John Ivison: Carney's too-slick accounting tricks fail to impress nationalpost.com/opinion/john-i…

As Dr. Jack Mintz shows, huge sectoral variations in marginal effective tax rates—29.5% for oil and gas and -2.2% for manufacturing—aren’t only distortionary but they require us to have a higher general corporate tax rate than necessary in order to raise the same revenues.

“If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.” - George Orwell, 1984 preface - Great to have an Alberta govt with the courage to give Orwell’s maxim full legal protection. - Crazy to live in a time when they have to do

This new bill by the AB provincial government is very interesting. Calling it the “Petersen Law”, the intention is to curb professional regulators - such as the Law Society of AB, The College of Physcians and Surgeons, CPA AB and others - who punish members for legal, off-duty

Opinion: Canada wasn't 'stolen' from Indigenous people nationalpost.com/opinion/opinio…

In my latest Financial Post article, I discuss that more than 80 days ago, Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne made “one of the most exciting” announcements in Canadian tax history: a “100-day plan” for the Canada Revenue Agency to improve its call centre! 🎉 As

Hard to disagree with this. If the MOU turns out to contain all of the conditions laid out in this article, well, that is a huge disappointment and most certainly under the current federal and B.C. provincial regime a pipeline will not get done. Not good. But, hey, ”elbows

🎉 It’s Wednesday! Yeah!!!! You know what that means…another edition of my newsletter – 1-1-1 is out. Each week, I provide 1 comment on taxation, 1 comment on leadership and 1 comment on economics. And this edition….the November 26, 2025 edition, well, It’s a doozy!! One

Who’s joining me tomorrow for the November In The Mood For Tax 45 minute monthly update webinar at noon mountain time (2 pm Eastern). The agenda will include a fast paced: - Detailed analysis of the November 4, 2025 federal budget; - Review of tax measures contained within the

This is an excellent article by Jack Mintz about the new MOU agreed to between AB and the federal government. I commend Danielle Smith for fighting hard for Alberta. However, I am very concerned about the conditions attached for a pipeline to get built. Obviously Dr. Mintz

My latest Financial Post article is out. It discusses the November 7 release of the 2025 Public Accounts of Canada. It’s not exactly beach reading, but “it’s interesting for tax geeks such as me and should be for all Canadians.” Unlike the recent federal budget which separates

Good Financial Post piece here from my friend Kim G C Moody financialpost.com/personal-finan…

🎉 It’s Wednesday!!! My favorite day of the week!!! Oh come on….by now you know that Wednesdays are the day my 1-1-1 newsletter is released! Every week, I provide 1 comment on taxation, 1 comment on leadership and 1 comment on economics / politics. Woohooooo!!!! 🎉 This

🚨 My latest Financial Post article is out - and it tackles the urgent need for meaningful tax reform in Canada. 🚗 Do you have a 1972 Chevrolet half-ton sitting in your driveway? Or a 1987 Ford Tempo? Maybe a 1999 Toyota Corolla? If you do and regularly drive it, “they’re

"Instead, a short-term task force — such as that proposed by the Conservatives before the last election campaign — is more realistic. Although the Liberals proposed “an expert review of the corporate tax system” during the campaign, it did not appear in the recent budget — not

Yes - I get it. It’s political theatre. But the motion had the exact MOU language baked into it. And the Liberals just couldn’t find it in them to vote in favor of the motion to support a pipeline. Yes, I know, the motion was non-binding. But the excuses and speaking points

Well, am I ever excited today!!!!! Why?? Because it’s December 11, 2025!!! The 100th day of the CRA’s “100-Day Plan”!!!! I did a short video about it today!! I jumped out of bed and made some phone calls to their call centres. I even used an old rotary phone to try to match

When you join a team, you work as a team. If you have a problem with your team, you work it out with your team. Our team helped elect Michael Ma, he voted with our team for months and he even chose to celebrate Christmas with our team last night. I am incredibly disappointed