Reading Time: 3 minutes With escalating spending and a shrinking private sector due to the pandemic, Nova Scotia’s large government is a growing concern
Tag: The Fraser Institute
Capital gains tax hike would cripple investment
Reading Time: 4 minutes Increasing the federal tax would be anti-investment, anti-entrepreneurship, anti-innovation and anti-green
Tax Freedom Day came early, but still little to celebrate
Reading Time: 3 minutes After working the first 139 days of the year for government, you’re now working for yourself and your family
Government debt piling up for Ontarians
Reading Time: 3 minutes Blame economic contraction due to COVID-19 and increased government spending at the provincial and federal levels
Is Trudeau government abandoning energy sector?
Reading Time: 3 minutes It was naive to think the government would provide significant and much-needed short-term aid
Alberta’s politicians need to help shoulder the burden
Reading Time: 3 minutes It’s time for politicians to show solidarity with Albertans and make the tough, but right, decision to reduce their own pay
Ease temporary layoff laws during COVID-19 crisis
Reading Time: 4 minutes Allowing employers to adjust quickly will improve the chances jobs are waiting for returning workers when the crisis subsides
Ontario’s lost decade of job creation
Reading Time: 3 minutes Toronto and Ottawa are thriving but as long as large regions of Ontario struggle, the province and the country won’t meet their full economic potential
Teck decision underscores investment crisis in Canada
Reading Time: 3 minutes There’s been a significant drop in investment across 10 of the 15 major sectors of the Canadian economy, and the federal government is to blame
Many Canadians pay a great deal for ‘free’ health care
Reading Time: 3 minutes The amount we pay for health care through the tax system depends on family income and size