Souhaitez-vous réellement qu’une augmentation annuelle de 11,4 pour cent de votre facture d’épicerie devienne la nouvelle norme? C’est pour éviter cela que la banque centrale doit essayer de rattraper son retard.

Making the rich pay may seem like an attractive option at first glance. Unfortunately, there are negative side-effects associated to it that would make it counterproductive.

Inflationary policies to fund government plans impact each and every one of us. They can put your plans out of reach.

Behind the high-minded slogans about “fair shares” and “making multinationals pay” hide two other facts: that it is once again, as always, taxpayers who will foot the bill, and that the hoped-for benefits will likely not materialize.

The Bank of Canada is continuing its fight against inflation. The policy interest rate was increased by 0.5 percentage points this morning, from 3.25% to 3.75%.

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The federal government’s bill to impose a surtax on the revenues of digital companies would hurt Canadian consumers according this MEI publication. “No matter how the government dresses up its digital tax bill, it is Canadian consumers who will once again pay for it,” said Olivier Rancourt, Economist at the MEI and author of the publication.

With many predicting a recession and with inflation at a level not seen in 30 years, an Ipsos poll conducted on behalf of the MEI finds that more than seven in ten Canadians (72%) think the individual tax burden is too high, compared to one in five (21%) who think it’s at an acceptable level.

The Quebec economy has a problem. Despite the jubilation of certain politicians over the province’s low unemployment numbers, almost all the job creation in Quebec comes from the different levels of government.