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Ford shouldn’t waste taxpayer money on party propaganda. Here’s how to stop it
Do the government MPPs in Ontario want to face the onslaught of angry taxpayers to save Ford’s propaganda page? … The Ford government has made a commitment to respect taxpayers’ money by reducing spending and waste. Ending Ontario News Now would achieve both. While the PC government does have a majority, it is still subject to political pressure. It’s time for the opposition to turn their words into action and bring a motion to change how caucus services are funded.
Tags: budget, ideology
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Trudeau to make it harder for future PM to reverse Senate reforms
Senators have agreed on the fly to some accommodation of the growing ranks of independents, giving them some research funds and committee roles. But the leadership of the ISG has argued that their role must be explicitly spelled out and guaranteed in the Parliament of Canada Act. And, since the change would involve allocating financial resources, they say it can’t be initiated by the Senate, only by the government in the House of Commons… “It won’t come from within the Senate. The only way to complete it, to have it finished, is to amend the Parliament of Canada Act.”
Tags: featured, jurisdiction, participation, Senate
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Canada Revenue Agency is tough on regular taxpayers but goes easy on those with offshore accounts, audit finds
“The CRA needs to shift its Sheriff of Nottingham approach to tax-collection and have the rich pay their fair share rather than concentrate audits on hardworking Canadians because it’s easier to have them pay.” In response to the report, Revenue Minister Diane Lebouthillier pledged to “ensure that our tax system is fair for everyone, throughout Canada.” … The auditors found the CRA reported at least $1.3 billion in additional revenue that was never collected.
Tags: budget, crime prevention, economy, tax
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Let science and scientists speak for themselves
… the federal government, its chief science adviser, Mona Nemer, and the unions representing public-sector scientists… have collaborated on a model policy that enshrines the freedom of government scientists to speak publicly, and helps protect them from political interference. Individual departments… will hew to several core principles, including: the timely release of findings; long-term monitoring of the policy’s effectiveness; and encouraging discussion over differing interpretations of results.
Tags: ideology, jurisdiction, participation
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How the underfunding of legal aid is clogging up the justice system
“It should be obvious to any outside observer that the income thresholds being used by Legal Aid Ontario do not bear any reasonable relationship to what constitutes poverty in this country”… With the heightened scrutiny on delays in the criminal justice system, which can lead to cases being tossed for violating an accused person’s right to be tried within a reasonable time, one area that experts have said warrants further attention is the chronic underfunding of legal aid.
Tags: budget, corrections, crime prevention, ideology, jurisdiction, participation, poverty, rights, standard of living
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Canadians with offshore holdings evade up to $3 billion in tax per year
… the government estimates Canadian individuals are hiding between $75.9 billion and $240.5 billion in offshore tax havens and elsewhere, and not paying tax on it… the fact that so much wealth is being hidden offshore reveals a dangerous attitude among the wealthy… After years of refusing to estimate how much tax was being lost to cheating… the CRA did an about-face and started issuing partial tax gap estimates in 2016, shortly after the Panama Papers were made public.
Tags: budget, economy, featured, globalization, tax
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