23 h. ago Wednesday's letters: Vaccines prevent misery, save tax dollars

According to the Canadian Respiratory Virus Surveillance Report, there have been 671 deaths related to influenza and 2,186 related to COVID-19 since Aug. 25, 2024. Of the latter, 93 per cent occurred in seniors. COVID-19 vaccines do not prevent infection but decrease the severity of disease. The benefits of vaccines almost certainly outweigh the risks […]

Economics

8 d. ago Trump’s tax bill could raise taxes on foreign companies, hurting investment from abroad

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump likes to say he’s bringing in trillions of dollars in investments from foreign countries, but a provision in his tax cuts bill could cause international companies to avoid expanding into the United States. The House-passed version of the legislation would allow the federal government to impose taxes on foreign-parented […]

Economics

9 d. ago Opinion: Most Canadians don’t support taxpayer subsidies for LNG

Opinion: There is new interest in liquified natural gas as a “nation-building” project but LNG isn't a good use of tax dollars, nor one supported by Canadian taxpayers.

Economics

2 w. ago Trump Presses Reluctant GOP Senators to Embrace House’s Tax Bill

President Donald Trump worked the phones Monday and took to social media to try to sway Republican holdouts on his multi-trillion dollar tax bill, encountering conflicting demands from GOP senators even as he urged them to move swiftly.

Economics

2 w. ago Trump Presses Reluctant GOP Senators to Embrace House Tax Bill

President Donald Trump worked the phones Monday and took to social media to try to sway Republican holdouts on his multi-trillion dollar tax bill, encountering conflicting demands from GOP senators even as he urged them to move swiftly.

Economics

3 w. ago House Republicans pass Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’ of tax breaks and program cuts

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans stayed up all night to pass their multitrillion-dollar tax breaks package, with Speaker Mike Johnson defying the skeptics and unifying his ranks to muscle President Donald Trump’s priority bill to approval Thursday. With last-minute concessions and stark warnings from Trump, the Republican holdouts largely dropped their opposition to salvage the […]

Economics