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Is Canada as tax competitive as Carney claims?

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Release Date: 11/19/2025

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Hub Headlines features audio versions of the best commentaries and analysis published daily in The Hub. Enjoy listening to original and provocative takes on the issues that matter while you are on the go.

 

0:19 - Canada is not as tax competitive as the Carney government claims, by Jack Mintz

 

8:09 - DEI isn’t dead yet, by Peter Menzies

 

14:44 - Carney’s budget has a $94 billion gap in investment spending and a shortfall in government operating balance, by Graeme Gordon

 

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Alisha Rao – Producer & Sound Editor

 

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