Investing with your conscience – and with common sense
Many financial new-age thinkers encourage people to invest ‘ethically,’ based on the notion that your…
The green agenda comes at a high cost for Canadians
In a 1999 interview, the late Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman remarked that there were…
‘Fairness’ rhetoric masks an income tax imbalance
By Charles Lammam and Hugh MacIntyre The Fraser Institute For months, the Trudeau government has used the…
Looking backward to predict future investment performance
Long-term investors need to be concerned about personal annualized return – the return on their…
Fed’s tax policies hurt families striving to join the middle class
By Charles Lammam and Hugh MacIntyre The Fraser Institute Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government has repeatedly said…
A tax turnaround that punishes the risk-takers
The federal government has proposed significant changes to the Income Tax Act that would harm…
Why you still subsidize some channels when you pay your cable bill
Forget for a moment that roughly five per cent of your cable bill goes to…
Choosing and maintaining the right life insurance plan
There are many types of insurance and many ways to look at how it fits…
Life insurance is more affordable than you think
From a pure income replacement point of view, perhaps basic term life insurance should be…
Layer your retirement income to minimize your tax bill
Having multiple retirement income sources is a great idea. And that diversity, with proper planning,…