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Jack M. Mintz

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Jack Mintz: Ontario’s election should be about productivity

Jack Mintz: Ontario’s election should be about productivity
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Jack Mintz: Our strategy for dealing with the Trump tariffs needs to be negotiation

Jack Mintz: Our strategy for dealing with the Trump tariffs needs to be negotiation
24.01.2025 10

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Jack Mintz: We're not going to enjoy Trump tariff week

Jack Mintz: We're not going to enjoy Trump tariff week
17.01.2025 10

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Jack Mintz: Canada's 'Maple Model' for pensions loses some of its lustre

Jack Mintz: Canada's 'Maple Model' for pensions loses some of its lustre
10.01.2025 10

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Jack Mintz: A sinking dollar is Trudeau’s latest legacy

Slow growth, Trump tariffs and low interest rates are causing the loonie to fall, which helps our exporters but hardly anyone else You can save...

03.01.2025 40

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Jack Mintz: Canada can no longer afford a peace dividend

With Canada already behind the eight ball, a three per cent target would have a profound impact on our federal budget You can save this article by...

20.12.2024 6

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

Freeland's time as finance minister saw spending hit and stay at record levels in real terms, leaving very little dry powder in reserve You can...

18.12.2024 3

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Jack Mintz: Chrystia Freeland may be wishing she was Irish

Despite its low corporate tax rates, Ireland is rolling in business revenues and debating how much of its big government surplus to save You can...

13.12.2024 4

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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...

06.12.2024 4

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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 4

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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...

22.11.2024 3

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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...

15.11.2024 7

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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...

08.11.2024 1

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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...

01.11.2024 2

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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...

18.10.2024 3

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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...

11.10.2024 2

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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...

04.10.2024 1

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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 2

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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...

20.09.2024 3

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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 2

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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...

06.09.2024 2

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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 5

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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...

16.08.2024 2

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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 4

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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...

02.08.2024 6

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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 1

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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 2

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