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Blog Entries by Michel Kelly-Gagnon from 09/2011

Will a Junk Food Tax Work in Canada?

| Publication 09.12.2011
Suivre: Quebec Coalition for Weight Problems, Public Policy, Liberty, Tax, Health, Fast Food, Fat, Obesity, Junk Food, Junk Food Tax, Soda Tax, Sugar Tax, L'actualité

Obesity has become a "collective" issue that presumably concerns us all. Just last week, a coalition of health and education experts repeated their call for the Quebec government to introduce a sugar tax on soft drinks and so-called "energy drinks."

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Want to Slash Red Tape? Invent a Government Organization! (No, Really.)

| Publication 09.26.2011
Suivre: Small Business, Red Tape, Ndp, Corporate Taxes, Maxime Bernier, Montreal Economic Institute, L'actualité

On the one hand, red tape often takes the form of information that businesses must submit in duplicate or triplicate. On the other hand, while reducing excessive regulation is good, keeping it from proliferating in the first place is even better. With this in mind, a government organization should be set up.

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