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Government policies deterring investment in Canada

— April 10, 2018

Authors:

Charles Lammam Taylor Jackson

Business investment (excluding residential structures) is down nearly 20 per cent since the third quarter of 2014.

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Another wake-up call for Canadian governments to improve investment climate

— February 26, 2018

Authors:

Charles Lammam Hugh MacIntyre

Four provinces have increased their general corporate tax rates over the last three years, including B.C. and Alberta.

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NEB

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William Watson: the way we were—a small government taxing consumption

— April 18, 2017

Author:

William Watson

Today the personal income tax accounts for almost half of federal revenues.

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Slow growth in Canada and the elephant in the room—bad government policy

Ottawa has hiked taxes on Canada’s most skilled and educated workers.

Government policies threaten economic freedom in Canada

From 2003/04 to 2015/16, Ontario program spending grew at an average annual rate of 4.7 per cent.

New federal polices worsen old problem of discouraging work in Canada

The new Canada Child Benefit program, and the expansion of the CPP, may hurt middle-income Canadians.

Federal electoral reform in Canada: Why convention demands a referendum

In the past decade, four provincial governments pushing for electoral reform put the question to the people.

‘Scab’ ban proposal makes some workers more equal than others

— March 14, 2016

Author:

Fergus Hodgson

Unions become more powerful from a ban on replacements.

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