Reading Time: 3 minutes The fed’s Bill Morneau and Alberta’s Joe Ceci say their budgets are realistic, but they’ve provided no evidence that they’re even plausible
Tag: Federal politics
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
Budget 2017 spells the end of the Chretien Consensus
Reading Time: 4 minutes The Trudeau government’s second budget is essentially an extension of its first. Deficits continue, debt is growing, spending is up and taxes are rising
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
Federal budget 2017 fails the middle class
Reading Time: 3 minutes While the budget is entitled “Building a Stronger Middle Class”, the government’s own projections prove the opposite is actually occurring
Federal budget punts major policy decisions to another day
Reading Time: 4 minutes Instead of a wait-and-see budget, the government could have been proactive and taken steps to carve out a clear economic agenda
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
Feds paint misleading picture of Canada’s middle class
Reading Time: 3 minutes Based on a host of indicators, Canada’s middle class is actually doing much better relative to past decades
When you dangle a political carrot, someone will take a bite
Reading Time: 3 minutes Kevin O’Leary was right about voter fraud, but his mudslinging has also opened the door to further Tory leadership campaign nastiness and that serves no one