Who was Barbara Mitchell?

Février 23, 2016 3:00AM

Why Ontario won’t balance its budget

By

Livio Di Matteo

The Ontario government's fiscal projections assume revenues will grow faster than spending, when the opposite has often been the case.

Sujet:

Government Spending & Taxes

Étiquettes:

ontario deficit, ontario budget, kathleen wynne, ontario debt

Février 22, 2016 10:41AM

An HST for Alberta? Only if other taxes are cut

By

Steve Lafleur, Ben Eisen

To eliminate the deficit, Alberta's government should restrain spending.

Sujet:

Government Spending & Taxes

Étiquettes:

alberta economy, alberta taxes, HST, rachel notley

Février 22, 2016 3:00AM

Policies play pivotal role in realizing (or stifling) Canada’s energy potential

By

Kenneth P. Green, Taylor Jackson

Annual cap on oilsands emissions means that once emissions hit prescribed threshold, no further development will be allowed.

Sujet:

Natural Resources

Étiquettes:

energy policy, alberta oilsands, oil and gas, oil production, transporting oil production, LNG

Février 19, 2016 8:35AM

William Watson: Was antagonism to markets literally bred into us?

By

There are billions more of us humans than there used to be and most of us are living far better than our species has ever lived.

Sujet:

Étiquettes:

karl marx, adam smith, the invisble hand, free market

Février 19, 2016 3:00AM

Alberta health minister’s proposal ignores fundamental problem with Canadian health care

By

The problem of a high-cost low-performance system is not just a provincial one—but a Canadian one.

Sujet:

Government Spending & Taxes, Health Care

Étiquettes:

alberta health care, canadian health care system, health care wait times, user fees, patients

Février 18, 2016 9:20AM

Unregulated tour operators—anarchy in Quebec City streets

By

Jonathan Fortier

The issue is whether or not tour guides in Quebec City should be required by law to take a college course before receiving a tour guide license.

Sujet:

Étiquettes:

quebec, deregulation, industrie du tourism

Février 18, 2016 3:10AM

B.C. Budget insight: Vancouver’s affordability concerns need municipal attention

By

Kenneth P. Green, Josef Filipowicz, Ian Herzog

In an effort to make housing more affordable in Greater Vancouver, B.C.’s latest budget exempts newly-built homes worth up to $750,000 from the property transfer tax.

Sujet:

Étiquettes:

real estate, metro vancouver municipalities, homebuilding, housing affordability

Février 17, 2016 8:00AM

B.C. 2016 budget overview: Stay-the-course budget a mixed bag, good on balance

By

Charles Lammam, Milagros Palacios

Budget contained no plan to offset the dramatic increase in business taxes associated with reintroducing the Provincial Sales Tax a few years ago.

Sujet:

Government Spending & Taxes

Étiquettes:

bc budget, bc debt, christy clark, PST, business income tax

Février 17, 2016 3:00AM

Dalton McGuinty blames outside forces for Ontario’s struggles during his tenure as premier

By

While saying the public sector should focus more on outcomes, McGuinty refuses to look at the end results of his policies for Ontario’s economic performance.

Sujet:

Government Spending & Taxes

Étiquettes:

dalton mcguinty, dalton mcguintys fiscal management, dalton mcguintys fiscal performance, ontario debt

Février 16, 2016 10:23AM

Fossil fuel-free activists should focus first on self-sacrifice

By

UBC's board of governors has voted against selling off its $85 million stake in fossil-fuel businesses.

Sujet:

Environment, Natural Resources

Étiquettes:

fossil fuels, ubc, greenhouse gas emissions, environment

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