Reading Time: 4 minutes Will likely result in reduced access to new drugs, and delay research and development
Tag: Federal budget
This budget season, Canada must lower taxes on entrepreneurs
Reading Time: 3 minutes Canada is at a huge disadvantage for attracting and retaining those we rely on for innovation, employment growth and prosperity
“Inevitable” recession will seriously derail federal finances
Reading Time: 4 minutes The government must apply the brakes on spending in the spring budget and focus on deficit reduction
Federal spending dangerously near record Canadian levels
Reading Time: 3 minutes Increasing the size and role of government almost always comes with larger deficits, mounting debt and/or tax increases
The case for privatizing Canada Post
Reading Time: 2 minutes Proceeds from the sale of Canada Post can be used to offset projected federal budget deficits
Two fiscal statements, a common debt problem
Reading Time: 3 minutes The federal and Ontario governments need to present deficit-reduction plans with a credible target dates now
Canada needs a bold response to U.S. business tax cuts
Reading Time: 4 minutes Reducing corporate taxes doesn’t distort economic decisions or add complexity to the tax system. It does spur the economy
Reward working to improve income for the working poor
Reading Time: 3 minutes Help the working poor with targeted benefits like the CWB, not misguided minimum wage hikes
Quest for equality must first address poverty, childcare
Reading Time: 3 minutes Too many people are one job loss, one illness, one retirement or one calamity away from disaster. We need income security
Federal budget turned a blind eye to Canada’s economic challenges
Reading Time: 3 minutes Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau’s budget fails to address sluggish economic growth and declining business investment