Posts Tagged ‘economy’
How does the Canadian government spend your tax dollars?
Thursday, August 22nd, 2019
“Elections are dangerous time for taxpayers because the politicians will promise to spend, and the danger is they don’t explain how they’re going to pay for it,” Wudrick said. Those promises that require extra revenue would often lead to debt, which means future taxes or cuts in services for Canadians. A good question for the candidates, Wudrick suggested, would be: “how are you going to pay?”
Tags: budget, economy, jurisdiction, tax
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Premier Ford cries poor but subsidizes $700 million for fossil fuel consumption
Monday, August 5th, 2019
In the last year alone, Ontario provided nearly $700 million in subsidies for fossil fuel consumption… No one wants to see public dollars wasted, least of all the Government of Ontario. If it takes the opportunity to buckle down on fossil fuel subsidies and reinvest those millions wisely, not only will it set the province on a path to a more sustainable future, it will also prove itself to be Canada’s vanguard for smart, fiscal efficiency.
Tags: budget, economy, featured, ideology, tax
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Money has never been cheaper. Should Ottawa be borrowing more?
Wednesday, July 31st, 2019
Ultralow interest rates are a problem, but also an opportunity. Borrowing has never been cheaper. If the federal government were to increase borrowing, only for a short period and only to fund one-off items such as new education facilities or transit infrastructure, it could finance that at very low costs, locked in for decades.
Tags: budget, economy, globalization, ideology, standard of living
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Ottawa to set up hospital network to become early adopters of Canadian medical technology
Monday, July 29th, 2019
… medical-technology (medtech) startups typically struggle to sell in their own backyard despite the country’s reputation for breakthroughs… Making the Canadian system more friendly to innovators would require changes to procurement practices and reimbursement schedules, and a broader culture shift by provincial health departments to see themselves as not only providers of care, but also stimulants of domestic economic activity.
Tags: economy, Health, jurisdiction, standard of living
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Ontarians pay their doctors $12 billion a year. So why can’t they know where their taxpayer money is going?
Sunday, July 28th, 2019
“We have a great shortage of doctors in needed areas like geriatrics, rehabilitation medicine and family medicine, at least in part because those doctors are underpaid relative to other specialties,” Glazier said. “Having the right mix of specialties to serve the population matters to everyone who cares about our health system and population health.”
Tags: budget, economy, Health, ideology, mental Health, rights, standard of living
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Ontario can’t ignore the dangers of making booze more available
Friday, July 26th, 2019
Before the recent changes, Ontario had the most restricted alcohol sales of all the provinces – and, not coincidentally, the third-lowest per-capita consumption. The highest consumption tends to occur in provinces where alcohol is most readily available for sale… the costs are significant. Direct health-care costs pinned on alcohol use in 2014 were tallied at $11.1-billion.
Tags: economy, featured, Health, jurisdiction, mental Health
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Here’s why the Liberals won’t brag about closing tax loopholes
Friday, July 26th, 2019
Morneau learned the hard way that raising taxes (or closing loopholes), unless in a manner that targets only a small number of extremely rich people, is a tricky business. However unfair or ineffective the loopholes, there will always be vociferous opposition to their closing, not least when those who have benefited most can well afford the best lobbyists.
Tags: budget, economy, ideology, tax
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In Canada, the gap between the rich and poor remains stable
Wednesday, July 17th, 2019
… fewer people are climbing up the ladder into the next class — especially people in lower-income brackets. But while fewer people are getting ahead, they are also not falling behind much. Despite all the hand-wringing about worsening inequality and the rich getting richer while the poor get poorer, Canada’s income picture is one of stability, with incremental progress for some.
Tags: economy, participation, standard of living
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Universal, Single-Payer Public Pharmacare in Canada: An Overview of the Proposed Model
Wednesday, July 17th, 2019
This bulletin summarizes the key recommendations, which include implementation beginning in 2020; an ability for provinces and territories to opt in; new federal legislation and fiscal transfers to the provinces and territories; a $100 cap on annual household out of pocket spending; a national formulary covering essential medicine by 2022 and comprehensive coverage by 2027; and a dedicated process for assessment and coverage for expensive drugs for rare diseases.
Tags: budget, disabilities, economy, featured, Health, ideology, mental Health, participation, pharmaceutical, standard of living
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Why Canadians need to wake up about populism
Thursday, July 11th, 2019
Ordered populism… has four key conditions: A declining middle class, wage stagnation and hyper-concentration of wealth at the very top of the system; Major shifts in social values which see more progressive values displacing traditional social conservative values which… produce a cultural backlash by those seeing themselves falling victim to loss of identity and privilege; A growing sense of external threat…; Declining trust in public institutions plus a rise in ideological polarization. All those conditions are present in Canada. They predominate among less-educated males
Tags: economy, featured, globalization, ideology, participation, standard of living, tax
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