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Jack Mintz: Canada can no longer afford a peace dividend 

20.12.2024 10

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Jack Mintz: Freeland’s sudden conversion to fiscal sanity is too little, too late

18.12.2024 10

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Jack Mintz: Chrystia Freeland may be wishing she was Irish

13.12.2024 10

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Jack Mintz: We need simple, efficient, fair tax cuts — not ineffective holiday handouts

The Liberals' transparent and gimmicky attempt at vote-buying represents a pretty much complete perversion of good policy principles You can save this...

06.12.2024 10

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Jack Mintz: With Trump’s tariff threat, we're reaping what we have sown

Either we believe in free trade or we don’t. If we push our own protectionist policies how can we lecture the U.S. for responding in kind? You can...

29.11.2024 10

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Jack Mintz: Corporate welfare shrinks the economy

Successful firms don't need government help and unsuccessful ones don't deserve it. We should stop wasting tens of billions a year You can save this...

22.11.2024 10

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Jack Mintz: Incumbent governments are losing power for good reason

Voters already angry about price increases are in no mood for the big tax hikes that would be necessary to make progress on climate goals You can save...

15.11.2024 10

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Jack Mintz: Trump 2.0 could hurt Canada’s economy

We should fight back with pro-growth policies of our own and lobbying to persuade Americans a northern border open to trade benefits them You can save...

08.11.2024 6

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Jack Mintz: Canada isn’t broken but it is badly mismanaged

Immigration and budgeting are out of control while the energy transition is based on completely unrealistic targets and no workable plan You can save...

01.11.2024 10

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Jack Mintz: Alberta should bolster its private auto insurance market

Price freezes and caps haven't brought prices down. A hybrid system of no-fault for minor claims and lawsuits for larger ones may be best You can save...

18.10.2024 10

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Jack Mintz: Will Canada's auto industry need another bailout?

Governments need a better strategy than continually throwing money at the sector You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if...

11.10.2024 10

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Jack Mintz: Moral clarity needed from Canadian politicians on Oct. 7 anniversary

Canada should not join in making Jews scapegoats for the world's ills You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have...

04.10.2024 10

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Jack Mintz: Hands off our pensions, Trudeau Liberals!

Canadian pension funds should invest in what's best for their contributors, not where the federal government would like them to invest You can save...

27.09.2024 10

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Jack Mintz: Carbon tax on fuel may soon be axed but expect other climate charges to stay

Carbon charge applied to big emitters through OBPS will likely remain You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have...

20.09.2024 10

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Jack Mintz: Kamala Harris channels Justin Trudeau

From sunny ways and joy to the overriding focus on the middle class, Kamala Harris's campaign is eerily similar to Justin Trudeau's in 2015 You can...

13.09.2024 10

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Jack Mintz: Output per job is down. And now jobs are down, too

Canada is being hit by an economic double whammy that lower interest rates on their own can't fix. We need smarter economic policies You can save this...

06.09.2024 10

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Jack Mintz: Why have we all jumped off the climate-subsidy cliff?

A new study of 1,500 climate policies in 41 countries says subsidies don't work, pricing emissions does. So why are we awash in subsidies? You can...

30.08.2024 10

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Jack Mintz: Tips should be taxed just like any other income

Exempting tips from income taxation, as both Donald Trump and Kamala Harris would do, is evidence of why we need serious tax reform You can save this...

16.08.2024 10

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Jack Mintz: It's a 'weird' and 'wacko' political world out there

If politicians want to call each other names, that's up to them. Just as long as their policies aren't weird or wacko You can save this article by...

09.08.2024 8

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Jack Mintz: Think twice before replacing other revenue-producing taxes with tariffs

Income taxes do have high economic costs, but in the past, aggressive tariff-raising has led to retaliation, escalation and world depression You can...

02.08.2024 10

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Jack Mintz: Hey feds, stick to your own lane and butt out of provincial matters

Ottawa needs to remember Canada is a federation not a unitary state. Blurring who's in charge destroys democratic accountability You can save this...

26.07.2024 10

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Jack Mintz: Postliberalism is trendy but don't ditch liberalism just yet

The 'postliberalism' turning conservative heads globally owes more to Romantic than Enlightenment values. History tells us: be careful You can save...

19.07.2024 10

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Jack Mintz: Federal employment bloat costing taxpayers at least $10 billion annually

Canada's population is up 12.5 per cent since 2014. The non-military federal civil service is up 39.9 per cent. What's going on? You can save this...

12.07.2024 10

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Jack Mintz: Angry voters punishing governments for poor economic policies

Affordability, taxes, deficits, debts. To paraphrase an adviser to Bill Clinton, it's (almost always) the economy, stupid, that vexes voters worldwide...

05.07.2024 10

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Junk Science Week — Jack Mintz: Debunking Robert Reich's debunking of economics

Reich argues economics is just 'political economy.' But positive economics works hard to establish facts without value judgments intruding You can...

27.06.2024 10

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Jack Mintz: Take Trump's tariff and tax ideas seriously

Raising tariffs and cutting income taxes sounds regressive. What really happens depends on whether exporters to the U.S. cut their prices You can save...

