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Category Archives: Columns
Opposition screeching over pension reform not helpful
OTTAWA – Stephen Harper’s vague musings about modest reforms to Canada’s public pension system, addressing the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, have the opposition howling about a “war on pensions” and the Conservatives “attacking seniors.” Such rhetoric is as … Continue reading
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Big project spending isn’t conservative
Do I repeat myself? Very well, then, I repeat myself. Until a major problem goes away you shouldn’t stop warning about it. And the Harper government’s reckless, meddlesome, big-spending interventionism has not gone away.
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Gov’s budget book not a budget, but it should be
Once Parliament returns next week, its main business should be scrutinizing the budget expected by early March. It’s going to be a mess: way too much spending, borrowing and handouts through tax loopholes. But they won’t scrutinize it unless we … Continue reading
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Share destructive secrets for the greater good
Terrorists with weapons of mass destruction are the stuff of nightmares, obliterating millions with nuclear, chemical or, perhaps most horrifying, biological attack. So what sort of reckless idiot would consider publishing the recipe for a devastating man-made flu? The surprising … Continue reading
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Tax breaks the same as spending
Give the finance department credit for its annual attempt to list Canada’s tax loopholes and estimate their cost. But then recoil in horror at the resulting tens of billions of dollars in disguised spending. Yes, spending. That’s what tax breaks … Continue reading
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