If a carbon tax is implemented, it will likely be on top of the extensive regulation Canadians already face.
Government Spending & Taxes
July 29, 2016
10:17AM
Long and uncertain building permit approval timelines are key barriers to building.
July 29, 2016
3:00AM
Ontario’s net provincial government debt may reach $350 billion by 2020.
July 25, 2016
12:33PM
Canadians born in 1971 or after can now expect to receive a meagre rate of return from their CPP contributions of between 2.3 per cent and 2.5 per cent (depending on their specific year of birth).
July 22, 2016
7:15AM
Well-designed consumption taxes, of which sales taxes are one type, are much less damaging.
July 22, 2016
3:00AM
Enhanced child benefit shuffles money among middle-class families via an expensive bureaucracy.
July 21, 2016
3:00AM
Ontario has been racking up debt at a historically rapid pace and is on track to rack up still more debt in the years ahead.
July 20, 2016
9:45AM
Canada’s premiers are meeting in Whitehorse, Yukon this week and health-care transfers from Ottawa may be high on the agenda.
July 19, 2016
1:50PM
Almost half of all independent schools in Ontario have a religious orientation.
July 15, 2016
10:17AM
Most Canadians are adequately prepared for retirement, making CPP expansion largely unnecessary.
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