Roundup: Those amended tax proposals

Bill Morneau unveiled his latest tweaks to his tax change proposals in New Brunswick today, and it looks like a pretty serious attempt to continue to close the avenues for tax avoidance by means of using Canadian-Controlled Private Corporations, while at the same time trying not to completely dissuade the use of those corporations to help businesses save for rainy days or mat leaves, etcetera – in other words, that he’s taken the concerns seriously. So here are economists Lindsay Tedds and Kevin Milligan to break down the new proposals.

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https://twitter.com/LindsayTedds/status/920670899279294464

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https://twitter.com/McGregN/status/920698693015126017

https://twitter.com/kevinmilligan/status/920748387510624257

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Good reads:

  • Apparently we can expect the fall fiscal update next week.
  • Here’s a look at how other cabinet ministers divested themselves of their shares.
  • As Quebec adopts their province’s Bill 62 about supposed “religious neutrality,” some Liberals like Alexandra Mèndes want the federal government to challenge it.
  • Trudeau seems less strident in his opposition to Bill 62 than he did with the previous niqab ban, while Jagmeet Singh wants it defeated.
  • The PM has written to Jeff Bezos about locating the second Amazon headquarters in Canada – but didn’t indicate which city should get it.
  • A bill to clean up obsolete offences from the Criminal Code is facing pushback from Conservatives who want to keep a section that protects Christian clergy.
  • The government is declining to act on the Heritage Committee report on saving the news industry, which ironically pleases the Conservatives.
  • The “Magnitsky Act” and a bill to protect journalists’ sources both got Royal Assent this week.
  • The Conservatives seem keen to deny consent for the reports necessary to remove rogue Liberal MP Wayne Long from committees as punishment.
  • Here’s a look at why Gladue reports haven’t made the impact they were supposed to in the justice system for Indigenous Canadians.
  • A Montreal Economics Institute report says that Canada is becoming hostile to energy projects, never mind how many have been approved so far.
  • Éric Grenier looks at the two upcoming by-elections with the frame of two of the parties having new leaders.
  • Chantal Hébert wonders if some ministers are just too green, which is why they’re having to many problems.
  • Chris Selley is wholly unimpressed by Quebec’s bill 62, and the lies that Quebeckers tell themselves about it and what’s behind it.
  • Andrew Coyne delves into the Airbus-Bombardier deal, and what it means for subsidies and other government aid to the sector.

Odds and ends:

The National Post finds out what Stéphane Dion is up to, as they’re still ironing out what a “special advisor to the EU” is supposed to do.

Here’s a look at the Montreal archaeological digs of the former pre-Confederation Parliament buildings that burned down there.

If you want to see some of the mawkish sentimentality around Gord Downie’s death, CBC has a roundup for you.