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1. Wealth tax would make Canada’s bad situation even worse

   Canada must become more attractive and competitive for business investment and entrepreneurs, and introducing a wealth tax and/or raising the capital gains tax would make a difficult situation worse. ...

2. Canadians should be wary about ‘fair share’ tax rhetoric

   The NDP wants to raise the top federal personal income tax rate to 35 per cent. ...

3. The expensive truth about a universal basic income

   Ottawa ran an unprecedented $354 billion budget deficit in 2020/21. ...

4. Taxes remain largest expense for Canadian families

   The average Canadian family spends nearly twice as much on taxes than on housing. ...

5. Both frontrunning parties muddy their spending plans

   The NDP has been the most transparent by clearly stating it would introduce a host of tax hikes. ...

6. Ottawa’s ballooning debt and deficits should be major campaign issue

   Canada has the fifth-highest level of total government debt among 29 industrialized countries. ...

7. ‘Fair share’ debate long on rhetoric, low on facts

   The top 20 per cent pays nearly two-thirds of all federal and provincial income taxes. ...

8. Canadians should watch out for opaque tax hikes

   Indexation is currently applied to the personal income tax system federally and in most provinces. ...

9. New Brunswick government finances remain unsustainable

   This year, the province's government debt topped $14 billion or $18,043 per person. ...

10. Ottawa must exercise more control over borrowing and spending

    If this happens, interest payments on the federal debt would rise by nearly 60 per cent. ...