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Carney government should suspend trade negotiations with the U.S.(Appeared in the Financial Post) by Steven GlobermanCanadian policymakers should think about what U.S. concessions would be required to put previously non-negotiable items on the bargaining table. CBC ‘fact-checker’ gets his facts wrong(Appeared in the Toronto Sun) by Jake FussNeither the CBC nor Gatehouse contacted anyone at the Fraser Institute to verify his false claims. Reality check—Canadians are not getting an income tax cut(Appeared in the Hub) by Jason Clemens and Jake FussThe deficit this year will increase from a projected $42.2 billion under Trudeau to $62.3 billion under Carney. Alberta’s move to ‘activity-based funding’ will improve health care despite naysayer claims(Appeared in the Western Standard) by Nadeem EsmailIn England, the shift to ABF in the early to mid-2000s helped increase hospital activity. Carney must work to grow Canada’s economic pie(Appeared in the Calgary Sun) by Jock FinlaysonCanada has been losing global market share in almost all of our export-oriented industries. Federal government’s accounting change reduces transparency and accountability(Appeared in the Financial Post) by Jake Fuss and Grady MunroThis change will make it more difficult to recognize the actual size of the federal deficit. Trump’s 51st state vision—what it would mean for Canada and the U.S.by Jason Clemens and Niels VeldhuisThe president seems unaware that the U.S. tax advantage over Canada largely exists at the state level, not the federal level. Time to scrap ‘discovery learning’ and return to time-tested math instruction(Appeared in the Epoch Times) by Michael ZwaagstraCanadian students are nearly two grade levels behind in their math skills than where they were 20 years ago. Texas outperforms Alberta on personal income tax competitiveness(Appeared in the Edmonton Sun) by Tegan Hill and Nathaniel LiAlberta’s top personal income tax rate kicked in at C$355,845 compared to C$834,688 in Texas. |
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