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Lowering Canadians' costs is all the rage this budget season. Except that government providing more things doesn't actually do that You can save this...
International grocery chains don't come here, because prices are already 'good' You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if...
It serves to make Canada's tax system more equally punitive You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account....
Divided responsibilities and many layers of administration explain why the problem has grown as much as public spending to address it You can save...
Ottawa concedes its national daycare plan means more parents are queuing for care. That always happens when governments take over markets You can save...
The new rules would benefit politically powerful middle-class unionized workers by oppressing those at the bottom You can save this article by...
With the revenue constraints Ottawa's new regime imposes, it's hard to keep up the high quality standards many daycares have established You can save...
Fiddling with the number of competitors often reduces competition. The best way to increase consumer choice is with complete free trade You can save...
Raise the price of something, Economics 101 teaches, and people buy less of it. That's no exception when the something is people's labour You can save...
It's more likely that Don Cherry will become emperor of Japan than the Liberals will stop 'heavy-handed' picking of winners and losers Justin...
AI does a surprisingly good job in some roles but for good economic analysis, it's best to study the great thinkers in the original Artificial...
The Trudeau government’s aggressive regulatory initiatives and tax-and-spend agenda have severely harmed Canada’s investment climate Canada’s...
The government should reduce spending on universities and colleges Ontario’s university sector is in crisis. Subscribe now to read the latest news...
The government should reduce spending on universities and colleges Ontario’s university sector is in crisis. Subscribe now to read the latest news...
Ottawa's new $10-a-day daycare is causing shortages everywhere, not just in the Conservative provinces the federal Liberals want to blame As the...
High taxes already discourage athletes, doctors and entrepreneurs from choosing Canada — and now, CRA wants another $8M from Leafs captain Many...
Surtaxes on grocery chain profits won't lower food prices. But shutting agriculture ministries would save money and improve efficiency Many Canadians...
Trudeau’s industrial policy an embarrassing spectacle The Trudeau government’s industrial policy is such an embarrassing spectacle it is...
Olivia Chow just delivered her first budget as Toronto’s mayor, to be voted on by city council on Feb. 14, but it’s clear her priorities aren’t...
Olivia Chow just delivered her first budget as Toronto’s mayor, to be voted on by city council on Feb. 14, but it’s clear her priorities aren’t...
Average child-care operator expected to see earnings halve under Liberals' $10-per-day program — a natural outcome of central planning Prime...
What's left of your annual bonus after tax and what does it get you? A colleague lamented last week, on receiving his annual bonus, that he saw only...
Where there are more higher-paid CEOs in Canada, average wages are higher. So much for evil capitalism Every January, the Canadian Centre for Policy...
“If spending money like water was the answer to our country’s problems,” Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher said in 1980, less than two years...
Ontario universities get big subsidies and have had their tuition frozen for years. The government should end that According to Steve Orsini,...
“If spending money like water was the answer to our country’s problems,” Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher said in 1980, less than two years...
“If spending money like water was the answer to our country’s problems,” Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher said in 1980, less than two years...
As budget season approaches, one thing is clear. If the Trudeau government is notable for planning astonishingly high levels of spending, it’s...
New agreement is saddling province’s child-care entrepreneurs with heavy administrative costs and severe revenue cuts The government takeover of...
The Trudeau government’s vision for national $10-per-day child care, which is openly hostile to the private for-profit sector, remains a calamity...
The Trudeau government’s vision for national $10-per-day child care, which is openly hostile to the private for-profit sector, remains a calamity...
Ottawa's survey on how to spur economic growth wants you to check off its boutique problems. Better to answer with 'none of the above' The federal...
Environment minister shackling economy with new rules for clean fuels and electricity and caps on oil and gas emissions The Ottawa-based...
From foreign policy to child care to ideological renaming to math and literacy scoresm there's lots of room for improvement in 2024 We are all...
You could say Milton Friedman benefitted from his era, but life isn’t fair and neither is the GOAT competition Tyler Cowen has written a book on the...
The Liberal transformation into the NDP is near complete Justin Trudeau’s transformation of the Liberals into the NDP continues apace, and I’m not...
Anything by a choir is fine but songs like Winter Wonderland that don't even mention Christmas should be shunned Christmas music now fills the air. As...
Tax enthusiasts forget that real-world taxpayers react by minimizing their taxes owing Government redistribution of income is fashionable in many...
Ottawa’s takeover of childcare and its push to destroy private businesses continues to be a major disaster for Canadians The federal government’s...
Unions line their own pockets while wasting tax dollars, reducing employment and productivity Governments never need help coming up with nefarious...
Freeland and Trudeau say they practiced fiscal virtues but they're speaking a different language than the rest of us Ahead of last week’s Fall...
Ottawa subsidizes entrepreneurship but only when performed by demographic groups it thinks deserve support Last week, Justin Trudeau put out a...
The government has spent and regulated the country into ruin In the federal government’s 2023 fall economic statement, to be presented by Chrystia...
Feminist Ottawa hits private day care twice, subsidizing competitors and pushing up costs, which hits many female operators hard The federal...
Discriminating against people is an extra cost for businesses, which hurts their competitive position in the marketplace Government anti-racism...
White men earn less income than four of 11 visible minorities, white women less than seven of 11. It's hard to see discrimination in that The idea...