How Budget 2018 will affect small business owners
The latest budget tackles passive income tax rate changes
Economy
Budget 2018: Rosy revenues and ‘Sunny Ways’ spending
Analysis: The Trudeau government is banking on greater spending by indebted households, while pushing back spending on infrastructure. Both pose problems.
Five ways Budget 2018 will affect families
An extra five weeks of parental leave plus a small change to the Canada Child Benefit
Six ways Budget 2018 should shrink the gender wage gap
Gender-based analysis informed the latest federal budget, which held plenty of measures aimed at tackling the wage gap
Big money for innovation, but questions about the strategy behind it all
The 2018 federal budget includes new funding for research, commercialization and support for exporters
Economic uncertainty keeps Morneau’s spending in check
With economic growth fairly strong and unemployment at multi-decade lows, the federal government is looking for ways to keep momentum—without overheating.
Alberta’s support of the national climate plan is nice, but hardly necessary
Opinion: As a matter of constitutional jurisdiction, the federal government does not need Alberta’s buy-in to legally enact and implement its national climate change policy
Canada’s phony debate about carbon taxes
Opinion: Most provincial and federal climate plans use carbon pricing as a revenue tool to fund government programs that subsidize inefficient carbon reduction strategies
Ottawa and the provinces are making it harder for Canadians to save
Opinion: Since 2015, politicians have busily hiked taxes and fees while reducing the ability of taxpayers to save more of their money for themselves
Canada’s stock market is the worst in the world
As an energy bear market weighs on the TSX, investors are missing out on tech