Government Spending & Taxes

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Before we buy boatloads of new infrastructure in Canada, we should ask why current infrastructure is crumbling.


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When tax rates are increased, tax filers—especially upper-income earners—are able to find legal means to mitigate those tax increases.


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Let’s look at the expected fiscal balances in Canada’s 10 provinces for 2015/16.


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B.C. Premier Christy Clark recently said that another plebiscite would be required if Metro Vancouver municipal governments want a new tax to fund a transit-heavy capital plan.


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The need for infrastructure spending in Canada is getting a lot of attention this election, with all the parties presenting platform planks on the amounts they would spend.


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The current election campaign has seen a lot of attention focused on balancing the federal budget and the size of the federal deficit. Perhaps some historical perspective will better inform the debate.


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This fiscal year, Canada's federal government will send more than $68 billion in transfer payments to the provinces.


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While all three party leaders tried to assure us that they are best able to guide us through an uncertain economic world, all missed the fundamental point that Canada is a small open economy.


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One of Canada’s most important positive policy reforms over the past 15 years has been on corporate taxes.


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Deficits and debt, uncompetitive personal income tax rates, and the decline in business start-ups.


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