Feds fail to justify spending billions of dollars on AI that mainly benefits industry insiders
The projected $2.4-billion of federal investment in artificial intelligence lacks justification and ill-serves the public interest. Canadians deserve better.
Here’s how the feds can reduce taxes and balance the budget in two years
By lowering tax rates for many Canadians, the government would improve our tax competitiveness, and better incentivize entrepreneurship, investment, and other activities that promote economic growth and generate tax revenue.
It’s worth two per cent: NATO is Canada’s grand strategy
Instead of a plan that binds itself to specific population goals or political parties, NATO binds us to the collaborative consensus-building and problem-solving of the alliance.
New report shows Canada’s economic weaknesses date back to 2006, covering Harper and Trudeau years
The Bennett Jones report sets out some directions in taxation, competition, immigration, investment, and the green energy transition, but no policy map. It also warns that we will have to choose between spending cutbacks or broad-based tax increases as government spending will need to be focused on investment, not consumption.
Occupational therapists deserve to be eligible for Canada Student Loan forgiveness
As health-care needs increase in rural and remote Canada, the federal government must do more to encourage occupational therapists to move to these communities.
Taxation without legislation is ‘customary’ for governments, but ‘risky’ in minority Parliament, says budget watchdog
The legislative process ‘will not affect’ the June 25 coming-into-force date of changes to the capital gains tax, says an official in Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s office.
Rising public debt costs form large share of feds’ latest $12.7-billion spending plan
Total released spending plans now sit at $461.8-billion, or 90 per cent of the amount outlined in the April budget for 2024-25. That percentage is on pace with the last two years by this time, but both years the Liberals surpassed their budget plans by billions of dollars.
Canada faces a dangerous tipping point on its economy
We are not developing the kind of industries—and hence the kind of jobs, productivity and wealth—we need to preserve, sustain and improve the kind of country we want.
Don’t let entrepreneurship concerns shield passive investors from fair taxes
We should eliminate unjustified tax breaks, and craft targeted capital gains exemptions that incentivize beneficial behaviours.
Memo to Canadians: the adjusted capital gains tax will still constitute a very generous tax break for the wealthy
We know that a decade of personal and corporate tax cuts under the Paul Martin and Stephen Harper governments failed to produce the hoped-for economic boom.
