capital gains

8:50AM
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The Chrétien Liberals reduced the capital gains inclusion rate to help improve Canada’s competitiveness and attractiveness to investors.


12:25PM
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There’s increasing evidence of a relationship between entrepreneurship and age. Younger people are less risk-averse than older people, and more prone to question the status quo. These characteristics are fundamental to entrepreneurism. So how can government influence entrepreneurship to mitigate these demographic effects?


4:00PM
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In many ways Tuesday’s federal budget wasn’t all that surprising. Many of the government’s key initiatives were already announced (the so-called “Family Tax Cut” package) or telegraphed as part of the Conservatives 2011 platform (raising the TFSA annual contribution ceiling to $10,000).

6:00AM
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Like the late 1990s, the federal government is about to balance its budget after a period of consistent deficits and debt accumulation.