Reading Time: 3 minutes A minimum income program or negative income tax sounds good, but the numbers do not work
Tag: Taxation
Electric cars still not ready for prime time
Reading Time: 4 minutes Electric cars are nothing but taxpayer subsidized toys for the one percenters
Growing number of firefighters fighting fewer fires
Reading Time: 3 minutes The number of reported fires in Ontario fell by 41% while the number of firefighters increased by 36%
Many Canadians could end up paying a 15% marginal tax rate
Reading Time: 3 minutes If the government simplified the tax system by eliminating tax credits, deductions, exemptions and exclusions
Don’t define compassion by government spending
Reading Time: 3 minutes The assumption that government is best placed to care for us overlooks a fundamental truth
Canada’s tax system requires swift simplification
Reading Time: 3 minutes Complex tax system imposes costs on those least able to afford them
The glaring imbalance in Metro Vancouver’s transit plebiscite
Reading Time: 3 minutes Vast majority do not use public transit but are expected to pay for it with higher taxes on many of their day-to-day expenses
Rate of decline in business start-ups in Canada reason for worry
Reading Time: 4 minutes It is critical that governments enact policies, including reforming the capital gains tax, supportive of entrepreneurship
Money kept by Canadian taxpayers is not a “loss”
Reading Time: 3 minutes It is essential in a democracy that those in charge always prove they actually need our cash
Doing your taxes good for your health
Reading Time: 3 minutes Taking advantage of tax credits can go a long way to making things easier for low-income Canadians