Contrary to what many commentators have been claiming for years, the failings of the health system are not due to “chronic underfunding.”

The fiscal loss from increasing the federal income tax rate from 33 to 25 percent is estimated at $212 million a year.

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.

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.

Proposals to increase taxes on the rich resurface often in the news. MEI researchers conclude in this study that, however the term “rich” is defined, this selective taxation does not pay, due to its longer-term indirect effects. By penalizing those who create wealth, this gives rise to a number of adverse effects that threaten the prosperity of all Canadians.

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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.

Le taux prospectif représente une façon bien différente d’aborder l’inflation et s’avère beaucoup plus représentatif du vécu des Canadiens.

For over a year now, statistics have shown an unusual rise in the general price level as calculated by the Consumer Price Index (CPI). The highest seen in 40 years, this increase has fuelled public debate as well as anxiety among Canadians. Researchers at the MEI believe that the actual deterioration in purchasing power is much more pronounced than the official rate would indicate, and they challenge the validity of the metrics employed by Statistics Canada which in their view do not reflect the true inflationary pressure experienced since the beginning of this year.

Des voix commencent à se lever contre le recours aux critères ESG (environnement, société et gouvernance) par les fonds de retraite auxquels les contribuables doivent absolument cotiser.