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CRA Disability Advisory Committee submits 18 recommendations in its fifth annual report
From: Canada Revenue Agency March 5, 2025 The Canada Revenue Agency’s (CRA) Disability Advisory Committee (DAC) released its 2024 annual report today. The report provides a progress update on recommendations from previous annual reports and proposes 18 new recommendations on how the Agency can improve the way it administers and interprets tax measures for […]
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Here’s how First Nations can access a reliable source of revenue – Fraser Institute
March 03, 2025 According to Pierre Poilievre, a Conservative government would permit First Nations to directly receive tax revenues from resource development on their ancestral territories. Political leaders of all parties should commit to such direct taxation. Because time is short. Faced with the prospect of tariffs and other hostile American actions, Canada must build […]
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Les Femmes Michif Otipemisiwak Announces 2025 Spring Policy Forum
OTTAWA, ON, Feb. 25, 2025 – Les Femmes Michif Otipemisiwak (LFMO) is excited to announce that our 2025 Spring Policy Forum will be held from March 17th – 20th, 2025, in Ottawa, ON. Our annual Spring Policy Forum is an opportunity for Metis women from across the Motherland to come together, engage in meaningful dialogue, […]
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Arctic security must be a top priority for Canada – not an afterthought: Ken Coates and Ranj Pillai in the Globe and Mail – MLI
February 24, 2025 For generations, Canada has struggled to find its way in the Far North. Canada’s Arctic policy has long been founded on delayed and partial responses to American challenges. It started with the Klondike Gold Rush in 1897-98, when the arrival of tens of thousands of American stampeders threatened Canada’s tenuous hold on […]
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How mining became Canada’s surprising new engine of economic growth: Philip Cross in The Hub – MLI
February 18, 2025 Canada has a strong geological potential, however, the policy environment must be improved to maximize the economic benefits of the mining sector. Mining is an increasingly rare success story in Canada’s economy. While most public commentary focuses on the economic threat from Donald Trump, Canada’s chronic slow economic growth, and stagnant exports, mining’s buoyancy is a […]
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The Court Challenges Program – How your tax dollars fuel social justice activism through the courts: Dave Snow and Ryan Alford
February 13, 2025 This report uses data from the Court Challenges Program’s annual reports to show that the program’s “human rights” panel has an overwhelming progressive bias, with 96 per cent of the CCP’s “example cases” funding progressive activism. The federal government is spending several million dollars a year to do indirectly what it is […]
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Securing the nuclear future – How enhancing Canadian enrichment capacity can help break Russia’s grip on the global uranium supply chain: Juzel Lloyd – MLI
February 6, 2025 Canada’s enrichment potential is not only a crucial asset for its allies but also a strategic move for ensuring the security and resilience of its own nuclear power fleet. The global enrichment supply chain is undergoing a reckoning that will ripple through the nuclear industry for decades to come. Russia’s invasion of […]
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Aboriginal title has become a constitutional threat in Canada – Fraser Institute
February 05, 2025 In November, a court released seven companies from an Aboriginal land claim in New Brunswick. Wolastoqey First Nations had filed a legal action seeking a declaration of Aboriginal title over more than half the province. The seven companies, named as defendants, own most of the land subject to the claim. A judge […]
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Large numbers and the destruction of policy debate in Canada: Ken Coates in National Newswatch – MLI
February 5, 2025 Over the last decade, wild increases in government spending have effectively immunized Canadians to the significance of large numbers. The process started years ago, in an all-party and all-government frenzy of public spending. It expanded rapidly during the COVID-19 pandemic, with governments rushing money out the door in what we now know […]
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As the U.S. abandons DEI, Canada doubles down: Dave Snow in The Hub – MLI
February 4, 2025 To fix higher education we must depoliticize grant funding and remove DEI considerations. While the U.S. government, corporations, and universities begin to abandon Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) policies, Canada has instead doubled down, continuing to make them an integral part of both government and academia. This trend has become increasingly apparent in federal granting agencies, the main source of Canada’s research […]
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