Many non-rich Canadians make big capital gains when they sell their cottage or small business. They shouldn't face plutocrat tax rates
https://financialpost.com/opinion/trudeau-capital-gains-tax-video-misses-point
China is working hard to maintain its control of the rare earths markets that are critical to net-zero. We're barely in the game
https://financialpost.com/opinion/canada-falling-behind-china-critical-minerals
The proposed inclusion rate increase should be debated, but what's more important is the anti-growth narrative
https://financialpost.com/opinion/capital-gains-tax-changes-terrible-optics-canada
Rosenberg Research: Financial sector is outperforming markets by four percentage points and has room to run
https://financialpost.com/investing/banks-insurers-top-investors-list
June 25 — when the new inclusion rates kick in — is fast approaching. But Ottawa hasn't published full details of the changes yet
https://financialpost.com/opinion/capital-gains-tax-hike-fulfillment-fiasco-making
Even a government-funded research institute thinks the costs will equal years' worth of GDP. Politicians need to start talking about that
https://financialpost.com/opinion/getting-canada-net-zero-cost-several-fortunes
Canadians outside Quebec are not allowed to purchase health care locally. The federal gatekeepers enforcing that rule should be disarmed
https://financialpost.com/opinion/pierre-poilievre-demand-healthcare-choice
Current approaches to climate change aren't working. It's irresponsible not to look at feasible alternatives just because activists object
https://financialpost.com/opinion/research-geoengineering-alternatives-net-zero-carbon-reduction
Donald J. Savoie: Scion of New Brunswick's iconic Irving family went at everything with enthusiasm, no matter the issue
Noah Solomon: Goldilocks has left the building and she ain’t coming back anytime soon
https://financialpost.com/investing/making-case-both-value-canadian-stocks
Either the Liberals and Beijing accuse the Conservatives of being like Trump or the Tories self-censor for fear of seeming like Trump
https://financialpost.com/opinion/playing-trump-card-canadian-elections
Ottawa is pushing mutual recognition of standards rather than harmonization. That's good. But progress is slow and needs more leadership
https://financialpost.com/opinion/federal-budget-small-steps-free-interprovincial-trade
Ontario and Canada both need a tax-cutting, budget-balancing, expenditure-reducing Mike Harris revolution like the one 30 years ago
https://financialpost.com/opinion/build-back-economic-common-sense
Politicians are lining up to influence pension fund investment decisions. For the sake of future retirees, they need to be resisted
https://financialpost.com/opinion/let-canadian-pension-funds-decide-where-to-invest
New homes should be built to accommodate multiple families — not just one
https://financialpost.com/real-estate/solution-to-housing-affordability-owners-and-renters
Thirty years after the publication of the Common Sense Revolution's election platform, media and academics still have it wrong. In fact, it worked brilliantly
https://financialpost.com/opinion/ontarios-1994-95-revolution
Low corporate taxes and friendly regulation fuelled the rapid growth that made Ireland a productivity leader
https://financialpost.com/opinion/canada-should-follow-irish-productivity
Many of our allies depend on Canadian energy, including fossil fuels. We need to develop it responsibly, but we do need to develop it
https://financialpost.com/opinion/responsible-fossil-fuel-development-canada-future
Governments need to set fiscal guideposts and stick to them. They also need to simplify taxes and regulation and stop sabotaging growth
Putting money away can feel like an insurmountable task, but even a little bit helps
https://financialpost.com/personal-finance/how-cash-flow-planning-can-help-finances
Ottawa has to stop announcing tax changes and then backing off because they don't work. It's time for a seriously simpler system
https://financialpost.com/opinion/time-to-look-at-the-tax-reform-forest-not-just-the-trees
Existing public plans cover fewer drugs than private plans do and take twice as long to get them covered after Health Canada approves them
https://financialpost.com/opinion/pharmacare-will-reduce-drug-access-for-canadians
There's only so much capital to go around. Governments directing more of it into housing leaves less for productivity and income growth
https://financialpost.com/opinion/more-capital-for-housing-means-less-for-productivity
The small town on Lake Ontario was OK'd for nuclear in the 1970s. Piggybacking on work done could get the province the power it needs fast
https://financialpost.com/opinion/keep-ontario-wesleyville-site-for-nuclear-power-development
The tax Ottawa currently imposes is not the tax economic science supports. To become that it needs to be reformed in several important ways
Stepping up liquefied natural gas exports would help Asia lower emissions by getting off coal and boost Canada's economy at the same time
https://financialpost.com/opinion/lng-exports-wealth-creating-way-reduce-global-emissions
One-earner families pay thousands more dollars in income tax than two-earner families with the same income. How is that possibly fair?
