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Major Tax Increases or Heavy Layoffs
Toronto taxpayers are facing a 35% tax hike unless there are job cuts to the city’s workforce, Mayor Rob Ford warned Friday. His administration can’t avoid penning pink slips if more staff does not start volunteering to take buyouts the... (Continue reading)
The Cost of Freer Trade
Before Sept. 11, 2001, Canada and the United States liked to brag that the line on the map between them denoted the longest undefended border in the world. Since exporters could cross that border in the blink of an eye... (Continue reading)
Closing/ Home Costs to Think About Before You Buy your Home
There are lots of costs to think about when you buy your home (not just the down payment you have to worry about and the actual home, but lots of other things that can add up). Here are some of... (Continue reading)
Are Taxes In Canada Really That High?
A Press release by Fraser Institute showed the total tax bill of the average Canadian family has increased by 1,624 per cent since 1961, while expenditures on housing increased by 1,198 per cent, food by 559 per cent and clothing... (Continue reading)
The Downside of Garbage Bag Taxes
Written on 3 Jun, 2010 at 6:53 in Better Living | Comments
An often touted solution to the problem of too much garbage is charging a tax on each garbage bag picked up by local garbage services. However, according to Levitt and Dubner, authors of the book SuperFreakonomics, this hasn’t worked out... (Continue reading)
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