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5-minute read
Doit-on sourire à l’idée d’un programme gouvernemental de soins dentaires?
L’un des éléments du dernier budget fédéral ayant fait couler le plus d’encre est définitivement le nouveau programme visant l’élargissement de la couverture publique des soins dentaires.
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1-minute read
The Mirage of American Economic Nationalism
Economic nationalism unfortunately seems to be in vogue south of the border, and the latest Buy American provisions may have serious repercussions for Canadian manufacturers.
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3-minute read
With high inflation, capital gains are overtaxed even more
Considerations of both tax fairness and tax competitiveness therefore suggest Canadian governments need to adjust for inflation in calculating capital gains taxes.
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4-minute read
Quand le nationalisme économique nuit à la nation
Si le gouvernement souhaite réellement favoriser la prospérité économique, l’attraction d’investissements privés et le rayonnement de nos entreprises québécoises, il doit faciliter le travail des entrepreneurs, plutôt que d’en être un.
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4-minute read
Avec l’inflation galopante, les gains en capital seront encore plus surtaxés
Dans le contexte inflationniste actuel, une décision plus judicieuse pour le gouvernement du Canada serait d’intégrer l’inflation dans le calcul de l’impôt sur les gains en capital.
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4-minute read
Into strong winds, the central bank stays the course
The rising cost of living has pushed the central bank to act, and it has acted wisely, raising the policy interest rate. Now the federal government has to act.
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13-minute read
The Capital Gains Tax and Inflation: How to Favour Investment and Prosperity
The inflation rate in Canada has been rising constantly for several months now. Expansionary monetary policies, as well as the economic sanctions accompanying the Russia-Ukraine war, suggest that significant inflation may be with us for the medium to long term. High inflation erodes consumers’ purchasing power, and also has a negative impact on Canadian taxpayers—including through the capital gains tax, an issue the MEI’s researchers examined in this publication.
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3-minute read
The Unintended Consequences of Central Bank-Induced Low Interest Rates
While lowering interest rates has a short-term stimulative effect, maintaining low rates over a longer period of time may have the opposite effect, of inhibiting growth and productivity improvements, according to a Montreal Economic Institute researcher.
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1-minute read
Web Giants: Let’s Not Create a New Bureaucratic Branch
We learned on March 29 that the federal government is preparing to table a piece of legislation to force Web giants to sign agreements that would require them to pay out sums of money to the media whose news stories they relay.
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2-minute read
British Columbia to hike minimum wage; Alberta takes a more nuanced approach
In response to inflation hitting a 30-year high and the cost of living rising at a head-spinning pace, British Columbia is set to increase its minimum wage by approximately 3% on June 1st, from $15.20 to $15.65 per hour.