Novembre 5, 2015 4:00AM

Frozen Pinecone for sale—should your tax dollars buy it?

It’s always justifiable to question why we are compelled to support the arts, but it’s all the more understandable that taxpayers recoil at arts funding when that art is particularly esoteric and inaccessible.

Sujet:

The Arts

Étiquettes:

public arts funding

Novembre 4, 2015 11:48AM

Bernanke’s stunning admission and the prospect of another financial crisis

John Chant

In his book, the former Federal Reserve chairman confesses that the Federal Reserve and the Treasury Department were powerless to prevent Lehman Brothers from failing.

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Other Topics

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recession, federal reserve, banking, wall street bailouts

Novembre 4, 2015 4:00AM

Keystone delay means oil will continue flowing south by rail, which is less safe than pipelines

Kenneth P. Green, Taylor Jackson

The company behind the Keystone XL pipeline has asked the U.S. State Department to suspend its permit application.

Sujet:

Natural Resources

Étiquettes:

keystone XL pipeline, crude oil pipeline, oil-train derailments

Novembre 3, 2015 9:13AM

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

Charles Lammam

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.

Sujet:

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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Other Topics

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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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Other Topics

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

Octobre 29, 2015 1:28PM