It’s expensive out there and Manitobans trying to gas up their car to get to work or simply heat their homes need relief Manitobans shouldn’t be fooled by the paltry sum that Trudeau has sent them via carbon tax rebates. It doesn’t come close to what the tax costs them. The Parliamentary Budget Officer crunched…
Remember, the tax collectors’ objectives are at odds with taxpayers’ interests Nobody likes filing tax returns. Tracking down pay slips, filing away proofs for every deduction and filling out forms is very few people’s idea of a fun way to spend their time. Even worse is having to do it twice, if you happen to…
Better decisions by the government could have led to a cut in PST One point of PST revenue – that’s how much the interest on the provincial debt costs you. In 2023, the provincial government is expected to finally balance its budget. This is great news; it comes along with inflation relief cheques and up…
Taxpayers have a right to be mad at the government People are hurting. But the anger towards the federal government comes from a deeper sense of being ripped off. Taxes and regulations are making it hard to put food on the table. Politicians and bureaucrats are misleading us. They’re wasting our money and not being…
Canadians are paying too much tax because the government wastes too much money Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised to govern for “the middle class and those working hard to join it.” Canadians can be forgiven if we feel he’s forgotten that promise. Whether it’s the nurse working at the hospital, the mom who commutes to…
The CEO-to-worker pay gap is now 243 times more than the average worker’s pay You could call it the breakfast of champions: by 9:43 a.m. on January 3, the average best-paid 100 Canadian CEOs already made $58,800 – that’s what the average Canadian worker will toil to earn in an entire year. High-rolling CEOs’ pay…
Canadians in other provinces aren’t so lucky Albertans saved big bucks while holiday shopping because they don’t have a provincial sales tax. Canadians in other provinces aren’t so lucky. In all provinces but Alberta, the things we usually buy during the holiday season, such as decorations, mittens, fancy soaps, wrapping paper, greeting cards, jewellery, toys,…
Taxpayers aren’t unlimited pools of cash In a rare show of unity, members of Parliament from all parties are angrily demanding answers about sky-high expenses racked up by Governor General Mary Simon and her team. Curiously, Rideau Hall’s rebuttal is essentially that the expenses are “not very extravagant.” [Emphasis added]. MPs haven’t bought that line…
Get ready for an economically challenging 2023 For economic prognosticators, the year that just ended threw up some big surprises, including the first land war in Europe since 1945, spiralling inflation, and a series of rapid-fire interest rate increases as panicked central bankers rushed to tame soaring prices. Few, if any, forecasters anticipated these developments…
Uses inflation to covertly increase its tax take every year on April 1 With sky-high inflation, climbing interest rates and carbon tax hikes, you could be forgiven for drinking. But Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is rubbing margarita salt in the wound by using high inflation to binge on higher alcohol taxes. In 2023, the Trudeau…
It’s expensive out there and Manitobans trying to gas up their car to get to work or simply heat their homes need relief Manitobans shouldn’t be fooled by the paltry sum that Trudeau has sent them via carbon tax rebates. It doesn’t come close to what the tax costs them. The Parliamentary Budget Officer crunched…
Remember, the tax collectors’ objectives are at odds with taxpayers’ interests Nobody likes filing tax returns. Tracking down pay slips, filing away proofs for every deduction and filling out forms is very few people’s idea of a fun way to spend their time. Even worse is having to do it twice, if you happen to…
Better decisions by the government could have led to a cut in PST One point of PST revenue – that’s how much the interest on the provincial debt costs you. In 2023, the provincial government is expected to finally balance its budget. This is great news; it comes along with inflation relief cheques and up…
Taxpayers have a right to be mad at the government People are hurting. But the anger towards the federal government comes from a deeper sense of being ripped off. Taxes and regulations are making it hard to put food on the table. Politicians and bureaucrats are misleading us. They’re wasting our money and not being…
Canadians are paying too much tax because the government wastes too much money Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised to govern for “the middle class and those working hard to join it.” Canadians can be forgiven if we feel he’s forgotten that promise. Whether it’s the nurse working at the hospital, the mom who commutes to…
The CEO-to-worker pay gap is now 243 times more than the average worker’s pay You could call it the breakfast of champions: by 9:43 a.m. on January 3, the average best-paid 100 Canadian CEOs already made $58,800 – that’s what the average Canadian worker will toil to earn in an entire year. High-rolling CEOs’ pay…
Canadians in other provinces aren’t so lucky Albertans saved big bucks while holiday shopping because they don’t have a provincial sales tax. Canadians in other provinces aren’t so lucky. In all provinces but Alberta, the things we usually buy during the holiday season, such as decorations, mittens, fancy soaps, wrapping paper, greeting cards, jewellery, toys,…
Taxpayers aren’t unlimited pools of cash In a rare show of unity, members of Parliament from all parties are angrily demanding answers about sky-high expenses racked up by Governor General Mary Simon and her team. Curiously, Rideau Hall’s rebuttal is essentially that the expenses are “not very extravagant.” [Emphasis added]. MPs haven’t bought that line…
Get ready for an economically challenging 2023 For economic prognosticators, the year that just ended threw up some big surprises, including the first land war in Europe since 1945, spiralling inflation, and a series of rapid-fire interest rate increases as panicked central bankers rushed to tame soaring prices. Few, if any, forecasters anticipated these developments…
Uses inflation to covertly increase its tax take every year on April 1 With sky-high inflation, climbing interest rates and carbon tax hikes, you could be forgiven for drinking. But Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is rubbing margarita salt in the wound by using high inflation to binge on higher alcohol taxes. In 2023, the Trudeau…