Fraser Forum

Government Spending & Taxes

10:49AM
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High marginal tax rates discourage productive economic activities such as work, savings, investment and entrepreneurship.


5:00AM
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Employment growth has been lopsided, with the GTA and adjacent areas reaping most of the benefits.


11:07AM
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Tax policy is the most efficient way to incentivize high-growth entrepreneurship and access to finance.


1:26PM
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Capital gains taxes reduce the return entrepreneurs and investors receive when selling a new technology or business.


2:22PM
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When taxes on investment returns are very high, the negative consequences, compounded over time, can be dramatic.


2:59PM
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Pipeline expansion project may generate $50 billion in government revenue over 20 years.


3:14PM
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The theoretical or “ideal” carbon-pricing system has never been implemented.


2:20PM
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Kinder Morgan stopped all “non-essential spending” on the $7.4 billion project due to regulatory, legal and political barriers.


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