Canadian News, Opinion

Greece bailout payment – not next week? By | November 9, 2012
In the end, government inefficiency – that is, not getting things done in a timely manner – contributes to the risk that at some point one or more country-specific economic trains might derail.
Canada to follow U.S. into ‘fiscal cliff’ recession By | November 8, 2012
Hyperinflation – for the United States, a myth?
Facing Up to the Inevitable - How to Manage the Surge in Long-Term Care Needs By | November 8, 2012
This is a challenge best confronted now, before the first wave of babyboomers begins to draw heavily on long-term care programs, in about 15 years' time
Vancouver Bike Share Puts Millions in Taxes At Risk By Jordan Bateman | November 7, 2012
Other systems have been delayed by Bixi’s ongoing legal fight with its former software developer and lack of a better tech solution
Globalization – what has it really meant to trade, jobs and recovery By | November 6, 2012
This is a commentary you might consider passing on to your children, grandchildren, and friends with children and grandchildren
Kathleen Wynne.  Another Liberal Ontario Can’t Afford By | November 5, 2012
Another tax and spend Liberal
CTF Applauds Proposed Reforms to Canada’s Access to Information Act in Rathgeber bill By Gregory Thomas | November 5, 2012
“The reforms in Bill C-461 are a step in the right direction to providing taxpayers the salary numbers they’re entitled to know.”
Canada’s job market tightens in October, what does that portend By | November 5, 2012
Loss of 20,000 private sector jobs in October; and,15,000 reduction in self-employed persons
Last Charge of the Pension Brigade By Derek Fildebrandt | November 5, 2012
The government may be about to step in another one if they think taxpayers should put some $23,000 into a MLA’s RRSP
40,000 Private Sector Jobs Lost As Government Runs On Autopilot By Christine Bujold | November 2, 2012
“This is not what recovery looks like"
U.S. October jobs report By | November 2, 2012
The unemployment rate increased to 7.9% from 7.8%.
U.S. consumer confidence reported to have risen further in October By | November 2, 2012
I can’t square increasing U.S. consumer confidence with the facts that U.S. consumers must deal with each day
Canada needs to stay on the path that leads away from the fiscal cliff By Gregory Thomas | November 2, 2012
Here in Canada, the Harper government is trying a bit too gradually to tighten the spending tap
Economic forecasting – how credible? By | November 1, 2012
It makes absolutely no sense to generate a ‘next five year’ forecast in 2012 for the U.S. economy based on the economic performance of the U.S. economy from 1980 to 2000
CTF Supports Griffiths’ Rejection of New Municipal Taxes By Derek Fildebrandt | November 1, 2012
“Minister Griffiths has come down on the right side and made clear to municipal politicians that there’s only one taxpayer
Further Reforms to Federal Pensions Required: C.D. Howe Institute By | November 1, 2012
"The flaws in Ottawa's employee pension plans are so serious that these steps should - and almost certainly will - not be the end of the journey."
United States fiscal cliff – think hard about it now and on November 6 By | October 31, 2012
The required ‘fiscal cliff’ negotiations may in the end be similarly conducted
Greece:  New budget to be tabled today By | October 31, 2012
"In the end, Spain will either have to ‘go its separate way from the Eurozone’"
Unwelcome Guest and Unwanted Problem By Colin Craig | October 30, 2012
The only way to keep the government from digging into your wallet is if we reform government employee pension plans across the entire province
Don’t Give Calgary Politicians More Taxing Powers By Derek Fildebrandt | October 29, 2012
The tax-and-spenders at city halls across this province certainly have plans to bust the door, and your wallet, wide open
Ontario PC Party Launches Campaign to Press Libs to Re-Open the Legislature By Alan Sakach | October 24, 2012
The scandal-plagued Liberals have put the government on autopilot with the doors shut and the lights off
B.C. MLAs Show Taxpayers Disrespect by Breaking Word on Expenses By Jordan Bateman | October 23, 2012
The B.C. backtrack is another example of politicians doing the bare minimum to try and deflect public scrutiny
Proposed Ontario Food Tax is Quack Economics and Bad Fiscal Medicine By | October 23, 2012
Suggestion of new Ontario taxes on food containing quantities of sugar and fat
NCC President Owes the CTF an Apology By | October 22, 2012
CTF, with its relentless, informative and creative ad campaigns, which almost single-handedly ensured that the issue of MP pensions stayed on the national agenda
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The ScuttleButt from Queen’s Park By | October 22, 2012
We need our politicians to get back to Queen's Park and do their jobs
Federal Conservatives announce MP pension reform as standalone legislation By | October 19, 2012
Under the revised legislation, MPs will split their pensions contributions evenly with taxpayers - but not until 2016.
Premier Hides From Truth and Jeopardizes Ontario’s Economic Growth By Christine Bujold | October 19, 2012
“McGuinty and his government need to recall the Legislature immediately so that we can get back to work,”
MPs taking slow road to pension reform By National Citizens Coalition | October 18, 2012
MP pension reform is long overdue, and MPs have desperately avoided even discussing this issue for more than a decade
The U.S. consumer and the ‘right question’! By | October 18, 2012
It seems unlikely U.S. consumer’s houses are the source of their available spending funds
CTF Welcomes MP and Government Employee Pension Reforms By Kevin Lacey | October 18, 2012
CTF declaring a significant win in battle over MP pensions