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5-minute read
Les lunettes roses et la carte de crédit du gouvernement fédéral
The increase in state spending and its impact.
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5-minute read
Les « cadeaux » du gouvernement Couillard
Tax cuts announced by the Couillard government.
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5-minute read
Investissement : l’imprudence canadienne
The effects for Canada of a possible decrease in corporate taxes in the United States.
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IEDM – L’imposition du gain en capital – Mathieu Bédard
November 9, 2017 | 14 min. 17 sec. | Sophie sans compromis (BLVD 102.1 FM) Interview (in French) with Mathieu Bédard, Economist […]
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5-minute read
Quand l’impôt mange votre fonds de retraite
The harmful effect of the capital gain tax.
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4-minute read
Ending the worst tax of all
The harmful effect of the capital gain tax.
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9-minute read
The Capital Gains Tax: It Should Be Reduced, Not Increased
The federal government still has not made its intentions clear regarding the possibility of increasing the inclusion rate of the capital gains tax from 50% to 75%. Since this kind of tax entails detrimental effects, a change of policy should go in the exact opposite direction, as some other countries have done, and either substantially reduce the capital gains tax or simply abolish it.
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4-minute read
Fardeau fiscal – Il est grand temps de soulager le contribuable québécois
In favor of reducing the tax burden of Quebecers.
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4-minute read
L’impôt à abattre
The harmful effect of the capital gain tax.
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4-minute read
Even Us Critics Have To Cheer The Liberals’ Expansion Of This Tax Benefit
Canada’s Working Income Tax Benefit program.