Tax capital gains like other income, yes – but tax all kinds of income less
There is a good argument for increasing the tax on capital gains, and it goes…
Andrew Coyne
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What might a serious growth agenda look like? More labour, more capital, and more incentive to use…
The good news about the recent budget is that it at least talks about per capita GDP,…
The foreign interference inquiry features a parade of senior Liberals protesting too much
We are partway through the mandate of the Public Inquiry into Foreign Interference…
A government with no priorities, no anchors, and when it comes to growth, no clue
“The Canadian economy,” boasts the Trudeau government’s latest budget, “is doing…
Why should Indigenous Canadians not be entitled to the same rights as other Canadians?
“Everyone has the following fundamental freedoms,” the Canadian Charter of…
Goodbye to budget secrecy, and good riddance
Day after day the Prime Minister appears bearing promises of cash and favours.…
On foreign interference, Canada has been a sitting duck
The opening day of the second round of public hearings of the Foreign Interference…
Provincial finances are a future crisis in the making. It’s time to start work on a solution
A decade or so ago Europe was in the throes of a political and economic crisis…
On the carbon tax, the Opposition’s cynicism neatly coincides with the public’s
As the carbon-tax death march staggers forward – the Liberals under Justin Trudeau…
Expectations, discovery and shame: the news model that Donald Trump cracked
A portrait of Donald Trump’s week. A former chief of staff confirms…
Will anyone ever be held to account for China’s infiltration of the Winnipeg microbiology lab?…
One begins to see what the Trudeau government was so scared of – why it went to such…
When governments got things done: Mulroney, Chrétien and a lost age of capacity
We are in mourning at present for Brian Mulroney, a flawed man with…
Canada is no longer one of the richest nations on Earth. Country after country is passing us by
The growth crisis deepens. The latest figures from Statistics Canada confirm that…
One cheer for the new Online Harms Act
The advance word on Bill C‑63, the government of Canada’s latest attempt to regulate…
The government’s ‘national security’ claim for withholding documents from Parliament is exposed as…
Why did the government call an election in August, 2021, in the middle of…
Guilbeault’s right: The feds should get out of the road-building business
The nerve of that Liberal Environment Minister, proposing that we dig up all the…
First, Trump tried to overthrow American democracy. Now he is attempting to overthrow the rule of…
There has never been a candidate for president like Donald Trump, and there…
Conservatives discover the Charter can work for them, too
No doubt there were a lot of heads nodding during Supreme Court Justice Malcolm…
Canada’s huge bet on the EV battery industry demands a jolt of reality
When it comes to the green transition, let no one say the Trudeau government is…
The Federal Court’s Emergencies Act ruling isn’t what some Canadians think it is
When Justice Paul Rouleau found, after months of hearings before the Public Order…
Liberals are reaching in tying Poilievre to Trump. But it’s worth hearing how he responds
That was quite a successful retreat the Liberals held in Montréal over the last…
There’s an alternative to sky-high municipal property taxes. It’s a municipal sales tax
We can’t say we weren’t warned. We can say, however, we weren’t fully warned.…
Surrendering to the provinces doesn’t bring peace to the federation. It only emboldens them
The devil made them do it. That current wave of lawless behaviour among the…
Big Tech really is stealing our content, only it’s not who you think
For the past several years, the Canadian news media has been working hard to…
The Moe government’s open defiance of the law brings us closer to the brink
There was a time when Scott Moe was quite keen on the rule of law. Four years ago,…
Don’t kid yourself – the threat of a Trump dictatorship is real
Has Godwin’s law been repealed? In normal times, the famous maxim – that the longer any…
Do the Liberals even understand what a conflict of interest is? Does a fish know it’s wet?
Do Liberals understand the concept of conflict of interest? Do they have any…
Did China and India meddle in the Conservative leadership race?
Conservative Party officials could hardly contain their excitement. It was the…
As security threats mount, the holes in Canada’s defences can no longer be ignored
For most of our history Canada’s defence policy could be described as: oceans, cold…
With Google’s agreement to pay off the Canadian media, the shakedown in C-18 is made explicit
On CTV News Channel the other day, the big story was Google’s agreement to fork over…
Alberta’s sovereignty act looks increasingly like a sham
It’s all fun and games until someone loses a country. Ever since Danielle Smith…
The Liberals’ new definition of restraint: overspending by less than they had previously
This year’s fall economic statement, I read in the news, was all about…
The country is falling apart. Why is the federal government so hesitant to act?
A friend wrote to me in some despair a few weeks ago. “More than any time in my…
If it’s easy to override the Charter, then what’s protecting Canadians’ rights?
The legislature of Saskatchewan sat Tuesday, two weeks before it was originally…
The government dug a deep hole for itself with Bills C-11 and C-18. And it’s only digging deeper
So let’s just review the bidding. Bill C‑18, the Online News Act, is not even in effect…
Parliament’s problem isn’t a lack of decorum. It’s the House’s lack of power
In the brief campaign before the election of a new Speaker of the House of…
