Jake Fuss

LATEST STORIES BY JAKE FUSS

FUSS AND MUNRO: Ontario economic plan anything but 'fiscally prudent'

Ontario Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy recently penned a commentary boasting about the Ford government’s economic plan, under the headline “Ontario showing it’s possible to build infrastructure and be fiscally prudent.”

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August 13, 2024 Columnists

OPINION: Canada could lower grocery bills by scrapping supply management

In response to increasing grocery prices that contribute to the growing cost of living in Canada, a group of consumers has organized a boycott of the grocery chain Loblaw. But, while Canadians are understandably frustrated about prices at the supermarket, there’s a more fruitful way to lower grocery bills.

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June 25, 2024 Columnists

receipt after payment in the supermarket

OPINION: Canadian families face larger tax burden than last year

According to a recent poll, nearly half of all Canadians are living paycheque to paycheque.

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June 13, 2024 Columnists

Upper-income Canadians already pay a disproportionate share of taxes, according to a new study by the Fraser Institute.

FUSS: Trudeau government should privatize Canada Post

According to its annual report released last month, Canada Post lost $748 million in 2023, marking the sixth consecutive year the Crown corporation has lost money, despite a near-monopoly on postal services. Clearly, it’s time for the federal government to privatize Canada Post.

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June 4, 2024 Columnists

A Canada Post community mail box is seen in the Greisbach neighbourhood of Edmonton, Alta., on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014.

OPINION: Trudeau’s budget fails to ‘break the glass’ on Canada’s economic growth crisis

In advance of the Trudeau government’s 2024 budget released on Tuesday, many called for the government to finally address Canada’s stagnant economic growth. But despite the growing consensus that this issue represents a national crisis , the Trudeau government simply continued with the same approach that helped get us to this point in the first place.

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April 16, 2024 Columnists

Fuss and Grady: Ontario's high income-tax rates are hurting us all

On the campaign trail in 2018, Doug Ford talked a big game about the need to reduce taxes. Yet he has delivered no meaningful relief since.

April 13, 2024 Opinion

Opinion: B.C. maintains high tax rates despite prosperity gap

B.C. has among the highest personal income tax rates in Canada and the United States

April 10, 2024 Op-Ed

FUSS AND PALACIOS: Cutting taxes in upcoming federal budget would spur economic growth

According to the Trudeau government’s projections, economic growth in Canada will remain anemic for the foreseeable future. Indeed, from 2013 to 2022 (the most recent 10-year period of available data), per-person economic growth — a broad measure of living standards — was at its lowest rate since the Great Depression in the 1930s.

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April 9, 2024 Columnists

Canadian flag waving with Parliament Buildings hill and Library

OPINION: Trudeau’s health-care deal cements failed status quo in Canada

Last week, as part of Ottawa’s promised $46 billion in additional health-care spending, the Trudeau government agreed to increase Quebec’s share of federal health-care dollars by $900 million annually. Quebec was the last province to reach an agreement with Ottawa before the March 31 deadline. With the closure of this agreement, Canadian taxpayers are on the hook for more health-care spending than ever before. For the same old broken health-care system.

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April 3, 2024 Columnists

The emergency sign of a Toronto hospital is photographed on Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022.

OPINION: Governments should end corporate welfare this budget season

It’s budget season and many governments across Canada are in the red, with deficits planned for this fiscal year and beyond. To rein in spending and move towards balanced budgets, governments should eliminate wasteful spending. Corporate welfare is a good place to start.

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March 12, 2024 Columnists

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland responds to a question during a weekly news conference in Ottawa, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024.

Jake Fuss

LATEST STORIES BY JAKE FUSS

FUSS AND MUNRO: Ontario economic plan anything but 'fiscally prudent'

OPINION: Canada could lower grocery bills by scrapping supply management

OPINION: Canadian families face larger tax burden than last year

FUSS: Trudeau government should privatize Canada Post

OPINION: Trudeau’s budget fails to ‘break the glass’ on Canada’s economic growth crisis

Fuss and Grady: Ontario's high income-tax rates are hurting us all

Opinion: B.C. maintains high tax rates despite prosperity gap

FUSS AND PALACIOS: Cutting taxes in upcoming federal budget would spur economic growth

OPINION: Trudeau’s health-care deal cements failed status quo in Canada

OPINION: Governments should end corporate welfare this budget season

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