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Jack Mintz: Like it or not, tariffs will be with us for a long while

Tariffs raise revenue and some governments, now including the U.S., see them as a better tax than some others You can save this article by...

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Jack M. Mintz

Opinion: The CRTC is undermining telecom investment in Canada

Forcing companies to share infrastructure they've built at rates someone else sets will discourage investment and reduce productivity You can save...

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Renaud Brossard

Opinion: Dems, GOP trade places in the traffic-congested Big Apple

Democrats are supporting New York's market-like congestion charges while Republicans, who normally favour free markets, oppose them You can save...

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Walter E. Block

Philip Cross: Democrats' Biden lie will haunt them for years

In 2024, the party claimed Joe Biden was fit to serve a second term. Donald Trump may lie more often but has he ever lied more seriously? You can...

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Philip Cross

Matthew Lau: CBC’s very balanced reporting of just one point of view

A story on Ontario missing its 2030 emissions targets presents it as tragic for the planet, when in fact the planet will hardly notice You can save...

02.07.2025 4

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Matthew Lau

Joe Oliver: Do what’s right for Canada, even if Trump demands it

The digital services tax was a bad idea. Ottawa was right to rescind it and we shouldn't go to the wall on supply management, either You can save...

01.07.2025 6

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Joe Oliver

Opinion: Ottawa should stop capping payday interest rates

Opinion: Ottawa should stop capping payday interest rates

A better policy than price control, which seldom works, would be to improve competition and transparency in the market for payday loans You can...

27.06.2025 4

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Jeremy Kronick

Opinion: The West needs reform from, and in, Ottawa

Opinion: The West needs reform from, and in, Ottawa

If colonialism is the subjugation of one region for the benefit of another, Western Canada’s predicament fits the definition all too well You can...

27.06.2025 4

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Jack Mintz And Morten Paulsen

William Watson: New research finds that sleep trumps social justice

William Watson: New research finds that sleep trumps social justice

After looking at 2000 determinants of well-being, economists find the most important are personal: family, health, financial security You can save...

26.06.2025 1

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William Watson

Opinion: Let’s open our skies unilaterally and see how the U.S. responds

Opinion: Let’s open our skies unilaterally and see how the U.S. responds

Small border towns in both countries are under-served. Let's let small American carriers in and see if the U.S. doesn't eventually reciprocate You...

26.06.2025 1

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Barry Prentice

Opinion: The Building Canada Act will likely make things worse, not better

Opinion: The Building Canada Act will likely make things worse, not better

We needed a faster process for approving all big investments. What we got instead was cabinet control over who gets to skip the reviews You can...

26.06.2025 1

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Niels Veldhuis And Jason Clemens