Category: tax issues

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January 4, 2009

The Green Shift was the right thing to do

According to James Hensen of NASA, a ‘green shift’ was the right thing for Canadians to do. This article reminds us that we blew an opportunity to institute a new system for penalizing polluters.  Instead, we blew it because some of us were wooed by a blue sweater vest and the rest of us were too busy bickering amongst ourselves to get a majority for […]

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November 27, 2008

Proof that the Conservatives Hate Democracy

Years ago, the Liberals took the high road and made an important first step in institutionalizing democracy in Canada by creating a public subsidy of $1.95 per vote that every Canadian casts at the ballot box. This simple move extended a financial life-line to all Federal political parties and has prevented the Conservatives from obtaining a majority in Canadian politics.  It also became a financial […]

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November 27, 2008

I Support Public Campaign Financing

Please join this group on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=41244607422 The Conservative government is about to show its true disdain for Canadian democracy. Let’s remind them that it’s not 1939 and this is not the Weimar Republic.

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November 27, 2008

Putting a Face on Harper Economics

A couple of weeks ago, I was listening to a radio show and a woman called in to describe how she and her husband had lost a massive part of their personal savings because of the elimination of the benefits with income trusts when the Conservatives took power in 2006. This family had to sell their house.  They are retired.  They are broke.  They are […]

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November 14, 2008

Signs of What’s to Come?

This story was a little chilly in that it offered a glimpse of what may come in the US and possibly Canada as well. Now, the reality is that during the 30s and 40s, very few people were paying the top tax rate, but if it’s happened before, can the basics happen again? You tell me …