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Five Reasons Government Debts Aren’t Like Mortgages By Todd MacKay | May 27, 2015
Reason Five: Homeowners don’t force their kids to co-sign mortgages, governments do
Municipal amalgamation in Ontario fails to achieve cost savings in cities both big and small By | May 26, 2015
Municipal Amalgamation in Ontario
Do The Crime, Lose Your Taxpayer-Funded Pension By Aaron Wudrick | May 25, 2015
Senators haven’t had many chances to show how serious they are about toughening up the rules that govern them
Randi Cogan-Shinder, Toronto’s Hottest Perfume Entrepreneur Triumphs Despite Poor Ontario Busi By | May 21, 2015
Business-unfriendly governments of McGuinty and Wynne
Concern about Canadian household debt levels overblown when assets, other measures taken into accoun By | May 20, 2015
A Longer-Term Perspective on Canada’s Household Debt
A little more interest could cost Manitoba a lot By Todd MacKay | May 19, 2015
Powerful politicians can do many things. They can make laws and impose taxes. But they cannot force the bond market to lend them cheap money.
Ontario taxpayers shouldn’t pay for partisan ads By Christine Van Geyn | May 19, 2015
Neutering the powers of the Auditor General and using taxpayer money to promote partisan ads should have all taxpayers seeing red.
Jobs Continue to Fly Out of Ontario By | May 14, 2015
Skyrocketing hydro rates, high taxes and burdensome red-tape under this Liberal Government are not a recipe for economic success
PM Stephen Harper Announces that the Detroit River In’l Crossing will be named Gordie Howe Int’l Bri By | May 14, 2015
Mr. Hockey, one of the greatest players in the history of the game, is a proud Canadian who led the Detroit Red Wings to four Stanley Cup victories, building extraordinary goodwill between our two countries
It’s Time to Axe the Gasoline Tax-on-Tax: CTF By | May 14, 2015
Charging sales tax on top of excise taxes needs to stop; axe the tax-on-tax
Ontario Hydro Rates Most Expensive and Disastrous for Ontarians By | May 13, 2015
How many more hundreds of thousands will be energy poor if you continue down your disastrous energy path?
Ontario’s Pension Plan Shows Wynne’s Contempt for Spending Choices of Ontario Families By | May 13, 2015
Once this new payroll tax is implemented by 2017, it will mean less money for families who are already being squeezed
Screening foreign acquisitions may discourage Canadian entrepreneurship, economic growth By Steven Globerman | May 13, 2015
“The costs of screening are likely to outweigh the benefits, so Canadians would be economically better off if the screening process was abandoned, except perhaps where national security is a concern,”
High River Forced Entries, Unwarranted Searches & Seizures By | May 12, 2015
137 More Pages Of RCMP Handwritten Notes Raises 74 Questions
ONI Report Highlights Rapidly Growing Chinese Navy By | May 10, 2015
Much more of China's military procurements are taking place entirely within the nation
Patrick Brown Demolishes Christine Elliott to Win Leadership of the Ontario PC Party By | May 9, 2015
Premier Wynne. Be afraid. Be very afraid. Your time in office is well past due. And the new invigorated Conservatives are stronger than ever and they are going after you and your scandal-ridden government.
Number of firefighters in Ontario balloons while number of fires drops dramatically By | May 7, 2015
Municipal Fire Services in Canada: A Preliminary Analysis, spotlights the growing number of firefighters in Canada
Largely Ineffective Sanctions Against Iran By | May 5, 2015
Sanctions are an ineffective tool on their own for achieving complex geopolitical objectives
Statement by the Prime Minister of Canada on the 70th Anniversary of the Liberation of the Netherlan By | May 5, 2015
“We gratefully acknowledge the service and sacrifices, and honour the achievements of the brave Canadians in uniform who fought and died during the Liberation of the Netherlands. We will remember them.”
Irresponsible Provincial Budget Shouldn’t be a Surprise By Todd MacKay | May 5, 2015
Anyone who believes this government is willing to become fiscally responsible should consider trying out to replace Charlie Brown as the Peanuts place kicker.
Selinger Budget Forces Manitobans to Co-Sign Loans in Crayon By Todd MacKay | May 4, 2015
The government has failed to address the deficit, failed to rein in spending and failed to offer tax relief.
You’re Already Out of Time to Read the Income Tax Act Before Filing Deadline: CTF By | May 4, 2015
Current version of the Income Tax Act is 3,314 pages long - more than a million words
Stop Ontario’s Plan for Taxpayer Funded Partisan Ads By Christine Van Geyn | May 4, 2015
Provincial Budget Unveils Plans to Limit Auditor General's Oversight of Government Advertising
Deng Xiaoping’s Advice on Soviet Relations Applies to China By | May 2, 2015
The level of appeasement towards both the Soviets and China during the Kissinger foreign policy era is stunning
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Petition for a Judicial Inquiry into the High River forced entries By | May 2, 2015
Story of police, bureaucratic and ministerial misconduct and cover-up that belongs in the third world, not in Canada
Ryan’s Law goes to Third Reading Debate By | April 29, 2015
Ryan’s Law would ensure that all students with asthma be permitted to carry their relief inhalers at all times
Canada’s single-payer health care system not the best model for providing universal prescripti By | April 29, 2015
Drug Coverage for Low-Income Families: The Canadian reality and lessons from Switzerland and the Netherlands
Surplus of spaces in Toronto daycares By | April 28, 2015
A 2013 IMFC poll found that 76% of Canadians believe it is “best for children under six to be at home with a parent.”
Modernizing the Access to Information Act By Aaron Wudrick | April 28, 2015
It may not be the sexiest political issue during an election year, but transparent and accountable government is extremely important in any democratic society
With the income tax deadline looming, Canadians challenged by an increasingly complex tax system By Charles Lammam | April 27, 2015
“What’s clear is that all indicators point to an increase in federal tax complexity for Canadian families, businesses and even governments