Reading Time: 3 minutes By stripping off the shackles of a variety of environmental regulations, Trump has freed up his country’s economy – and put Canada at a serious disadvantage
Category: Business
Tax free savings accounts: controlling your financial destiny
Reading Time: 3 minutes Too few Canadians know they can use TFSA funds to invest in ventures that could bring big gains (and cost nothing in tax)
If we want an innovative Canada, stop punishing innovators
Reading Time: 4 minutes The Trudeau government is all talk and no action when it comes to encouraging innovation
Growing pains for the agri-food sector
Reading Time: 3 minutes The federal budget injects some new life into Canada’s agricultural industries, but not enough funding and not nearly enough clarity of vision
It’s time the oil industry got smart about its messaging
Reading Time: 3 minutes Smart agriculture movement offers the perfect template: it’s about building trust with consumers by telling stories about good – and improving – practices
Canada needs a national policy to right our economic ship
Reading Time: 3 minutes Our trust-the-status-quo mindset is part of the problem. And our commitment to globalization must come with a Canada-first policy
Putting a higher value on higher learning
Reading Time: 3 minutes Graduate schools must encourage students to evaluate their competencies and appreciate how those skills will help them pursue non-academic careers
Alberta NDP rejects prosperous polices of the Chretien era
Reading Time: 4 minutes Approach reminiscent of the failed deficit-reduction strategies of Alberta governments throughout the 1970s and 1980s
Hiking capital gains taxes will soak middle class too
Reading Time: 3 minutes A rate hike will lighten the wallets of many middle-income Canadians who realize a large one-time capital gain
Brazil and the mother of all food fraud cases
Reading Time: 3 minutes Canada, as one of Brazil’s main livestock industry competitors, will likely gain from this scandal, but the industry should not become too complacent