Décembre 10, 2015 11:51AM

Private art—buy what you love (not what you’ve never seen)

Jonathan Fortier

Toronto-based Artbomb is an online art auction that receives zero government funding and is thriving across Canada.

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The Arts

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public arts funding

Décembre 10, 2015 3:00AM

Fighting over meat-labelling rules isn’t ‘COOL’

Steven Globerman

In the latest development in the ongoing dispute between Canada and the United States concerning country-of-origin labelling (or COOL), Canada won the right to impose retaliatory trade sanctions to the tune of roughly $780 million.

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Single national labour market would benefit businesses and consumers in Canada

Laura Dawson

Recent skills shortages in Western Canada, and a curtailment of the use of temporary foreign workers, make a single national labour market even more important.

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Provinces now the biggest spenders in Canada

Livio Di Matteo

While some provinces have taken steps to rein in spending and balance budgets, Ontario is a laggard and Alberta has embarked on a new road to debt.

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Government Spending & Taxes

Étiquettes:

alberta government spending, ontario government spending, quebec government spending

Décembre 8, 2015 1:42PM

Metis achieve success in Canada without big money from government

Ravina Bains, Kayla Ishkanian

Only 0.3 per cent of the $7.9 billion spent by Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada in 2011/12 went to Metis and non-status Indian concerns.

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Aboriginal Policy

Étiquettes:

metis, aboriginal education, education spending on first nations

Décembre 8, 2015 3:00AM

Better late than never for school choice in Ontario

Derek J. Allison

This year marks the 30th anniversary of the report from the Commission on Private Schools in Ontario, so it’s a good time to crack open the several hundred pages and consider several proposals that, for a variety of reasons, were ignored.

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Education

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education in ontario, catholic schools

Décembre 7, 2015 9:10AM

There’s a better way to cut taxes on Canada's middle class

Charles Lammam, Ben Eisen

The federal Liberals delivered their Throne Speech last week, emphasizing the planned middle-class tax cut. Yet there are two major problems with the government's proposed tax reform.

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Government Spending & Taxes

Étiquettes:

canadian income tax, middle class income

Décembre 7, 2015 3:00AM

Smaller households matter when we measure income inequality

Charles Lammam, Hugh MacIntyre

According to recently released data from Statistics Canada, Canadians are having fewer children, which means the average number of people per household has been declining—a fact that will inform the debate about income inequality.

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