Reading Time: 3 minutes The province’s high electricity prices – driven by wrong-headed policies – are responsible for a staggering 75,000 manufacturing job losses
Tag: Ontario politics
Trudeau can pull Wynne to victory in Ontario
Reading Time: 4 minutes The last thing the federal Liberals can afford is to sit on the sidelines in Ontario in June. A provincial voter swing could portend federal calamity
Ontario, Alberta carbon tax schemes defy economic common sense
Reading Time: 3 minutes Carbon taxes should replace, not add to, existing environmental regulations and subsidies
The case against raising Ontario’s minimum wage
Reading Time: 3 minutes While a higher minimum wage benefits workers, it can be detrimental to small and large businesses
Ontario housing measures offer short-term gain but long-term pain
Reading Time: 3 minutes As much as rent control could benefit some existing renters, in the long run it reduces the incentive to build new rental housing
Why Ontario can’t seem to ease its debt burden
Reading Time: 3 minutes Government debt has grown much faster than the economy in recent years, and little change is expected over the next several years
Ontarians pay a high price for power system mess
Reading Time: 3 minutes Years of government mismanagement of the power sector must be corrected or families will continue to suffer
Putting patients first can save Canada’s health system
Reading Time: 3 minutes Patients First could be an incredible moment for health sector leaders to dramatically reshape how health care is delivered
A tale of two Carolines and their impeccable political pedigrees
Reading Time: 3 minutes Brian Mulroney’s daughter, Caroline, wants to run in the next Ontario election. She shares may characteristics of another Caroline, JFK’s daughter
Ontario government’s focus on foreign buyers misses the point
Reading Time: 3 minutes Focus instead on reducing the time it takes to obtain a building permit and the per-unit costs to comply with regulations, which amounts to almost $50,000