It’s imperative that the government of Alberta follow through on its promise to re-index the tax system to inflation.

July 8, 2022 | 6 min. | En direct (ICI Radio-Canada) Interview (in French) with Nathalie Elgrably-Lévy, Senior Economist at the MEI, […]

Faced with this serious situation that weighs heavily on all Canadians, measures must be adopted to pull inflation back down.

La vente de spiritueux sur les sites de microdistilleries permettrait aux petits entrepreneurs d’offrir leur produit sans faire les frais d’une hausse de prix injustifiée par le gouvernement.

Taper sur les méchants «riches» est trop souvent plus politiquement payant, mais malheureusement économiquement dommageable.

Dans une lettre d’opinion publiée mardi, deux étudiants en économie se portent à la défense du statu quo gouvernemental, à savoir que celui-ci ne doit pas venir en aide aux familles québécoises.

Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland said this week that she didn’t want to set a deadline for the return to a balanced budget.

Taxpayers will be stuck with the bill for this endless government spending. The sound management of public finances is not just a concept, but an absolute necessity for the well-being of the population.

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.