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.

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.

Considerations of both tax fairness and tax competitiveness therefore suggest Canadian governments need to adjust for inflation in calculating capital gains taxes.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.