It’s as if the government had failed to understand that housing—like any other product or service in the economy—does not get produced without capital. This budget confirmed that lack of understanding.
Hub Headlines is a daily audio program of TheHub.ca. It features audio versions of the best commentaries and analysis published daily in The Hub. Enjoy listening to original and provocative takes on the issues that matter while you are on the go. Here are the headlines for April 22, 2024.
Some 1500 people gathered that evening at Champs de Mars, a large park in the heart of Montreal. In the glow of burning torches, hatred was spewed and farmed until a grievance convoy broke away and headed towards the legislature building.
When you lose sight of first principles, you lose the means to shape politics. You are stuck with a constrained choice between whatever options land on your desk. That is choosing, not governing.
Today’s Weekly Wrap covers the surprise capital gains tax increase in the federal budget, how to actually fix the conditions leading to young Canadians’ unhappiness, and the start of the NHL playoffs.
The Roundtable discuss this week’s federal budget, including the Trudeau government’s focus on redistribution over growth. They also discuss the budget’s increased tax rate on capital gains tax and the policy debate that it has provoked.
Hub readers this week had discussions on how happy (and unhappy) Canadians are, baby boomers winning the generational war, and the federal budget and the potential impacts of increasing Canada’s capital gains taxes.
Hub Headlines is a daily audio program of TheHub.ca. It features audio versions of the best commentaries and analysis published daily in The Hub. Enjoy listening to original and provocative takes on the issues that matter while you are on the go. Here are the headlines for April 19, 2024.
Those who currently own a home and benefit most from the rapid appreciation in housing prices are by coincidence the same people who have a significant degree of control over how much and what type of housing gets built.
PMO-based policy councils with dedicated policy staff would create a healthy tension with the system that would produce better policy outcomes.
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