Reading Time: 3 minutes The burden foisted on future generations of Albertans is staggering. By 2019-20, Alberta’s net government debt is expected to reach $45.2 billion
Tag: Taxation
System that rewards status Indians is spectacularly unfair
Reading Time: 3 minutes And things will get a whole lot worse – and costly – as more and more people are added to the list of entitled
Trudeau government’s hidden tax increases flaunt democracy
Reading Time: 3 minutes The government wants to increase taxes on booze based on the Consumer Price Index, while denying the same right to revenue it provides to Canadians
Election results could spell trouble for B.C.’s tax competitiveness
Reading Time: 3 minutes B.C.’s political leaders should prioritize its citizens’ economic well-being over party politics
Taxing First Nations encourages accountability, good governance
Reading Time: 3 minutes Indigenous citizens would have real control over their communities and destinies if more funds were generated through taxes on reserves
Income tax a wartime measure that haunts us still
Reading Time: 3 minutes In the first 50 years after Confederation, the ethos was that taxing incomes weakened Canada’s competitive position. That changed in 1917
The taxing business of complying with the income tax code
Reading Time: 3 minutes It’s time to reform the complex tax system to save Canadians billions. Let’s get rid of ineffective credits, deductions and other special provisions
Canada’s income tax: 100 years old and not aging well
Reading Time: 3 minutes Income tax is now too high, too important, too complex and too costly. After a century, it’s time for serious reform
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
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