Category Archives: Taxes & Budget

Sending money up in the air — why?

Stephane Dion wants to force Canadians to burn more money but I am going to give him the benefit of the doubt on this one because of this:
“We need a fiscal regime that will discourage pollution rather than reward it. Perhaps the time has come for Canadians to pay less tax on good things like […]

Did the TTC Just Kill It’s Sweet Public-Private Partnership Deal?

Amazing, just sheerly amazing! That’s the only thing that can be said about the TTC union’s decision to reject a deal so sweet that the last week was littered with dozens of columns expressing the devastating effects of allowing TTC employees a golden goose as big as being guaranteed highest bidder for not just […]

Canada’s Biggest Mistake: A “The Politic” Take…

Now that the National Post has wrapped up it’s series on “Canada’s Biggest Mistake”, I figure that us Blogging Tories can add in our own takes. If you’re interested in participating, I ask that you leave me a comment (I don’t read them much these days anymore, but I’ll make an exception here) and […]

Take a penny, leave a penny…

…leaves us all wasting time, effort and money!
Finally something from the NDP that makes sense but unfortunately, the Conservatives object. Damn. Pat Martin brought this up last year too.
Getting rid of the penny will save minting costs. Furthermore, retailers will stop counting and rolling the wasted metal. The only people who […]

More Garth Turner Hypocrisy!

First up, Platty does a little research and rightfully concludes that the MP for Bearded Bitter Bikers has no leg to stand on when lecturing others on the importance of voting. Maybe we should follow Garth’s rationale and make sure that all those Liberals lose the privilege that they’re not too keen on using. […]

Ontario’s Budget Goes Nowhere Fast!

The economy is eroding and prices are soaring for consumers. Indeed, when compared to just twelve months ago, the mood of your average Ontarian is much grimmer when it comes to the economy. Most specifically, Ontario is regaining the dubious honour that it had twenty years ago when it became dead last in […]

The Liberal Platform’s Cement Ship

So the Liberals want an election again? Must be an even day of the month…
Still, Don Martin reveals some ideas that the Official Abstinence wants to put in their *winning* campaign platform:
Well, insiders say they’ll include a scaled-down version of MPDan McTeague’s registered education savings scheme into a platform featuring pledges to fight homelessness, […]

Canadian Cynic Gets One Right, Hell Freezes Over, More At 11…

Okay, so it’s got the usual 3rd grade argument level and is only written by one of his toadies but, hey, baby steps, right? I have to confess that I’m in agreement with the spirit of this post (albeit tentatively). Dr. Charles McVety is a very respectable figure in the Christian community in […]

Flaherty steering the economy

or, “My arrogant opinion on the Federal Budget 2008“
I agree with Jack Layton who says this budget does nothing to help working families but I doubt that he has the same reasons as me. Instead of “helping” people or industries with subsidies, I would rather just see tax cuts and spending cuts.
1) the […]

On the BC Budget: the Carbon Tax

It was promised, it is delivered. (Gads. I sound like a Stephen Harper commercial.)
The big leadoff is the carbon tax proposed. It affects a number of different sectors, but the one that hits home the hardest is the gas tax component. 2.4 cents to start, rising to 7.2 cents in 2012! […]