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Police need to be police, not paper-pushers
It’s time to redraw the balance between core and non-core policing activities—and, in doing so, make our communities safer while preserving public resources.
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No need to choose between lower taxes, health care
Contrary to what many commentators have been claiming for years, the failings of the health system are not due to “chronic underfunding.”
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Making the rich pay doesn’t pay off
The fiscal loss from increasing the federal income tax rate from 33 to 25 percent is estimated at $212 million a year.
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5-minute read
De l’importance de la croissance économique
Opposer des baisses d’impôts (ou toute autre forme d’allègement fiscal) à une meilleure qualité des services publics est un faux dilemme. Nous pouvons nous « payer » les deux, et encore plus.
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«Faire payer les riches» ne paie pas
Au lieu de chercher à augmenter le fardeau fiscal des riches simplement parce qu’ils sont riches, le gouvernement du Canada devrait d’abord considérer tous les tenants et aboutissants des mesures qu’il envisage.
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3-minute read
To fight inflation, measure it better
The prospective rate represents a very different way of looking at inflation, one that turns out to be far more reflective of Canadians’ lived experience.
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Mieux mesurer l’inflation afin de la combattre
Le taux prospectif représente une façon bien différente d’aborder l’inflation et s’avère beaucoup plus représentatif du vécu des Canadiens.
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Pour la sécurité de tous, le SPVM doit intégrer des agents de sécurité
Il existe une solution pour résorber la pénurie de policiers au SPVM tout en diminuant la criminalité et qui permettrait en plus aux contribuables montréalais de faire des économies importantes: engager des agents de sécurité.
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The high costs of climate ‘justice’ through lawfare
The anti-energy left has weaponized consumer protection laws in the United States to punish oil and gas companies simply for carrying out their core business.
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3-minute read
Canada must export natural gas for economic and environmental reasons
Despite substantial economic benefits, the governments of Quebec and Canada refuse to green-light the development of natural gas or the construction of the energy infrastructure needed to export the gas already produced.