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Jack M. Mintz

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Jack Mintz: Britain is still a land of hope and glory but it needs an uplift

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Jack Mintz: Is the welfare state still affordable? It never was

Jack Mintz: Is the welfare state still affordable? It never was
29.08.2025 9

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Jack Mintz: Government and business make bad corporate bedfellows

22.08.2025 10

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Jack Mintz: Mamdani's socialist agenda will take a bite out of the Big Apple

15.08.2025 10

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Jack Mintz: Is Canada the most European non-EU country? Let’s hope not!

08.08.2025 10

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Jack Mintz: Mark Carney must combat antisemitism — not fan its flames

06.08.2025 10

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Jack Mintz: Canadian exporters are facing a triple-whammy

31.07.2025 4

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Jack Mintz: Tariffs may trump income taxes but the GST beats both

31.07.2025 4

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Jack Mintz: Tariffs may trump income taxes but the GST beats both

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Jack Mintz: Canadian exporters are facing a triple-whammy

25.07.2025 9

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Jack Mintz: Governments may overproduce, but not the private sector

18.07.2025 10

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Jack Mintz: Mark Carney’s conservative progressive government

11.07.2025 10

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

04.07.2025 10

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Junk Science Week — Jack Mintz: Multiplier effects are junk economics

20.06.2025 10

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Jack Mintz: Don’t expect big economic gains from lower interprovincial barriers

13.06.2025 10

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Jack Mintz: Canmore's new 'livability tax' will make house prices even harder to live with

06.06.2025 10

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Jack Mintz: We won’t become an energy superpower without deregulation

30.05.2025 10

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Jack Mintz: With Trump’s tariff threat, we're reaping what we have sown

29.05.2025 9

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Jack Mintz: The King will have an easier job with throne speech than Carney

23.05.2025 10

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Jack Mintz: EVs versus movies (a tale of two subsidies)

16.05.2025 10

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Jack Mintz: Election swagger is over, now back to the future

02.05.2025 8

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Jack Mintz: Are the parties' costed election platforms fact or fairy tales?

25.04.2025 9

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Jack Mintz: Ontario is the 'sick man' of North America. Its premier should stay out of the federal election

18.04.2025 10

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Jack Mintz: Four big bangs that will get Canada growing again

11.04.2025 7

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Jack Mintz: How to respond to Trump’s tariff provocations

04.04.2025 9

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Jack Mintz: The death of the carbon tax

21.03.2025 10

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Jack Mintz: Trump or no Trump, we can’t afford another lost decade

14.03.2025 10

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Jack Mintz: Canada's perilous place in Trump's new world order

07.03.2025 10

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Jack Mintz: Trump’s tax wars won’t be any more fun than his tariff wars

28.02.2025 10

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Jack Mintz: Will the real Liberal party please stand up?

21.02.2025 9

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Jack Mintz: The economic policy revolution

14.02.2025 10

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Jack Mintz: Consumers will pay for Carney's carbon plan

07.02.2025 10

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Jack Mintz: Trump sets the stage for the next Canadian election

Dealing with the tariff threat will force us to choose between economic growth or doubling down on economy-killing climate policies

05.02.2025 5

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Jack Mintz: Ontario’s election should be about productivity

31.01.2025 10

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Jack Mintz: Our strategy for dealing with the Trump tariffs needs to be negotiation

24.01.2025 10

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Jack Mintz: We're not going to enjoy Trump tariff week

17.01.2025 10

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Jack Mintz: Canada's 'Maple Model' for pensions loses some of its lustre

10.01.2025 10

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Jack Mintz: A sinking dollar is Trudeau’s latest legacy

Slow growth, Trump tariffs and low interest rates are causing the loonie to fall, which helps our exporters but hardly anyone else You can save...

03.01.2025 40

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Jack Mintz: Canada can no longer afford a peace dividend

With Canada already behind the eight ball, a three per cent target would have a profound impact on our federal budget You can save this article by...

20.12.2024 6

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Jack Mintz: Freeland’s sudden conversion to fiscal sanity is too little, too late

Freeland's time as finance minister saw spending hit and stay at record levels in real terms, leaving very little dry powder in reserve You can...

18.12.2024 4

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Jack Mintz: Chrystia Freeland may be wishing she was Irish

Despite its low corporate tax rates, Ireland is rolling in business revenues and debating how much of its big government surplus to save You can...

13.12.2024 5

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Jack Mintz: We need simple, efficient, fair tax cuts — not ineffective holiday handouts

The Liberals' transparent and gimmicky attempt at vote-buying represents a pretty much complete perversion of good policy principles You can save...

06.12.2024 5

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Jack Mintz: With Trump’s tariff threat, we're reaping what we have sown

Either we believe in free trade or we don’t. If we push our own protectionist policies how can we lecture the U.S. for responding in kind? You can...

29.11.2024 4

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Jack Mintz: Corporate welfare shrinks the economy

Successful firms don't need government help and unsuccessful ones don't deserve it. We should stop wasting tens of billions a year You can save...

22.11.2024 3

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Jack Mintz: Incumbent governments are losing power for good reason

Voters already angry about price increases are in no mood for the big tax hikes that would be necessary to make progress on climate goals You can...

15.11.2024 20

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Jack Mintz: Trump 2.0 could hurt Canada’s economy

We should fight back with pro-growth policies of our own and lobbying to persuade Americans a northern border open to trade benefits them You can...

08.11.2024 2

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Jack Mintz: Canada isn’t broken but it is badly mismanaged

Immigration and budgeting are out of control while the energy transition is based on completely unrealistic targets and no workable plan You can...

01.11.2024 4

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Jack Mintz: Alberta should bolster its private auto insurance market

Price freezes and caps haven't brought prices down. A hybrid system of no-fault for minor claims and lawsuits for larger ones may be best You can...

18.10.2024 6

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Jack Mintz: Will Canada's auto industry need another bailout?

Governments need a better strategy than continually throwing money at the sector You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in...

11.10.2024 3

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Jack Mintz: Moral clarity needed from Canadian politicians on Oct. 7 anniversary

Canada should not join in making Jews scapegoats for the world's ills You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you...

04.10.2024 2

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