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What is a province’s credit rating and why does it matter?
As consumers, we generally pay close attention to our own credit scores. As residents, we should also keep a close eye on our province’s credit rating.
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Dette provinciale : ne nous assoyons pas sur nos lauriers
Chaque nouveau-né québécois vient au monde avec une dette personnelle d’environ 35 000 $. Quel beau cadeau pour commencer sa vie!
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Taxation mondiale des grandes sociétés : injuste et contreproductive
Le problème de la taxe mondiale proposée par le G7 n’est pas seulement l’attaque des grandes entreprises multinationales. C’est aussi et surtout l’idée que le secteur privé doit payer pour la crise.
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Digital Services Tax: Let’s Stop Punishing Consumers
The implementation of a 3% tax on all digital platforms would only hurt Canadian consumers, who would have to pay higher fees to access platforms like Netflix and Spotify.
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To share wealth you first have to create it
MacKenzie Scott and Jeff Bezos got fabulously wealthy, not by plundering their fellow man and woman, but by providing them with a tremendously useful service.
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Innovation and Entrepreneurship – The Albertan Way
In conjunction with the 2020 Recovery Plan, the Alberta government should encourage innovation through the cultivation of values that run deep in the province, and support a competitive business environment.
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Fiscalité des GAFAM : quand l’aveuglement occulte la vérité
Les GAFAM sont devenus des boucs émissaires universels. On peut désormais les accuser de tous les maux, et ce, en étant quasiment certain qu’aucune vérification ne sera effectuée a posteriori.
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Self-Sufficiency Is Not the Best Policy
The Quebec government has lately been promoting the idea of becoming self-sufficient in the production of food. Just how much are we willing to pay for this dubious benefit?
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Let’s not kid ourselves — Quebec’s child care is no model
Let’s not, in the name of helping Canadian families, add to their problems by creating a heavily bureaucratic, inefficient child-care system from coast to coast.
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Daycare: Money for Parents or for the System?
It’s the low cost of daycare services—the subsidies—that allow mothers to access the labour market, not the daycare system as such.