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Category: Taxes and Benefits
Horwath: The NDP plan to pay for pricey promises is pending
The NDP leader says she has a plan to pay for the hundreds of millions of dollars in promises she's making. She just isn't sharing it yet. ...
Tories to cut corporate taxes by a third to create 120,000 jobs
The PC Party says it will pay for the tax cuts by ending some companies' subsidies, while Liberals will freeze corporate taxes but hike tobacco taxes and taxes on high-income earners. ...
Heard: Class-action suit filed against WSIB
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Reality check: Will the NDP balance the books by 2017-2018?
New Democrat Leader Andrea Horwath says she plans to balance the books by 2017-2018, but in a different way than the Liberals and Conservatives are promising. ...
Anti-poverty tour presses to restore past welfare cuts
The Raise the Rates campaign has launched a provincewide speaking tour to pressure the three parties to increase welfare rates, which were cut by former premier Mike Harris. ...
Hudak again appears at a grant-receiving firm
The Conservative Leader, who has decried "corporate welfare," seems to be making a habit of using companies that have received government cash as a backdrop for his million-jobs pitch. ...
Heard: Budget’s defeat didn’t butt out a tax hike
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Seen: Teachers’ pension surplus to pay out $50 top-ups
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Purchase: Liberal budget predictable, election worthy
Columnist Bryne Purchase says even if the NDP hadn't forced an election, last week's budget wouldn't have lasted just a few months. ...