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Trusting CRA to handle tax returns a mistake
By Lethbridge Herald on February 3rd, 2023
Renaud Brossard MONTREAL ECONOMIC INSTITUTE Nobody likes filing tax returns. Tracking down pay slips, filing away proofs for every deduction and filling out forms is very few people’s idea of a fun way to spend their time. Even worse is having to do it twice, if you happen to live in Quebec. That’s why things ... Read More »
2 responsesPrivate health insurance would ease suffering
By Lethbridge Herald on February 2nd, 2023
Maria Lily Shaw MONTREAL ECONOMIC INSTITUTE Over 660,000 Canadians are waiting for surgery at the moment, with many waiting long monts and even years. For these people, each day stuck on a waiting list is 24 more hours of sore knees, of pain when walking, of risking that their condition deteriorates, and so on. And ... Read More »
4 responsesHealthcare on the minds of residents and the NDP
By Lethbridge Herald on January 28th, 2023
AT THE LEGISLATURE Shannon Phillips – NDP MLA for Lethbridge West The bustling holiday season is over and we’ve all had a few weeks of recalibrating to normal life again. School, work, volunteering, and more are back in full swing. For me, part of that means reaching out and listening to the concerns of my ... Read More »
6 responsesEnergy transition needs to be done right
By Lethbridge Herald on January 27th, 2023
Bill Whitelaw Geologic Systems Have you heard about Canada’s unjust energy transition? Better pay attention: it’s unfolding before your very eyes. The unjust transition will cost people jobs, create new and more insidious types of energy poverty, and accelerate negative environmental impact – the very opposite effects of what the putative notion of a just ... Read More »
6 responsesNew alcohol guidelines hard to swallow
By Lethbridge Herald on January 26th, 2023
Sylvain Charlebois DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY Looks like we all need to drink less alcohol. Last fall, the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA), a national organization that provides information and advice on substance use and addiction, shared recommendations that we should all drink no more than one or two drinks a week. We just ... Read More »
5 responsesTrudeau’s tax hikes will harm the middle class in 2023
By Lethbridge Herald on January 19th, 2023
Franco Terrazzano CANADIAN TAXPAYERS FEDERATION Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised to govern for “the middle class and those working hard to join it.” Canadians can be forgiven if we feel he’s forgotten that promise. Whether it’s the nurse working at the hospital, the mom who commutes to work each day or the newcomers to Canada ... Read More »
4 responsesKey initiatives moving forward in the legislature
By Lethbridge Herald on January 14th, 2023
AT THE LEGISLATURE Nathan Neudorf – UCP MLA for Lethbridge East Happy New Year! I hope all of you were able to have some time away from work, away from the cold and spent time with family and friends to enjoy the gifts of the season. As we look ahead to 2023 stretching out before ... Read More »
4 responsesDanielle Smith is right to shield firearms owners from Trudeau
By Lethbridge Herald on January 12th, 2023
Kris Sims Canadian Taxpayers Federation Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is making the right move by trying to shield thousands of Alberta firearms owners from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s wasteful gun grab. Analysts are warning that the last-minute expansion of the federal government’s Bill C-21 to include thousands of commonly-owned long guns will cost taxpayers a ... Read More »
1 responseLand acknowledgements have outlived their usefulness
By Lethbridge Herald on January 11th, 2023
Bill Whitelaw GEOLOGIC SYSTEMS Is it time to rethink Indigenous land acknowledgements that often open energy-sector conference sessions? Are we ready to question their utility and effectiveness in advancing the interests of Canada’s Indigenous peoples? Are they moving the reconciliation needle – or have they become little more than meaningless, monotone and mechanistic verbiage? In ... Read More »
2 responsesTrudeau puts politics over public safety
By Lethbridge Herald on January 7th, 2023
FROM THE HILL Rachael Thomas – Conservative MP for Lethbridge Since the Liberals took power seven years ago, violent crime has increased by 32 per cent and gang-related violence has grown by 92 per cent. There is no doubt about it, Canada is facing a public safety crisis. The Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police ... Read More »
10 responsesAnnouncing corporate bonuses requires tact and empathy
By Lethbridge Herald on January 6th, 2023
Sylvain Charlebois DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY With a new year starting, we hear announcements about bonuses in food retailing. Metro recently announced that it offered five top senior executives $3.7 million in bonuses. This represents a four per cent increase in bonus payouts over the previous year, while Metro sales grew 3.3 per cent over the past ... Read More »
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