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Janvier 24, 2018 10:24AM

Costly regulatory delays loom over Canada’s energy industry

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Kenneth P. Green, Elmira Aliakbari, Ashley Stedman
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Last week Kinder Morgan projected that the Trans Mountain pipeline project could be a year behind schedule.

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Natural Resources
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kinder morgan pipeline, oil pipeline, energy investment, regulation, regulatory delays, oil and gas, natural resource investment, rachel notley, alberta economy, Justin Trudeau, john horgan
Janvier 23, 2018 5:00AM

Police numbers in Canada have dropped
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Livio Di Matteo
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From 2013 to 2016, police officers per 100,000 in Canada fell by nearly 4 per cent.

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police costs, police services, police staffing, municipal budgets, municipal government spending, crime rate, crime, costs of crime
Janvier 19, 2018 1:40PM

The dangers of nudging—the use of state coercion to affect behaviour
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Aeon J. Skoble
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Politicians are as self-interested as anyone else.

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nudges, nudging, state, government, libertarian, behaviour, paternalism, Ottawa
Janvier 19, 2018 5:00AM

Not fake, but misleading news on minimum wages
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William Watson
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Minimum wage workers typically aren’t middle-aged.

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minimum wage, minimum wage hikes, minimum wage workers, low-skilled workers, ontario economy, labour, cbc, employment
Janvier 17, 2018 1:05PM

Call a spade a spade—CPP payroll tax is a tax
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Charles Lammam, Hugh MacIntyre
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The program is designed so Canadians who die early in life subsidize those who live longer.

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Government Spending & Taxes
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tax, taxes, taxpayers, CPP, CPP benefits, canada pension plan, Justin Trudeau, canadian income tax, payroll tax, retirement income
Janvier 16, 2018 5:00AM

If Toronto millennials want more density, there’s plenty of room to grow
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Josef Filipowicz
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Brooklyn is as populous as Toronto but less than a third as large geographically.

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housing affordability, real estate, urban density, density, john tory, kathleen wynne, condos, rental units, housing supply, Toronto, toronto city hall
Janvier 15, 2018 10:30AM

Share of independent school enrolment has increased in Canada
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Angela MacLeod
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Ontario has a higher percentage of students in independent schools than Alberta and Saskatchewan.

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Education
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independent schools, independent school funding, independent schools in canada, public schools, teachers, students, parents, ontario education, alberta education, british columbia schools, education policy
Janvier 12, 2018 4:02PM

If Premier Wynne wants to boost low-wage worker pay, she should cut Ontario’s corporate tax rate
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Charles Lammam, Hugh MacIntyre
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The Wynne government increased Ontario’s minimum wage sharply by 21 per cent.

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minimum wage, minimum wage hikes, kathleen wynne, ontario economy, unemployment, low-wage workers, low-skilled workers
Janvier 12, 2018 12:33PM

Under OHIP+, access to new or innovative drugs for rare disorders is limited
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Dr. Nigel Rawson
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Insurance companies are the principal beneficiaries of Ontario’s new publicly-funded pharmacare program.

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Government Spending & Taxes, Health Care
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OHIP+, pharmacare, new prescription drugs, prescription drug innovation, rare disorders, patients, children, ontario, kathleen wynne
Janvier 12, 2018 5:28AM

Is Canada’s latest NAFTA strategy too ‘insidious and crafty?’
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William Watson
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Canada invented contingent protectionism back in 1904, so we’re not exactly innocents in this area.

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NAFTA, north american free trade agreement, barriers to trade, protectionism, adam smith, donald trump, Justin Trudeau, canada us relations

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