Reading Time: 3 minutes The 2016 CPP reforms were solutions in search of a problem – and don’t even solve the imagined problem
Tag: Taxation
Canada asleep at the wheel on U.S. tax reform
Reading Time: 3 minutes The advantage this country once had over the United States has been spun on its head. And that means investment will start heading south in droves
Canada’s tax code is too complicated – even for CRA officials
Reading Time: 3 minutes As tax complexity grows, so do tax compliance costs. Canadians spend nearly $7 billion complying with the personal income tax system each year
Investor confidence in Alberta’s oil and gas industry needs a boost
Reading Time: 3 minutes Continued pipeline construction obstruction and regulatory uncertainty are leaving investors skittish about Alberta’s oil and gas industry
Turning recycled value into wasteful municipal spending
Reading Time: 3 minutes Winnipeg’s decision to go with new curbside collection providers ramps up unnecessary costs for taxpayers as the market for recyclables softens
‘Fairness’ rhetoric masks an income tax imbalance
Reading Time: 3 minutes Not only does the top one per cent pay a disproportionate share of Canada’s taxes, its share has increased over the past two decades
Canada’s economic dilemma: resource rich, investment poor
Reading Time: 4 minutes Across the country, governments seem intent on discouraging investment, and that hurts job creation, productivity and wage growth
Seniors migration costs B.C. $7.2 billion in health-care expenses
Reading Time: 3 minutes Migrating seniors are likely to have paid most of their lifetime taxes in one province while consuming most of their health care in another
Fed’s tax policies hurt families striving to join the middle class
Reading Time: 3 minutes A tax cut rewards families who work hard. Increased transfers make them more reliant on government
Canada’s aging population puts a strain on government coffers
Reading Time: 3 minutes But some careful fiscal management would mitigate the adverse effects of Canada’s aging population