HST Political Battle Heats Up

Now it is about to get really interesting. The Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) has been a hot topic for all taxpayers in British Columbia and Ontario for months now. We have taken a decidedly consumer first stance in this campaign and we have been very present in the media in our effort to educate taxpayers […]

Posted on November 27th, 2009 by NCC Staff in NCC Blog
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Stop the 10% mailers

It is high time that the practice of the 10% mailers be stopped and this waste of taxpayer’s money ended. For those of you who are not familiar with these political mailers- here is some background. All Federal members of Parliament have the ability to send mailers to households equal to 10% of the households […]

Posted on November 20th, 2009 by NCC Staff in NCC Blog
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Federal By Election Results

The ink is barely dry on the morning newspapers and all of the political pundits and arm chair quarterbacks are weighing in on the results of the 4 federal by elections last night. They are picking winners and losers as they usually do.
What these by elections show in our opinion is that there will be […]

Posted on November 10th, 2009 by NCC Staff in NCC Blog
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Tales From The Tax Trough

With staggering deficits being run by provinces and the federal government alike, I hope that our politicians have had their fill because it is time to turn off the spending taps.  The notion of prudent stimulus spending seems to have escaped Canada’s leaders, as the clamour to spend our ear-marked ‘stimulus’ dollars has left our […]

Posted on November 5th, 2009 by NCC Staff in NCC Blog
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