government continues to delay making the tough decisions