While all three party leaders tried to assure us that they are best able to guide us through an uncertain economic world, all missed the fundamental point that Canada is a small open economy.
Government Spending & Taxes
Septembre 18, 2015
9:04AM
One of Canada’s most important positive policy reforms over the past 15 years has been on corporate taxes.
Septembre 17, 2015
3:18PM
Deficits and debt, uncompetitive personal income tax rates, and the decline in business start-ups.
Septembre 10, 2015
9:39AM
With a large deficit looming, it's a good time to put Alberta’s finances in longer-term perspective.
Septembre 4, 2015
2:58PM
Green-tech advocates have convinced governments to spend untold billions of dollars on subsidies.
Mai 12, 2015
12:25PM
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?
Mars 12, 2015
9:57AM
Despite gloomy post-recession pronouncements from some analysts, slow economic growth is not preordained in Canada.
Mars 11, 2015
8:19AM
In Alberta, to cushion the blow from falling revenues, some claim higher taxes will balance the books. How soon we forget. Alberta tried that in the late 1980s. It didn’t work.
Mars 5, 2015
1:42PM
According to a Fraser Institute study released in February, between 2004/05 and 2013/14, the Alberta government’s program spending jumped to $43.9 billion from $29 billion.
Novembre 4, 2014
10:24PM
Columnists reveal bias on municipal spending and taxation.
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