Separation of Alberta is not the only people’s concern
Done right, corporate tax cuts can benefit all Canadians
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cuts → benefit → Canadians
It is understandable that people would feel some resentment at corporate tax cuts, because the corporations seem to be making more money than the working population.
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corporations → feel → population
Governments could give tax cuts to corporations for different reasons.
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Governments → give → reasons
We all know some governments where it seems the tax cuts are handed out for getting favourable campaign contributions from big business.
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cuts → know → business
But corporate tax cuts can also give corporations more incentives to invest in expansions.
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cuts → give → expansions
That is the best move for creating more jobs and protecting the economy.
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That → create → economy
In Canada, our prime minister is making his intentions very clear by working hard on getting more business for Canada at the same time as the tax cuts.
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intentions → make → cuts
There is no election campaigning going on, just a great effort to change our role in world trade which can only be good for all of us.
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which → be → us
If we decide that he has achieved this, and vote for him again, then that vote is well-earned.
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vote → decide → him
It is not bought with public money.
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It → buy → money
We need a national pipeline
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We → need → pipeline
Doug Ford says Ontario taxpayers will invest in proposed pipeline from Alberta to Sarnia, Sept. 29
I am with Premier Doug Ford on building a national pipeline.
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I → say → pipeline
Who knows?
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Who → know → ?
By the time Canada turns 200, it could happen — but planning has to start now.
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planning → turn → time
Anant Nagpur, Ottawa, ON
Trump wants cheaper Canadian potash to buy farmers’ votes
Trump says U.S. to continue buying Canadian potash but wants cheaper price, Sept. 22
U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to stop purchasing Canadian potash and go with his friendly and cheaper supplier from Belarus.
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Trump → want → Belarus
The problem is that Belarus is unable to supply it in the quantities and the price that Trump is implying.
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Trump → supply → that
It’s a typical Trump hot air threat.
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It → ’ → ?
However, he has opened up American farmers’ eyes to the fact that the U.S. needs Canadian potash.
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U.S. → open → potash
Trump wants farmers’ votes and wants to offer cheaper potash from Canada to get them.
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Trump → want → them
That would get his attention and cost him votes in the Midwest.
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That → get → Midwest
Carney should not wait too long to throw that possibility out there and watch to see how Trump reacts.
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Trump → wait → possibility
Raymond Iogna, Toronto
Vote Compass categories are not weighted
Technology can fray democracy.
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Technology → weight → democracy
We wanted to show it can also strengthen it, Sept. 28
The categories in the Star’s Vote Compass are not weighted.
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categories → want → Compass
I answered the questions honestly, yet found myself directed to a candidate that I know has a fundamentally different value system than I have.
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I → answer → system
On the two main issues for me, the candidate selected has an opposing position.
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candidate → select → position
They may agree with me on a number of items, but those choices are not deciding factors for me — homelessness is major, transit fares are not.
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fares → agree → me
Elka Enola, Oakville, ON
What Vlad Guerrero Jr. said was not wrong
Vladdy’s cringeworthy entitlement will haunt him for a long time, letter, Sept. 29
I have zero interest in baseball but the above titled letter caught my eye.
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letter → say → eye
The Blue Jays’ Vlad Guerrero Jr., may have expressed himself clumsily but is factually correct.
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Jr. → express → himself
If you’re hiring somebody, you don’t look for a nonentity with no record.
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you → hire → record
You look for someone who has proven their worth, usually pots of money, in the hope they can continue to perform at the same level to the benefit of your business or sport.
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they → look → business
That’s the reality.
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That → ’ → ?
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