The last time we had a federal election in Canada, women cast half a million more votes than men. And I can’t help wondering why. The 2011 leaders’ debates lacked almost any mention of how the party platforms were going to address the fact that women work different hours, in…
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Last month, on April 8, the government proudly announced its new revamped Plan Nord. Premier Philippe Couillard’s project, though much less ambitious than that of Charest’s government, appears to be just as risky. The government is intent on investing 2 billion dollars to build infrastructure in the North in order…
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Yesterday the Liberals released a portion of their platform for the upcoming federal election. While I’m happy to see some overlap with our Alternative Federal Budget (AFB), I’m puzzled by the Liberals’ proposed tax changes, which basically just move tax money around in the top 20% of households without doing…
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Last year marked a milestone for me: 2014 was the first year since high school where I had only one income source to include in my tax return and I continued working for the same employer the following year. That’s at least 25 T4 slips and 17 employers over 14…
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