Robson Fletcher tries to explain the healthcare cuts facing Albertans. He should just say, “Well Doug Ford did it… Kenney can too.” #abpoli
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In an election focused on families, an ‘implicit tax’ on parents is under the radar
There is one idea that no one has touched yet: dialing back the clawback that parents face when they work to supplement their income while they are on leave.
Currently, the standard rule for parents — as for unemployed workers, who collect benefits under the same Employment Insurance (EI) system — is that the government withholds 50 cents for every dollar earned, up to 90 per cent of your regular weekly earnings. After that threshold, the benefits are deducted dollar for dollar.
The rolling back of the benefits is like “an implicit tax,” said David Gray, a professor of economics at the University of Ottawa.
‘We’re ready for them:’ Texans see opportunity in western Canadian malaise | CBC News
40 companies in the past year and a half
He says
Arrowstar has helped about 100 western Canadian companies move north of
Houston in the last decade, and 40 of them were in the last year and a
half.
The majority of newcomers have been Canadian oil and gas drillers.
“I definitely want Canada to pick back up. I would love for that more than anything,” says Graham.
But for now, he says, a lot of Canadian businesses need help to keep going.
“We’ve got doors open and we’re ready for them.”
Ontario Farmer Goes Big With Message Comparing Scheer To Ford
An Ontario farmer is ploughing his way into political circles by sending a message to voters with his farm.
Federal Liberal candidate Danielle Takacs posted an image on Facebook Friday that shows a farm near Brantford, Ont., with the message “Scheer-Ford ain’t no difference!” carved into the green field.
Falling Prices Force Medicine Hat to Shut 2,000 Gas Wells – The Energy Mix
Crashing gas prices have been costing the city of 60,000 about C$30 to $35 million per year, said Mayor Ted Clugston.