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1 week ago | 
financialpost.com | Jack Mintz
Ontario Premier Doug Ford seems to be a happy camper these days. After donning his Captain Canada cape to fight Donald Trump on tariffs, in February he won a third straight majority victory. And now he and his campaign manager have been lecturing federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre on how to run his election campaign, arguing he should focus more on Trump, less on the economy. If you had Ford’s economic record, you’d probably prefer campaigning on other things, too.
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2 weeks ago | 
financialpost.com | Jack Mintz
The best response to tariffs is to get Canada growing, with smarter regulation, government and trade and tax policiesArticle contentLast week, I concluded my article on Canada’s trade options by saying that “the best way to snub our nose at Trump is to build a strong economy.” Today, I want to outline an agenda for economic prosperity that could make Canada one of the fastest growing countries in the world.
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2 weeks ago | 
thehub.ca | Jack Mintz
The Conservative proposal to provide a capital gains tax deferral if proceeds from asset sales are used to invest in Canadian businesses is consequential. Canada’s capital stock is estimated to rise by $12.4 billion, GDP by $90 billion, and employment by 280,000 until 2026 when the deferral is available. Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre announced a proposal on March 30th to enable investors and businesses to defer capital gains taxes if the proceeds are reinvested in Canadian business assets.
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3 weeks ago | 
financialpost.com | Jack Mintz
At the Rose Garden event, Trump announced a uniform 10 per cent tariff rate on imported goods, a 25 per cent tariff on imported automobiles, and reciprocal tariffs that are one-half of “an effective tariff rate” that supposedly would drive the U.S. trade deficit with a country to zero.
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3 weeks ago | 
thesudburystar.com | Jack Mintz |Janice MacKinnon
The Liberal party may have a new face but it still has the same old environmental policiesAuthor of the article: Janice MacKinnon and Jack Mintz, National Post Published Mar 28, 2025 • Last updated 9 hours ago • 4 minute readA pumpjack is silhouetted by the setting sun. A proposed emissions cap on Canada's oil and gas sector will have dire consequences for the economy, warn Janice MacKinnon and Jack Mintz.
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4 weeks ago | 
nationalpost.com | Janice MacKinnon |Jack Mintz
Advertisement 1The Liberal party may have a new face but it still has the same old environmental policies • • You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. Article contentBy Janice MacKinnon and Jack MintzLast week, Liberal Leader Mark Carney said he wanted Canada’s oil and gas sector to be “as competitive as possible,” as opposed to having an emissions cap that would prescribe a preset limit on GHG emissions with a preset timeline.
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1 month ago | 
financialpost.com | Jack Mintz
Is the carbon tax dead in Canada? Yet-to-be-elected Prime Minister Mark Carney has not actually eliminated the fuel charge paid by consumers and low-emitting businesses, which only Parliament can do. But he has lowered its rate to zero. On the other hand, he intends to raise carbon taxes on big emitters. This week, Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre upped his “axe the tax” ante to the federal tax on big emitters but would leave the provinces and territories in charge of their own schemes.
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1 month ago | 
msn.com | Jack Mintz
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1 month ago | 
financialpost.com | Jack Mintz
As I wrote here last November, Canada is not broken, but it has been badly mismanaged. Our economy has been stagnant with virtually no growth in real per capita GDP in 10 years. Our productivity, as measured by GDP per working hour, is 11th-lowest among 36 OECD countries. To add salt to the wound, it’s just three-quarters Ireland’s and 80 per cent of Poland’s. Our incomes have dropped relative to the United States by almost a third.
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1 month ago | 
financialpost.com | Jack Mintz
Two events this past week clearly demonstrate that the world order has been turned upside down and inside out. The diplomatic dustup in Washington between U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has left the NATO alliance in tatters, with U.S. security guarantees to its allies very much in doubt, while the pending imposition of U.S. tariffs on Mexico and Canada, who are to be joined by Europe, will strain economic relationships among western economies.
