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Did the existing agreement bind future administrations?
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Can the US make commitments that last more than a week?
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Trump imposes tariffs on Canada.
Canada hold referendum on retalitory taxes (6 months later).
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CPC claim cutting emissions cap will generate $70B tax revenue over 5 years (Apr 20 - "Poilievre Will Axe The Inflation Tax")
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Does anyone believe this is the biggest crisis of the 2020s?
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Does this operating/capital split mean that buying a building will improve the operating deficit compared to paying rent?
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What revenue do they assign to the capital budget?
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This is the bigger problem.
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Why is there no funding for weak careers?
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It's cruel.
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What unnecessary expenses will he cut?
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It would be a gamble to start building a factory in the US; that doesn't make sense if these tariffs are lifted.
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The tit-for-tat strategy does better at the prisoner's dilemma than "always cooperate"
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Genuinely nothing I have seen so far in Carney-era policies seems to take Trump II into account. It's the most defining economic/diplomatic event since WWII and basically the answer is: here's a small slushfund to compensate companies for tarriffs...and a tax cut! It's not fit for the moment.
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Thanks, that is an interesting change.
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Is that the median employment income of taxfilers? With the low labour participation rate 65+ should have $0 as median.
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They could have used some of the $41M they raised last year to create a detailed platform.
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I live somewhere with no development charges.
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Are they going to pay the development charges? Rewarding cities with high dev charges.
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Problem: The rich want more money
Solution: TFSA "top-up"
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Table 1 from CRA shows 1,579k TFSA holders in 2021 that have maxed their contributions. That is 4% of the population. www.canada.ca/en/revenue-a...
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Only the wealthiest 4% of Canadians will benefit.
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The US gongshow presents us with once-in-a-century economic and security choices. That should be our #1 through #10 priority.
Whether some tax cut provides $50 vs $60 per month seems trivial compared to those challenges---and doesn't even move the needle on the purported "affordability" goal.
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During 2020, every business faced massive upheaval. Forecasting was impossible. Entire sectors were closed. Higher costs to run businesses during a pandemic. Every workplace was reorganized repeatedly to allow social distancing. Increased cleaning costs. Increased absenteeism.
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The same money in GIS, instead of a tax credit, could help help poor seniors more. It's a choice to help the old math prof.
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Answers should be expressed as average annual growth rate.
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So the LPC plan is $7.5B in lost revenue? And the CPC plan $16B?
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Getting unbanked is awful.
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US companies will have trouble operating internationally; now that the US shredded their international agreements.
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How many Americans would support paying 25% more for cars to hurt "Canada"?
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Median Canadian households aged 35-44 have double the networth compared to the median in the US.
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H&R block will give the refund immediately; charging ~130% interest until the CRA pays.
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In terms of monitoring costs; it is inefficient to require all grant recipents hire an auditor to review their project costs.
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It's a choice to have no links to policy.