Reading Time: 3 minutes Justin risks a similar fate to his father’s if he also allows the radical wing of his party to undermine the economy
Tag: Taxation
Are changes to Canada’s tax code being driven by job churn?
Reading Time: 3 minutes Soon, half the workforce will be self-employed, compared with 20 per cent now, leading to a considerable loss to our tax base
Canada Revenue Agency discriminates against PKU sufferers
Reading Time: 4 minutes The federal government routinely denies the Disability Tax Credit to those who need it – and are eligible by law
Tax reforms may be a turning point in Liberal political fortunes
Reading Time: 4 minutes Trudeau’s political blindness when it comes to “unfair” small business tax loopholes is staggering
Taxes are the average Canadian family’s largest expense
Reading Time: 3 minutes In fact, taxes consume more of the average family’s income than all the basic necessities of life combined
Taxing professionals no way to grow the economy
Reading Time: 3 minutes The Canadian government has eliminated tax credits without using the resulting revenues to cut rates more broadly
The hidden, and high, cost of “free” health care in Canada
Reading Time: 3 minutes We have one of the most expensive health-care systems in the world, yet other countries with universal health care routinely outperform us
The sky is falling on small business – or is it?
Reading Time: 4 minutes Proposed tax changes actually bring more fairness to the system, helping to close loopholes and eliminate back-door strategies to hide income
Changing behaviour is only one aim of carbon taxes
Reading Time: 3 minutes A carbon tax used to subsidize alternate energy sources will accelerate the transition away from fossil fuel dependence
Trudeau’s carbon-pricing fixation out of step with Canadians
Reading Time: 3 minutes There’s growing evidence Canadians don’t like carbon taxes and are realizing they’re not the efficient and economically benign eco-tax sold by politicians