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Jack Mintz: David Dodge wasn't wrong, this federal budget is 'one of the worst in decades'

Chrystia Freeland's budget fails to address the biggest problem facing Canada — our declining standard of living You can save this article by...

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Jack Mintz: Don't go woke on taxes, Minister Freeland!

'Critical tax theory' wants white people to pay more tax. Let's stick to these guides for tax policy: efficiency, simplicity and fairness You can save...

12.04.2024 10

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Jack Mintz: Provincial deficits are out of control. The feds are up next

The provinces seem happy kicking their deficits down the road and Ottawa is already spending campaign-style. Sorry, kids and grandkids! You can save...

05.04.2024 4

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Jack Mintz: Justin Trudeau's legacy could be a poorer Canada

The PM has brought in new social programs, paid for with debt and taxes, but Canadian incomes are at West Virginian levels and declining You can save...

22.03.2024 20

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Jack Mintz: Axe the cap on Alberta auto insurance premiums

Freezing rates causes some insurers to leave and others to squeeze coverage and benefits I can understand why many hard-pressed consumers are worried...

15.03.2024 5

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Jack Mintz: Don’t solve investment woes on workers’ backs

Governments need to address why pension funds are shunning Canada and taking their investments elsewhere In the past few weeks, I have attended four...

08.03.2024 4

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Jack Mintz: Alberta renews its quest for a holy grail — a healthy Heritage Fund

With some form of energy transition likely coming, the province needs to ensure operational funding well past 2050 Alberta’s budget had lots of...

05.03.2024 9

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Jack Mintz: Protecting corporate Canada from takeovers hurts productivity

In 2021-22, Canada attracted only US$119 billion in foreign capital. Capital outflows were more than twice that amount The supposed “hollowing...

29.02.2024 7

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Jack Mintz: Vacant home taxes may be worsening the housing crisis

By making second homes unattractive to many potential owners, taxes on 'under-occupied' homes may actually reduce the overall supply The latest...

23.02.2024 10

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Jack Mintz: 'ArriveScam' boondoggle demands government accountability

The most shameful aspect of the $59.5-million travesty was that lives were on the line If I have a serious health problem, like a chest pain, who do I...

16.02.2024 5

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Jack Mintz: Canada has lost $225 billion in foreign investment since 2016

Ottawa boasts about large recent inflows of capital but outflows are even bigger. If Canadians prefer to invest elsewhere, that's bad news According...

09.02.2024 8

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Jack Mintz: Closure of Panama copper mine threatens e-transition

Forced shutdown of $10-billion mine signals to companies: invest in rule-of-law countries only Canada’s First Quantum Minerals, sixth largest copper...

02.02.2024 8

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Jack Mintz: Canada's EV strategy has cost $4 million a job

Chrystia Freeland's new economy is fuelled by old-fashioned subsidies With Canadian GDP per capita dropping like a stone, what would you expect our...

27.01.2024 10

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Jack Mintz: There is no silver bullet for Canada’s productivity woes

Many factors affect productivity growth, not just the rate at which countries' businesses patent new products and processes Canada’s abysmal...

22.01.2024 7

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Jack Mintz: Axe the carbon tax, OK, but keep paying the rebates

Axing the carbon tax does not necessarily mean axing rebates. Instead, it could lead to a restructuring of rebates to Canada’s advantage Following...

05.01.2024 7

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Jack Mintz: Election year or not, 2024 promises winds of change

Governments are going to have to address sluggish productivity growth. Either that or get turfed at the polls Last week, I summed up 2023 as a year of...

29.12.2023 7

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Jack Mintz: The West's failures on inflation, immigration and investment threaten us all

2023 will be remembered as a bad economic year for Canada As 2023 comes to a close, three “Is” sum up Canada’s economic policy failures:...

22.12.2023 8

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Jack Mintz: Calgary’s tone-deaf mayor stumbles again

Jyoti Gondek's popularity is plummeting over property tax hikes, menorah lighting debacle Calgary’s mayor, Jyoti Gondek, just had her worst month...

15.12.2023 9

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Jack Mintz: Justin Trudeau’s existential problems with oil and gas

Squeeze the industry to please his party's green base or keep output, revenue and high-paying employment flowing? Talk at the latest climate-change...

08.12.2023 9

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Jack Mintz: Our cities becoming urban 'doughnuts' — empty in the core. Changes are needed

We need big changes in road, transit, tax and housing policies to adapt to new realities Last week, I was in Edmonton. It is looking more like a...

01.12.2023 6

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Jack Mintz: Canada may not be broken but Ottawa is definitely broke

With growth flat and interest payments ballooning there's no room for new spending unless deficits are cranked up again — a bad idea In her economic...

23.11.2023 20

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Jack Mintz: Forget identity politics — growth and investment must be Canada's top priorities

Canadians' real per capita incomes have stalled in the past five years, but that hasn't been the case in other rich countries Last week, I wrote about...

17.11.2023 10

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Jack Mintz: With our economy becalmed, Good ship Canada needs a new captain

Output has been stagnant for five years now. Canada is 'as idle as a painted ship upon a painted ocean' One of my favourite poems is Samuel...

10.11.2023 8

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Jack Mintz: We’re hitting 'peak carbon tax' sooner than Ottawa planned

Economics says carbon taxes are the least-cost way of reducing emissions. Politics says they're on their way out People talk bravely about “peak oil...

31.10.2023 2

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Jack Mintz: The big difference between the Holocaust and the Hamas attack — Israel can fight back

In the 1930s and 1940s, Europe's Jews were unable to push back against murderous antisemitism. That's no longer the case A simple but powerful...

27.10.2023 6

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Jack Mintz: Alberta taking half of CPP assets is a reasonable place to start

When you look at how much more the province has put into the Canada Pension Plan than its counterparts, it makes sense I wasn’t going to write...

06.10.2023 10

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Jack Mintz: Unaffordability policies are the real problem in housing

If governments would simply get out of the way, chances are the market would settle down quickly Ronald Reagan had it right: the nine most terrifying...

30.09.2023 2

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Jack Mintz: An Alberta Pension Plan would be entitled to half of CPP assets — a no brainer

The Trudeau government could try reducing tensions rather than stoking them, if it wants to avoid fracturing national programs On Thursday the...

21.09.2023 3

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Jack Mintz: B.C.’s real affordability problem is taxes

The premier says interest rates are squeezing British Columbians, but so are his tax increases B.C. Premier David Eby, concerned about the cost of...

15.09.2023 10

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