Tax subsidies blunt the free market in Canada
Opinion argues corporate welfare harms jobs and economy. Cites Eatons subsidy rejection for Winnipeg store and Cash N Cash loan defaults, claiming 4,315 companies benefited from over 301 million under the Small Business Loans Act since 1992, with 85 percent in default. Calls on Finance Minister Paul Martin to scrap subsidies and cut taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Eatons
Winnipeg
Cash 'N' Cash Inc
Small Business Loans
Canadian Taxpayers Federation
Paul Martin
Short lines and the new transportation act debated
Canadian railways and U S short line firms vie for branch lines as CN and CP plan to abandon or sell. Alberta Railink expands with a $20 million stock gain while Omni-TRAX eyes lines in Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Governments may buy unsold routes before future reviews.
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Paul Beingessner
U.S
Omni-Trax
Hudson Bay
North
Saskatchewan
Railink
Alberta
Bay
Feds
Arborfield and
Chelan
Whistle blowers spark right to expose corruption
The piece lauds whistle blowers from Saskatchewan to Alberta and Saskatchewan, noting accounts clerk tips triggering probes into Conservative caucus corruption and mismanagement on reserves. It cites Brooks Bulletin on Judge Reilly’s Calgary court probe approval, Swift Current vigil against a convicted rapist, Hanna Herald on Lloyd McMahon’s antler fraud, and Ann Stiles railing against Edmonton Exhibition directors.
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Daniel
Saskatchewan
Brooks Bulletin
Reily
Calgary
Stoney Reserve
Reilly
Alberta
Swift Current
Redcoats
Stewart Weinsz
Tisdale Recorder
Weinsz
Hanna Herald
Lloyd Alexander McMahon
Texas
McMahon
the Herald
Ann Stiles
Ann
Westlock News
Edmonton Exhibition Association
Mickey Mouse
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Denis Desautels
WED
Ottawa
Industry Department
House of Commons
Ontario
Victor Vrsnik
The
Manitoba Taxpayers Association
Manitoba
Lyleton
Reavic's Pharmacy
Spencer & Brenda
Fred McGuinness
Memurray
Russell
Bonny Ave
Woo
Detings
Beau
Darlene Yakubowski
Bob Ross
Russell, Pane
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