Finding affordable housing in Vancouver has become an impossible dream for many Affordable housing in Vancouver has become an oxymoron – one of those statements that is in itself a contradiction. Finding any available housing is challenging. Even if one has modest expectations, finding the quality quantity of housing one would like in a preferred
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Price-Fixing Accusations Cast Shadow on Food Industry Giants
on August 12th, 2023
Serious breach of trust? High-ranking food industry executives accused in alleged price-fixing scandal We have just learned that major Canadian food companies, namely Loblaw, Metro, Maple Leaf Foods, Walmart, and Weston Bakeries, find themselves entangled in a class-action lawsuit filed in Quebec. It seems inevitable that we may soon witness a similar class-action lawsuit affecting
Government Bureaucrats Rewarded with Tax-Funded Bonuses Despite Missed Targets
on August 8th, 2023
Accountability Crisis Feds Reward Failure with Taxpayer-Funded Bonuses Trudeau binging on bonuses: Government bureaucrats rewarded with tax-funded bonuses despite missed targets Bonuses are for people who exceed in their job, not for people who fail at their job. Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland needs to remember that. The Bank of Canada handed out $20 million in
The Rising Wave of Labour Discontent is a Cost-of-Living Crisis
on August 7th, 2023
The labour discontent represents an unmistakable sign of a shift towards greater worker demands Apparently, friendship has its limits. Federal Labour Minister Seamus O’Regan – who styles himself as a friend of workers – announced on July 29 that he was beginning the process to break the strike at the Port of Vancouver. Here, friendship’s
8 Reasons Why Business Owners Should Own Their Business Property
on August 2nd, 2023
Why property ownership may be the best option for your financial future I recently worked with a business owner who had closed down their business and was listing their property for sale. The sale of the property would result in significant cash for the business owner in their retirement stage. Compare this to many business
Senate Bill on Overseas Tax Evasion Would Force Transparency about Canada’s Tax Gap
on July 18th, 2023
On March 29, 2023, I introduced the Fairness for All Canadian Taxpayers Act in the Senate. If passed, it would require the Government of Canada to disclose all convictions for overseas tax evasion and to measure the “tax gap” — the difference between what taxes should have been collected by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) and what
There is no doubt that inflation has been devastating. Food inflation alone has forced many to choose between food on the table or medicine in the body. To contain inflation, interest rates were hiked and most agreed that the tightening of monetary policy was necessary, despite the resulting economic slowdown. Rising interest rates made Canadian
First Nations People Deserve Right to Fee Simple Land Ownership
on July 12th, 2023
Fee simple land ownership by First Nations would unlock real gains in terms of increased land values and economic opportunity It is time for Canada to confront its colonial legacy and take decisive steps toward ending it. Granting the 630 First Nations in the country full and unconditional title to their reserve lands is a
Alarming Statistics Highlight Child Care Accessibility Crisis in Canada
on July 9th, 2023
Lowering child care fees was the easy part. The hard part is building out the system Canadian parents know child care can be hard to find. And it’s not getting easier despite the fact that fees are falling quickly across the country. These diminishing fees are prompting more parents to look into child care
Money Alone Cannot Save Healthcare
Change to the Canadian healthcare system can only come through innovation Last month, the Winnipeg Free Press ran a particularly sharp critique of Manitoba’s healthcare system, decrying provincial healthcare budgeting as “parsimony” and stating that monetary decisions made by the government since 2015 have created a healthcare crisis in Manitoba. It strongly implied that the