Scheer has released the Tories full platform and has come under a lot of criticism of too much austerity.  The reality is even under Scheer's spending plan, spending will increase by $35 billion, but it is being called a $53 billion cut as cumulatively over 5 years will be that amount below the PBO baseline. … Continue reading Scheer Debt plan and Fiscal responsibility

Regardless of where one stands on the political spectrum, I think most can agree this has been an absolute horrible election and will be happy when its over.  No talk about serious policies to deal with the challenges we face as a country; instead its all about trying to smear the opponent and find gotcha… Continue reading Lousy Election with lousy leaders

Today a bombshell broke that Andrew Scheer is a dual citizen with the United States.  Personally I have never been a fan of dual citizenship due to potential conflicts of interest it can create, but also understand that different countries have different nationality rules so it is unavoidable sometimes.  Most of the new world uses… Continue reading Andrew Scheer’s Dual Citizenship

Liberals have finally released their much vaunted platform and despite claiming it is fiscally responsible, I believe there are major problems with this.  For starters on the revenue side, they ignore behavioral changes.  Unlike the tax hike on the top 1% in 2015, I don't have any objections to a luxury tax on expensive cars… Continue reading Liberal Platform – Fiscally reckless

With climate change strikes happening around the world, this has become a major issue.  I think both the alarmists and deniers are wrong on this and below will explain why.  The reality is if you want to get something done on climate change, it won't be easy but you ask for something too radical at… Continue reading Climate Change

While my focus has been primarily on what is going on in Canada, there are two major events going on abroad and below are my thoughts.  I will later today if time permits try to do a post on climate change. United Kingdom The court has ruled Johnson's prorogation violated the law and ordered parliament… Continue reading Two Big Events Abroad

This election is a lot about affordability with NDP and Tories trying to argue they will make things more affordable while Liberals also taking steps to improve on what they've already done.  Below is a summary of my views on each and how best to deal with them.  There are strong emotional arguments on these,… Continue reading Income Inequality, Poverty, and Affordability

With all the topic on day to day events, I thought it would be time to focus more on issues that matter but parties are afraid to tackle.  It seems every election, parties trot out various tax credits to try and win favours in key demographics.  Yet this is exactly the wrong policy and we… Continue reading Why Canada needs tax reform

Liberals have promised universal pharmacare, but no details on how it will be paid for.  While I support filling in the gaps as per earlier post when report came out, I've always said it is important for any new programs to say how you will pay for it.  Some voters may not care, but promises… Continue reading Liberal Pharmacare and Tory stress test

Trudeau has long liked to portray himself as being for the middle class and Tories for the rich.  With the Tories cutting lowest bracket (while not as he hoped lowering higher ones, they should for other reasons, but best to do as part of a larger tax reform, not run on it), Trudeau had to… Continue reading Trudeau Tax plan and Cell phone one