https://financialpost.com/opinion/truly-fairer-income-tax-system-tax-families
Fairness would have had all Canadians with capital gains income facing the same inclusion rate. The Liberals prefer carving out 'the rich'
https://financialpost.com/opinion/liberals-playing-politics-capital-gains-tax-proposal
Rosenberg Research says energy storage and mining are ones to watch while home improvement retail and pharma slide
https://financialpost.com/investing/best-worst-sectors-investors-volatile-markets
The budget numbers assume productivity grows at its historical average of 1% per year, but it hasn't been doing that for years
https://financialpost.com/opinion/hidden-federal-budget-assumption-most-commentary-missed
Canada needed a budget that was on time, clear, restrained spending and borrowing, and emphasized investment and growth. We didn't get that
https://financialpost.com/opinion/grading-federal-budget-government-earns-another-d
Business investment per worker has been falling in real terms here while rising strongly in the U.S. The budget does nothing to boost it
https://financialpost.com/opinion/budget-admits-living-standards-slipping-makes-things-worse
How is it intergenerationally fair to raise taxes on the profits young Canadian entrepreneurs with world-beating ideas are going to make?
https://financialpost.com/opinion/capital-gains-tax-hike-shortsighted-long-term-consequences
Ottawa needs to pay for higher spending with taxes, not debt. Hiking capital gains tax levels the playing field with other types of income
https://financialpost.com/opinion/higher-capital-gains-tax-least-bad-option
The ice cream maker's parent company has signalled that it has had enough of its progressive politics
https://financialpost.com/opinion/ben-jerrys-woke-chickens-come-home-to-roost
The Great Vancouver Fire of 1886 and the devastating fire in Lytton, B.C., in 2021 provide instructive examples of communities responding to catastrophes and rebuilding
https://financialpost.com/opinion/disaster-rebuilding-government-needs-to-get-out-of-the-way
All-in costs too high once you count fossil fuel and battery backups, land requirements and damage their equipment does
https://financialpost.com/opinion/why-solar-wind-power-arent-winning
Population growth has obscured historically weak economic growth per person
https://financialpost.com/opinion/canadas-economy-has-stagnated-despite-trudeau-spin
Once they are approved, we should allow trials using data from real patients undergoing treatments
https://financialpost.com/opinion/opinion-we-should-change-how-we-evaluate-cancer-drugs
Ottawa needs to begin cutting back on the rules and regulations that add to businesses' costs and help drive the affordability crisis
https://financialpost.com/opinion/budget-2024-ottawa-let-business-do-business
Opinion: ‘Big is bad’ policies that target large employers risk further undermining investment in Canada
https://financialpost.com/news/economy/dont-tax-success-large-employers-pay-more
The Bank of Canada's 2% target means prices rise 50% every couple of decades. Is that really good for us and our economy?
https://financialpost.com/opinion/taming-inflation-will-not-bring-prices-back-down
Small business was promised carbon tax rebates. But they have received nothing so far and now their share is being cut almost in half
https://financialpost.com/opinion/federal-carbon-tax-dirty-secrets
What our banks call 'fixed-rate mortgages' are really variable rate loans with five-year resets. Longer terms would help many consumers
https://financialpost.com/opinion/fixed-rate-mortgages-need-longer-terms
Required increases in electricity generation and distribution call for much faster growth than the province has experienced in decades
https://financialpost.com/opinion/ontario-net-zero-transition-challenging-impossible
Noah Solomon: Discipline is one of the most important principles for successful, long-term investors who tend to stick to their knitting
https://financialpost.com/investing/time-side-always-after-latest-hot-stock
35% limit on interest rates will drive sub-prime borrowers into the hands of predatory and illegal lenders
https://financialpost.com/fp-finance/budget-chance-ottawa-reverse-misguided-lending-cap
Quebec defines 25 distinct construction trades and doesn't let people work across trades. No wonder Canadian productivity is sagging!
https://financialpost.com/opinion/premier-legault-tear-down-construction-industry-walls
Opinion: Exceptional circumstances likely gave the bank little choice on a course of action
https://financialpost.com/fp-finance/banking/royal-bank-dismissal-cfo-no-average-firing
Rosenberg Research: The energy sector in both Canada and the U.S. warrants investors' attention
https://financialpost.com/investing/rosenberg-energy-sector-poised-market-rebound