21.06.2024 10

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Jack Mintz: Angry B.C. voters mull moving next door

Taxes are at French levels. Regulations are stifling, deficits and costs soaring. What's best? Stay and fight? Or move next door to Alberta? You can...

14.06.2024 10

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Jack Mintz: Recognition of Palestinian state about politics, not law

Palestine does not fit the legal definition of a state You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. The...

31.05.2024 30

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Jack Mintz: Capital gains tax hike will hurt the middle class, too

Almost 1.25 million Canadians will have to pay it at least once during their taxpaying lives. And it will likely hit stock prices, too You can save...

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Jack Mintz: Do boycotts against Israel include inventions that could save protesters' lives?

The nation's economy is an innovation centre that generates products — such as flexible stents — and ideas that help people everywhere You can...

19.05.2024 30

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Jack Mintz: Soak-the-rich may be fun but it doesn’t pay

Revenues often disappoint as high-income earners adjust their behaviour to minimize tax. They may also reduce their real economic activity You can...

26.04.2024 30

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Jack Mintz: David Dodge wasn't wrong, this federal budget is 'one of the worst in decades'

Chrystia Freeland's budget fails to address the biggest problem facing Canada — our declining standard of living You can save this article by...

17.04.2024 20

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Jack Mintz: Don't go woke on taxes, Minister Freeland!

'Critical tax theory' wants white people to pay more tax. Let's stick to these guides for tax policy: efficiency, simplicity and fairness You can save...

12.04.2024 10

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Jack Mintz: Provincial deficits are out of control. The feds are up next

The provinces seem happy kicking their deficits down the road and Ottawa is already spending campaign-style. Sorry, kids and grandkids! You can save...

05.04.2024 10

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Jack Mintz: Justin Trudeau's legacy could be a poorer Canada

The PM has brought in new social programs, paid for with debt and taxes, but Canadian incomes are at West Virginian levels and declining You can save...

22.03.2024 40

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Jack Mintz: Axe the cap on Alberta auto insurance premiums

Freezing rates causes some insurers to leave and others to squeeze coverage and benefits I can understand why many hard-pressed consumers are worried...

15.03.2024 8

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Jack Mintz: Don’t solve investment woes on workers’ backs

Governments need to address why pension funds are shunning Canada and taking their investments elsewhere In the past few weeks, I have attended four...

08.03.2024 6

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Jack Mintz: Alberta renews its quest for a holy grail — a healthy Heritage Fund

With some form of energy transition likely coming, the province needs to ensure operational funding well past 2050 Alberta’s budget had lots of...

05.03.2024 20

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Jack Mintz: Protecting corporate Canada from takeovers hurts productivity

In 2021-22, Canada attracted only US$119 billion in foreign capital. Capital outflows were more than twice that amount The supposed “hollowing...

29.02.2024 8

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Jack Mintz: Vacant home taxes may be worsening the housing crisis

By making second homes unattractive to many potential owners, taxes on 'under-occupied' homes may actually reduce the overall supply The latest...

23.02.2024 10

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Jack Mintz: 'ArriveScam' boondoggle demands government accountability

The most shameful aspect of the $59.5-million travesty was that lives were on the line If I have a serious health problem, like a chest pain, who do I...

16.02.2024 5

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Jack Mintz: Canada has lost $225 billion in foreign investment since 2016

Ottawa boasts about large recent inflows of capital but outflows are even bigger. If Canadians prefer to invest elsewhere, that's bad news According...

09.02.2024 10

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Jack Mintz: Closure of Panama copper mine threatens e-transition

Forced shutdown of $10-billion mine signals to companies: invest in rule-of-law countries only Canada’s First Quantum Minerals, sixth largest copper...

02.02.2024 10

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Jack Mintz: Canada's EV strategy has cost $4 million a job

Chrystia Freeland's new economy is fuelled by old-fashioned subsidies With Canadian GDP per capita dropping like a stone, what would you expect our...

27.01.2024 10

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Jack Mintz: There is no silver bullet for Canada’s productivity woes

Many factors affect productivity growth, not just the rate at which countries' businesses patent new products and processes Canada’s abysmal...

22.01.2024 20

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Jack Mintz: Axe the carbon tax, OK, but keep paying the rebates

Axing the carbon tax does not necessarily mean axing rebates. Instead, it could lead to a restructuring of rebates to Canada’s advantage Following...

05.01.2024 7

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Jack Mintz: Election year or not, 2024 promises winds of change

Governments are going to have to address sluggish productivity growth. Either that or get turfed at the polls Last week, I summed up 2023 as a year of...

29.12.2023 10

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Jack Mintz: The West's failures on inflation, immigration and investment threaten us all

2023 will be remembered as a bad economic year for Canada As 2023 comes to a close, three “Is” sum up Canada’s economic policy failures:...

22.12.2023 8

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Jack Mintz: Calgary’s tone-deaf mayor stumbles again

Jyoti Gondek's popularity is plummeting over property tax hikes, menorah lighting debacle Calgary’s mayor, Jyoti Gondek, just had her worst month...

15.12.2023 50

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Jack Mintz: Justin Trudeau’s existential problems with oil and gas

Squeeze the industry to please his party's green base or keep output, revenue and high-paying employment flowing? Talk at the latest climate-change...

08.12.2023 9

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