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Lower Taxes are better for Business
Professor Jack Mintz has indicated, even a 3% tax increase, combined with a forthcoming removal of federal capital cost allowances, could cost Alberta upwards of $3 billion in lost investments and almost 100,000 jobs. That is 100,000 of our neighbors unemployed.
Professor Jack Mintz has indicated, even a 3% tax increase, combined with a forthcoming removal of federal capital cost allowances, could cost Alberta upwards of $3 billion in lost investments and almost 100,000 jobs. That is 100,000 of our neighbors unemployed.
Why have a Senate? Let’s just flip a coin
Once again, the Senate has bailed on Canadians and proven themselves irrelevant by not stopping Bill C-11 in its tracks. Why are they even a body? What are their roles and who sets their expectations for delivery? I thought the Senate is considered the ‘second non-partisan look’, but at this point they appear fairly irrelevant.
Once again, the Senate has bailed on Canadians and proven themselves irrelevant by not stopping Bill C-11 in its tracks. Why are they even a body? What are their roles and who sets their expectations for delivery? I thought the Senate is considered the ‘second non-partisan look’, but at this point they appear fairly irrelevant.

