subsidies

The number of craft breweries in Canada has exploded over the past few years, driven in part by government subsidies. Is this a beer bubble about to burst?

The Abbotsford Heat hockey team leaves town, and foists a massive bill on taxpayers

Blue Bombers season tickets, caviar and Black Eyed Peas

Slot machine revenues are subsidizing Ontario racetracks

Why the gaming industry’s persecution complex is hurting it

Peter Nowak on why Canada has shown rare foresight by supporting the industry

Andrew Coyne on how political parties should be funded

Taxpayers pay to produce Horse-Canada so that the people who do read Horse-Canada don’t have to? Sigh.

Paul Wells says social conservatism is on the rise; Andrew Coyne disagrees

The dream never dies, writes Andrew Coyne, because those pushing high-speed rail are impervious to reality

Great news! After many years, sales of Bombardier’s much-vaunted — and much-more-subsidized — C-Series regional passenger jet are finally off the ground, with Lufthansa finally commiting to buy the first 30 of the planes.

Odd to see arts and culture making even a slight dent in the federal election campaign, even if only in Quebec. Gotta love this bit of sweater-vest populism from Harper, attacking all those fat-cat arts folk: “I think when ordinary working people come home, turn on the TV and see a gala of a bunch of people, you know, at a rich gala all subsidized by taxpayers claiming their subsidies aren’t high enough when they know those subsidies have actually gone up – I’m not sure that’s something that resonates with ordinary people…Ordinary people understand we have to live within a budget.” (Canadian Press, September 23, 2008)