Novembre 3, 2015 9:13AM

Do top earners in Canada pay their 'fair share' of taxes?

A reoccurring narrative in the income inequality debate is that top earners don’t pay their “fair share” of taxes. The data, however, paint a different picture.

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Government Spending & Taxes

Étiquettes:

canadian income inequality, taxes

Novembre 3, 2015 4:00AM

Lack of private-sector business investment helps drive Ontario's poor economic performance

Jason Clemens, Philip Cross

Business investment is no longer the driving force of capital formation in Ontario. In its place, investment by the public sector has nearly doubled.

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business investment, ontario private sector, ontario economy

Novembre 2, 2015 11:32AM

American manufacturing more nimble, efficient and capable of competing internationally

Livio Di Matteo

Canada's lack of competitiveness will put Canadian manufacturing in a poor position to take advantage of opportunities via the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement.

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manufacturing, Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement

Novembre 2, 2015 4:00AM

Discrimination not main cause of Ontario’s ‘Gender Wage Gap’

Ben Eisen

The notion that women face wage discrimination of anything approaching the magnitude of 30-cents-on-the-dollar (tantamount to a 30 per cent wage gap) has been widely discredited.

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wage gap, salaries

Octobre 30, 2015 11:00AM

Demand for independent schooling on the rise in Canada

Deani Van Pelt, Ben Eisen

With independent school enrolment rising even as the school-age population shrinks, the share of students enrolled in independent schools is growing all across the country.

Sujet:

Education, School Report Cards

Étiquettes:

independent schools

Octobre 30, 2015 4:00AM

William Watson: The business of Canada depends on business

William Watson

U.S. President Calvin Coolidge said in 1925 that “The chief business of the American people is business,” a line often mis-quoted as “The business of America is business.” No Canadian prime minister has ever dared be so pro-business.

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business investment, business start-up, entrepreneurship, business taxes

Octobre 29, 2015 1:28PM

Are the oil price forecasts in Alberta’s budget too optimistic?

Steve Lafleur, Charles Lammam

Forecasting oil prices is fraught with difficulty, so it's imperative that the government use the most reliable and up-to-date estimates available.

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Natural Resources

Étiquettes:

alberta budget, alberta oil

Octobre 29, 2015 11:55AM

Is fracking safe? Surface and ground water

Kenneth P. Green, Taylor Jackson

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency found no evidence that hydraulic fracturing led to widespread, systemic impacts on drinking water resources.

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Environment, Natural Resources

Étiquettes:

hydraulic fracturing, oil and gas extraction, groundwater

Octobre 29, 2015 8:19AM

Alberta’s true deficit is larger than you think

Charles Lammam, Steve Lafleur

While the headlines on Alberta’s recent budget focused on the planned $6.1 billion deficit this year, the reality is that the true deficit will be even larger.

Sujet:

Government Spending & Taxes

Étiquettes:

alberta deficit, alberta budget

Octobre 29, 2015 4:00AM