There’s no question that Canada’s retirement income system needs reform. But a divisive focus on gaps between young and old isn’t the answer
Category: Finance for All
Posted inCommentary
Editorial: With the CRA, we need competence before convenience
In principle, we would support the Canada Revenue Agency filing taxes on behalf of many Canadians. In practice, the CRA needs to clean up its act first
Posted inPolitics & Policy
The next e-transfer? Ottawa moves to modernize payments
Ottawa is creating a national framework for stablecoins, digital assets that could make it easier and cheaper to transact
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Op-Ed: Should new homes be tax free?
There is a fixation on exempting first-time homebuyers from HST/GST. But there’s a better argument for exempting all homes from sales taxes
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Op-Ed: When the CRA doesn’t understand its own rules
The auditor general’s finding that just 17 per cent of individuals’ CRA inquiries are answered correctly is symptomatic of much deeper problems
Posted inFinance for All
Op-Ed: Good policy shouldn’t retire at 65
Before age 65, disability programs encourage people to work. After 65, seniors’ programs punish work and even volunteerism
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Op-Ed: Ontario’s social safety net — indexed for some, stagnant for others
Not all low-income Ontarians who rely on social assistance will be celebrating the positive benefit changes that occured in July
Posted inPolitics & Policy
Will Ottawa cover Disability Tax Credit application fees as promised?
In 2024, Ottawa pledged to spend $240 million to cover the costs of Disability Tax Credit application fees. But where is the money?
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Should prediction markets be legal in Canada?
As online prediction markets like Polymarket take off, Canada’s regulatory landscape looks increasingly out of step
Posted inFinance for All
Op-Ed: Judge takes aim at CRA’s ‘unjustified inconsistency’
As a benefits advocate, I have seen how the CRA has been going to the ends of the earth to deny eligibility for the CERB benefit