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5-minute read
Le Québec ne peut plus se passer de la production indépendante d’électricité
Ultimement, le Québec a besoin d’une plus grande production d’électricité. On ne peut pas se passer de l’apport des producteurs indépendants.
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4-minute read
Ottawa is putting all our eggs in an EV battery basket
When governments decide to take more money out of taxpayers’ pockets, it leaves them with less for things like groceries, car payments, and savings. It may also make them less likely to become entrepreneurs.
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4-minute read
Ottawa devrait donner un coup de pouce aux travailleurs qui ont deux emplois
Si vous avez besoin d’occuper deux emplois pour payer vos factures, le gouvernement devrait se montrer moins gourmand auprès de vous à la saison des impôts.
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4-minute read
L’après-Piketty
Il n’est plus possible de parler d’une force inexorable qui pousse les inégalités vers le haut. Pas plus que de défendre l’importance de l’imposition sur les fortunés pour égaliser et de blâmer la faillite de l’État-providence.
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4-minute read
Hey Ottawa, workers with two jobs could use a break
Today, the number of moonlighting Canadians is estimated to be more than 658,000. The way things stand, the income taxes on their second jobs are hitting them hard.
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4-minute read
The high cost of interprovincial trade restrictions in Canada
Interprovincial trade in Canada is hampered by a number of policies designed to restrict competition for a few well-connected sectors of our provincial economies. This comes at the expense of all Canadian consumers.
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4-minute read
Energy corridors could eliminate repetitive assessment stress syndrome
Canada’s energy is secure, reliable and produced responsibly and could be a great benefit to those of our allies who don’t have their own energy and are instead forced to rely on dubious or unfriendly sources.
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6-minute read
Le droit de propriété s’affaiblit en catimini
Le droit de propriété des Québécois et Québécoises s’est affaibli sous l’unanimisme de ceux et celles à qui l’on a donné le mandat de nous représenter. C’en est sidérant!
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4-minute read
Air travel much costlier due to federal fees
It’s time for Ottawa to realize that air travel is not a cash cow for it to milk but an important means of connecting our communities.
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4-minute read
Trudeau gov’t misses opportunity to fight inflation
The federal government continues to postpone a return to budgetary balance indefinitely, having never tabled any budget setting an amount at which it expected its revenues to cover all of its expenditures.