The People's Voice

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is eyeing a wealth tax to pay for his government’s spending spree. Heavily redacted documents obtained by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation show Trudeau asked for analysis of a $60-billion wealth tax. With indefinite deficits looming, it must be tempting to grab that cash. But a wealth tax would inflict economic pain…

Politicians and government decision makers are financially divorced from the Canadians they’re supposed to represent. And it shows. From higher taxes to revolving lockdowns, government decisions during the pandemic have been full of pain. But that pain hasn’t been felt by those pulling the levers. Quite the opposite. While millions of their constituents struggled, members…

The federal government is using tax dollars to dream up a new way to hammer homeowners. In 2020, the online news site Blacklock’s Reporter discovered the federal government funneling $250,000 through the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation to figure out how to improve housing affordability. The big brains funded by the CMHC just released a…

As we head into the third year of revolving government lockdowns, Canadians have every right to be furious. But we shouldn’t let politicians divide us. And we shouldn’t be duped into believing that we are going to tax our way out of a pandemic. “We're looking for a health contribution for adults who refuse to…

The federal government is putting on a masterclass about how to increase the cost of living. It’s doing everything from raising taxes during the middle of a pandemic, to massive government borrowing and money printing. Now the question is: will any politician do anything to fight inflation? The latest report from Statistics Canada shows prices…

In politics, nothing is more important than credibility. Politicians can deliver stirring speeches and launch searing attack ads, but if they don’t tell the truth, nobody believes any of it. And, one way or another, voters will hold them accountable. After our “election about nothing,” Erin O’Toole has a serious credibility problem. Take his flipflop…

Politicians are good at preaching, but they’re not so good at practicing what they preach. Case in point: the federal wage subsidy. Federal politicians have been moralizing about the evils of business executives taking bonuses while collecting the pandemic wage subsidy, but their silence on their own party taking the subsidy is deafening. At the…

If the federal government’s fiscal policy stays on its current trajectory, Canada’s trillion-dollar debt will be a major drain on taxpayers’ wallets for generations to come. In this election, voters will need to closely examine parties’ plans to plug that drain. Unfortunately, the current Liberal plan would keep the federal budget in deficit territory for…

Fifty-seven thousand dollars. That’s the average amount each Canadian will owe in provincial and federal government debt by the end of the year. It’s not just the rich or big corporations that will be mopping up this budget mess if politicians don’t take some air out of their bloated budgets. Politicians are already starting to…

Canadian politicians like Chrystia Freeland see tax competition as a “race to the bottom.” But for the rest of us, a global tax cartel will mean an inevitable march toward higher tax bills and more pork for companies with access to politicians. Freeland agreed to the American-led proposal for a global minimum business tax of…

It’s a rare event when the stars align in the cosmos of Ottawa to create the perfect opportunity for politicians to save taxpayers some money. That phenomenon is happening now. Ottawa is facing a blackhole of debt. It needs to save money and that signal needs to come from the top. When a new governor…

When you got straight A’s on a report card, it’s a good bet you rushed home from the school bus to show your mom and dad. Maybe they even stuck it on the fridge. But if that report card was covered with F’s you probably weren’t that eager to bring it up at dinner time.…

The Trudeau government is throwing freedom of expression under the bus so the entertainment and culture lobby can pocket more dough. The proposed law, Bill C-10, opens the door for unelected bureaucrats to put online content under their microscope. These ramifications led the former vice-chair of Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications to refer to the bill…

Recently, disconcertingly, I’ve run into several individuals who can’t read anything handwritten. Taught to read from printed books, and doing school work largely on a computer, many children never read anything entirely handwritten. Not my kids, or any of my relatives; they’ve received handwritten cards and letters from me since the time they were very…

As the federal government’s debt soars by $424 million per day, Canadians need to be on guard for the Trojan horse of politics: higher taxes on the wealthy and businesses. These taxes won’t balance the budget. But they will make it easier for politicians to get their tax hikes through the city gates. And once…

This week marks one year since the death of George Floyd at the hands of a serving police officer, Derek Chauvin, in Minneapolis. It’s a time to remember the death of Mr. Floyd, and to extend our thoughts and condolences to his family, who are surely marking this grim anniversary in their own way. However,…

When I first came to Canada, I lived in Transcona, with my parents and brother. My aunts, uncles, and cousins lived on Southside, which to those in the know means, south of the CN yards, in a semi-rural area just off Dugald Road. I was graciously invited, by virtue of family ties, to the annual…

On the whole, I’m a patient and sunny-natured person, but there are a few things in life that make me very angry: the waste of opportunity; the waste of resources; poor management; failure to anticipate; disrespect; and being lied to. You can imagine how much I’m enjoying The Trudeau Years 2.0. The present Government of…

In Canada we are justly proud of being among the most free and protected people in the world. Taking a variety of key factors into account, we consistently poll in the Top Five best places in the world to live, and last year we placed at No. 1. No argument here; I’m a Canadian by…

Technology changes at an ever-accelerating pace, and our world changes with it. We carry on, assimilating the new tech, using it, adapting to it, and behaving as if it has always been with us. Kids have cell phones and computers. They are allowed to use calculators to do their math, and where does that end?…