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Golf is great—but don’t even think about subsidizing it

When I play 18 holes, the person who benefits is me.


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Subsidy-powered vehicles get a tune-up from Ottawa

The federal government plans to spend $130 million on electric vehicle charging stations.


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In a $19 trillion economy, the loss of a $70 billion industry just isn’t that big a deal.


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A box of Pampers costs $70 off the shelf in Iqaluit compared to $35 online.


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This week I got an email from the Quebec Liberal Party that gives new meaning to the term “Quebec, Inc.”


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Question: If someone made $62,000 last year, had $187,000 in their bank account, and yet sought a $5,360 subsidy from government, what would the common sense response be?


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Ever wonder how Canada's net federal debt reached $671 billion by 2013? Or how net provincial debt among the provinces ended up at $509 billion that same year? Wonder no more. It's partially due to massive subsidies to corporations, government businesses and even consumers that over three decades amounted to $684 billion.


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The CRTC’s recent reprimand of three Toronto-based X-rated channels for failing to meet the required 35 per cent threshold for Canadian content became fodder for Internet humor; however, Canadian content regulations are no laughing matter for cultural nationalists. Indeed, one of the oldest shibboleths of Canadian public policy is that domestic cultural industries need regulatory protections and taxpayer financial support to promote and sustain the Canadian identity.