MP salary top-ups for committee, parlsec, and extra House duties
Just as party leaders, their top deputies, and cabinet ministers get extra pay for their added responsibilities, so, too, do the MPs taking on extra duties. That includes parliamentarians who hold leadership roles at committee, get tapped to work as parliamentary secretaries, are voted Speaker of the House, or sit on the top-secret National Security […]
The carbon tax is not created for all
Transportation, heating, and electricity expenses are already substantial; the added burden of carbon pricing pushes these costs to crisis levels.
We need to seize our potential now for young Canadians
There remain too many troubling signs that the concern is still not enough to redefine our priorities to ensure young Canadians have good cause to be optimistic about the future.
Canada downplays cost of meeting NATO spending mark as $60-billion projection will need to rise
In 2025, the figures NATO uses to calculate members’ GDP will no longer be based on the 2015 numbers it uses now, but would instead use 2020 as the base year, leaving Canada about $3.5-billion short of its 2032 target.
Interest rate cut offers relief for some borrowers, but no political reprieve for the PM: politicos
Pollster Nik Nanos says the cut offers some hope for the Liberals as it’s ‘a step in the right direction,’ while economist Trevor Tombe says conditions point to more cuts this year.
Here’s how the feds can reduce taxes and balance the budget in two years
By lowering tax rates for many Canadians, the government would improve our tax competitiveness, and better incentivize entrepreneurship, investment, and other activities that promote economic growth and generate tax revenue.
Macklem addresses Bank of Canada key interest rate cut
Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem announced his second consecutive cut to the central bank’s key overnight lending rate on July 24. With this announcement the rate drops by 25 basis points from 4.75 per cent down to 4.5 per cent. The decision comes in the wake of the central bank’s milestone June 5 decision […]
Is Canada broken? The IMF says no, but we do need to boost our productivity
A new IMF report provides a balanced view of where Canada is at than the mangled exchanges and accusations between our supposedly adult parliamentarians.
Is the girl-boss era coming to an ignoble end?
The Liberals are never held accountable for the female sacrificial lambs they send out for slaughter to save the position of a mediocre man.
How much do party leaders and their top deputies make?
MPs’ salaries got a boost earlier this year—now at $203,100 annually—as did the top-ups that certain leadership roles receive. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his cabinet ministers, including Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, get extra cash for taking on added responsibilities, with their respective pay increasing by $17,000 and $12,500. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre also […]
