Federal tax changes will hurt access to health care: CMA
Increasing taxes for doctors may seem like a reasonable proposal to most Canadians, but creating competitive market conditions is critical if we’re serious about fixing access to primary care in this country.
There’s a reason the budget didn’t help the Liberals
Canadians are tired of enormous deficits, they don’t like being bribed with their own money, and there is fatigue with the PM as the bearer of the largesse.
Latest budget a big step for Canada’s financial services ecosystem
The government will finally advance Canada towards consumer-driven finance when it tables legislation signalled in April’s budget.
Canada can solve its productivity ‘emergency’—we just need politicians on board
Governments have other options, like scrapping interprovincial trade barriers and allowing allowing foreign competition.
Budget capital gains reform will boost investment
Collecting more revenue from the largest gains on sales of existing assets while offering greater incentives to create new assets is a smart economic strategy.
Public service unions sound alarm over feds’ plan to trim bureaucracy by 5,000 jobs through ‘natural attrition’
As the population grows, ‘you have to invest and grow the public service,’ said Public Service Alliance of Canada national president Chris Aylward.
Budget 2024 offers promising pledges for science, but falls short in a few ways
The bulk of the budget’s $1.8-billion planned for core research grants won’t flow for several years—making it very contingent on election outcomes.
‘Overtaxed and overburdened’: cannabis industry suffocating under regulatory regime as feds take puff past excise relief in budget
Cannabis Council of Canada’s Paul McCarthy says he’s ‘bewildered’ at the feds’ lack of action despite growing calls from industry, experts, and a House committee.
How green was this budget?
Being better on climate policy than the Official Opposition is too low a bar for a confidence vote.
Freeland’s budget seen as last hope to turn Trudeau’s electoral fortunes around, say politicos
A key metric to gauge the budget’s effectiveness will be whether it reverses Canadians’ appetite for change in government, says David Coletto, CEO of Abacus Data.
