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Op-Ed
Published in the Ottawa Citizen on April 22, 2011
By David Dodge and Richard Dion
As societies become richer, they tend to accommodate the rising demands and expectations of their citizens for more and better-quality health-care services. The value that citizens place on preserving and extending a good-quality life becomes more important as their consumption of other goods and services expands…
Op-Ed
Published in the National Post on March 22, 2011
By Colin Busby
Do you have a sharp pain in your stomach that won't go away? If yes, you may soon visit an emergency room for help. Your next decision is whether to go to Toronto General, Western, St. Michael's, etc., for service. As an aid, the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care posts online monthly updates of average ER wait times for…
Op-Ed
Published in the Financial Post on April 8, 2011
By Finn Poschmann
When Jon Kesselman of Simon Fraser University and I published "A New Option for Retirement Savings: Tax-Prepaid Savings Plans," the roadmap for what was to become TFSAs, we had high hopes for tax free savings accounts. I doubt we would have believed anyone who told us that in less than 10 years' time nearly five million Canadians…
Op-Ed
Published in The Globe and Mail on May 2, 2011
By Ross Finnie
The Liberal Party’s proposed Learning Passport, intended to help families save for their children’s postsecondary education, is one of the more interesting ideas to come out of the current election campaign. Not so much for what it could do to help with the actual financing of the schooling, but for how it could potentially be part of…
Op-Ed
Published in the Financial Post on Dec. 13, 2011
By Alexandre Laurin and William Robson
Suppose a Canadian not employed by the federal government wanted to set aside a nest egg that would provide retirement income like that promised to a federal employee. He or she would invest in a security that is backed by taxpayers and indexed to inflation. Such a security exists: the federal government’…
Op-Ed
Published in the Financial Post on March 17, 2011
By Bev Dahlby and Ergete Ferede
No one likes paying taxes, but as a wise man once said, they are the price we pay to live in a civilized society. The tax system finances the government programs that voters believe are essential to a prosperous and just society. But taxes impose a burden on economic activity and, among the major taxes Canadian…
