UPDATED: A Private Sector Addiction
I often wonder how many Ontarians realize that we are led by a premier addicted ideologically to the private sector. A man hobbled by a limited education and intellectual breadth,…
corporate tax cuts
It’s Time To Ask The Right Questions
The old myth that tax cuts, especially of the corporate kind, create jobs, continues to be circulated. Indeed, here in Ontario, PC leader Doug Ford is promising to reduce the…
A Timely Reminder Of Tim Hudak’s Magical Thinking
While we should be back from our trip tomorrow in time to catch the Ontario election news coverage, this seems an opportune time to remind readers of the kind of…
Where’s the tax in BC’s carbon tax?
British Columbia’s carbon tax has been getting some high praise lately. A recent article in the Atlantic called it “the crown jewel of North American climate policy”. Such assessments need…
On Corporate Propaganda and Tax Avoidance
It is the fashion among our corporate overlords and their rabid right-wing courtesans to utter a trite phrase that, because it is repeated so frequently, is taken as truth by…
OPSEU congratulates Wynne, calls for commitment to “the 99 per cent”
by Ontario Public Service Employees Union | Jan. 27, 2013: TORONTO – The president of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union has congratulated Kathleen Wynne on her victory in the…
The Folly of Corporate Tax Cuts
Part of the orthodoxy of right-wing ideology is that corporate tax-cuts are an unalloyed benefit to the economy. The argument goes that the lower the tax regime, the more jobs…
A Sage Observation
Paul Kahnert of Markham has an uncommonly apt observation in this morning’s Star, one that I’m sure the ideologues leading us both federally and provincially will choose to ignore: Re:…
Hospital cuts in the new gilded age
We’ve heard it all before – there’s no money and cuts have to be made to some of our most cherished services, including hospitals. But is it true? The Chatham-Kent…
See How Austerity Will Really Pay Off Canadians in the Long Run
Step right up, boys ‘n’ girls, see what you’re forced to sacrifice for! Tell me again how these mega-low corporate tax cuts and austerity for the rest of us is…
Chart of the day
It accompanies this good overview of the debate on continued corporate tax reductions by the Canadian Press. That old adage about having only one tool in your tool box certainly…
2012 corporate tax cuts in the spotlight today
Good question posed here: “Will 2012 corporate tax cuts fuel or weaken Canadian economy?” The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives says the cuts, which Flaherty’s office claims will take most…
Post Secondary Education for Your Kids vs Tax Cuts for Foreign Corporations
Today the Liberal unveiled the Learning Passport. This will provide $1,000 a year to every student in post-secondary education, $1,500 for students from low-income families. This tax-free cash will provide…
That Sinking Feeling?
I don't know if it's just my old age, the fact that I've been involved in politics since I was 18 or the fact that I've gone from radical Marxist…
No Heat for You!
This is a video I shot, and produced, with Cheryl McNamara (writer), Jane Moffat (director), and Evan Moir (editor). To vote for us, link to the People for Corporate Tax…
No Heat for You!
This is a video I shot, and produced, with Cheryl McNamara (writer), Jane Moffat (director), and Evan Moir (editor). To vote for us, link to the People for Corporate Tax…
No Heat for You!
This is a video I shot, and produced, with Cheryl McNamara (writer), Jane Moffat (director), and Evan Moir (editor). To vote for us, link to the People for Corporate Tax…