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Your family’s largest expense may surprise you
Appeared in the Regina Leader Post, Kelowna Daily Courier, and Windsor Star If you asked average Canadian families what their largest expense is, many would probably say housing. And you can’t blame them. Mortgage and rental payments are a painful monthly ...
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Quebec's budget next step in a recovery plan
Appeared in the Huffington Post Premier Couillard's government will table its first budget on June 4 and early signs suggest it's not going to be business as usual. "The time for cosmetic changes is gone" We must act firmly and ...
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BC's boring, balanced budget anything but
Appeared in the Vancouver Sun Tuesdays BC budget, which Finance Minister Michael de Jong called boring, balanced, should have set out an ambitious agenda for the next four years. After all, few governments embark on significant reform in the later years ...
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Upcoming budget a chance for BC to get the basics right
Appeared in the Vancouver Sun On February 18th British Columbians will be watching to see if finance minister Mike de Jongs budget sets out a plan to deliver on his governments ambitious goals with respect to economic growth and job creation. And the ...
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Will governments back off their taxing trend in 2014?
Appeared in the New Brunswick Telegraph and Trail Daily Times A new year can bring new possibilities. Its a chance to take stock of what weve accomplished in the past year and to set new goals for the future. Its also, however, when Canadian ...
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Ottawa drops hints for 2014 budget
Fiscal policy is really about taxes and spending and the federal government recently provided some hints on its plans in these areas. In the recent Speech from the Throne, the government reaffirmed its commitment to balancing the budget by 2015-16 and ...