Mars 14, 2017 8:07AM

Ottawa spends $23 billion each year on innovation and skills training—with little sense of success

The federal government is not properly measuring the effectiveness of 90 per cent of its spending on innovation and skills training.

Sujet:

Government Spending & Taxes

Étiquettes:

skills training, innovation, government spending, Ottawa

Mars 13, 2017 1:48PM

City charters for Calgary and Edmonton—more local autonomy is good, more taxation isn’t

Steve Lafleur, Josef Filipowicz

Decentralization can lead to duplication of services and the layering of new taxes upon old ones.

Sujet:

Chrétien Consensus begins in Saskatchewan under the NDP

Jason Clemens, Milagros Palacios, Niels Veldhuis

After the reforms, Saskatchewan government spending as a share of the economy fell to 15.3 per cent, down from 23.8 per cent.

Sujet:

Government Spending & Taxes

Étiquettes:

Chrétien Consensus, roy romanow, Paul Martin, Jean Chretien, Justin Trudeau, tax reform, saskatchewan prosperity, government spending, debt and deficits, balanced budget

Mars 10, 2017 9:39AM

William Watson: Among the ecofiscalists

William Watson

No one really knows the true cost to humanity of an extra tonne of, say, carbon dioxide put into the air.

Sujet:

Government Spending & Taxes

Étiquettes:

carbon pricing, carbon tax, environment, economics and the environment, emission reduction

Mars 10, 2017 6:00AM

Only 20.6% of Alberta’s $35 billion capital spending plan will pay for roads and bridges

Charles Lammam, Hugh MacIntyre

The Notley government will unveil Alberta’s 2017 budget next week.

Sujet:

Government Spending & Taxes

Étiquettes:

rachel notley, alberta budget, joe ceci, alberta economy, infrastructure spending, highways and roads, capital spending

Mars 9, 2017 3:00AM

Too many analyses misrepresent capital gains income and taxes

Jason Clemens, Niels Veldhuis, Hugh MacIntyre

In reality, a considerable percentage of Canadians earn capital gains.

Sujet:

Government Spending & Taxes

Étiquettes:

capital gains tax canada, capital gains, TFSA, RRSPs, RPP, taxes, Justin Trudeau, Ottawa, federal budget, wealth

Mars 8, 2017 8:00AM

Uncertain land claims and regulations deterring mining investment in B.C.

Taylor Jackson

Less investment means fewer jobs and less revenue flowing through the province.

Sujet:

Natural Resources

Étiquettes:

bc mining, BC mining industry, annual survey of mining companies, christy clark, disputed land claims, aboriginal land claims

Mars 7, 2017 10:11AM

Lower taxes instead of business subsidies in Ontario? Let’s drink to that

Ben Eisen

The Ontario government will give $4.9 million to support small cideries and distilleries in the province.

Sujet:

Government Spending & Taxes

Étiquettes:

cideries, charles sousa, kathleen wynne, business subsidies, ontario economy, taxpayer subsidies

Mars 7, 2017 3:00AM

Ontario’s Ring of Fire could spawn thousands of jobs for several decades

Kenneth P. Green, Joseph Quesnel

Project would open up the North to development.

Sujet:

Aboriginal Policy, Natural Resources

Étiquettes:

ring of fire, ontario economy, kathleen wynne, chromite, canadian mining, barriers to mining, first nations, first nation prosperity, land resources

Mars 6, 2017 3:00AM

Anti-pipeline activists using ‘duty to consult’ in multi-million dollar lawsuit

Tom Flanagan

TransCanada will proceed with the dig, but litigation will continue.

Sujet:

Aboriginal Policy, Natural Resources

Étiquettes:

pipelines, TransCanada corp, first nations, aboriginal opportunities, ontario economy

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Ottawa spends $23 billion each year on innovation and skills training—with little sense of success

City charters for Calgary and Edmonton—more local autonomy is good, more taxation isn’t

Chrétien Consensus begins in Saskatchewan under the NDP

William Watson: Among the ecofiscalists

Only 20.6% of Alberta’s $35 billion capital spending plan will pay for roads and bridges

Too many analyses misrepresent capital gains income and taxes

Uncertain land claims and regulations deterring mining investment in B.C.

Lower taxes instead of business subsidies in Ontario? Let’s drink to that

Ontario’s Ring of Fire could spawn thousands of jobs for several decades

Anti-pipeline activists using ‘duty to consult’ in multi-million dollar lawsuit

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