Kevin De Jong
@kevindejong.bsky.social
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Canada's 2025 Federal Budget is now out. All documents are available here: budget.canada.ca/2025/home-a... #cdnecon #cdnpoli
Budget 2025
Homepage — Part of Budget 2025.
budget.canada.ca
November 4, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Canada's 2025 Federal Budget is now out. All documents are available here: budget.canada.ca/2025/home-a... #cdnecon #cdnpoli
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"Tax Reform in the Era of Populism"
Comments prepared for the CEA panel on tax policy in Montreal.
kevinmilligan.substack.com/p/f01c7f6b-6...
Comments prepared for the CEA panel on tax policy in Montreal.
kevinmilligan.substack.com/p/f01c7f6b-6...
Kevin’s Substack
My personal Substack. Click to read Kevin’s Substack, by Kevin Milligan, a Substack publication. Launched 2 years ago.
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May 31, 2025 at 7:45 PM
"Tax Reform in the Era of Populism"
Comments prepared for the CEA panel on tax policy in Montreal.
kevinmilligan.substack.com/p/f01c7f6b-6...
Comments prepared for the CEA panel on tax policy in Montreal.
kevinmilligan.substack.com/p/f01c7f6b-6...
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Very proud and a bit nervous to share About Here’s latest video “The Housing Tax Crisis” with @smallhousing.bsky.social. This script took months of research and a bit of me losing my mind but I think it ultimately tells a profound story about our housing crisis today.
youtu.be/ZEUR9bj89lo
youtu.be/ZEUR9bj89lo
The Housing Tax Crisis
YouTube video by About Here
youtu.be
April 24, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Very proud and a bit nervous to share About Here’s latest video “The Housing Tax Crisis” with @smallhousing.bsky.social. This script took months of research and a bit of me losing my mind but I think it ultimately tells a profound story about our housing crisis today.
youtu.be/ZEUR9bj89lo
youtu.be/ZEUR9bj89lo
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absolutely insanity on Fox Business. this would be a bit much even in Pyongyang.
April 4, 2025 at 9:04 PM
absolutely insanity on Fox Business. this would be a bit much even in Pyongyang.
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The fact that the US is going to inflict a huge economic pain to Vietnam, a country that is now one of the best allies of the US in a critical region for US geopolitics, despite all that happened in the past, says a lot about how poorly thought out this whole thing is.
April 4, 2025 at 12:52 AM
The fact that the US is going to inflict a huge economic pain to Vietnam, a country that is now one of the best allies of the US in a critical region for US geopolitics, despite all that happened in the past, says a lot about how poorly thought out this whole thing is.
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Full tariff list here. Canada and Mexico are, confusingly, missing from the list.
April 2, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Full tariff list here. Canada and Mexico are, confusingly, missing from the list.
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Something we desperately need to fix in Toronto is the useless hangwringing about traffic. CityNews and others make videos on an almost daily basis about Gardiner congestion, does this video once mention considering taking the train that runs RIGHT next to the highway? No.
April 1, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Something we desperately need to fix in Toronto is the useless hangwringing about traffic. CityNews and others make videos on an almost daily basis about Gardiner congestion, does this video once mention considering taking the train that runs RIGHT next to the highway? No.
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I’m excited to share my latest video with Urbanarium, "Why It's So Hard to Mass-Produce Housing." Factory-built housing is a promising idea in theory, but it turns out to be a very complicated endeavor in practice—here’s why: youtu.be/26iVJfiDgP0?...
Why Is It So Hard to Mass-Produce Housing?
YouTube video by About Here
youtu.be
April 1, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I’m excited to share my latest video with Urbanarium, "Why It's So Hard to Mass-Produce Housing." Factory-built housing is a promising idea in theory, but it turns out to be a very complicated endeavor in practice—here’s why: youtu.be/26iVJfiDgP0?...
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Fun fact of the day: Vancouver charges apartments over 4.3 times they do a mansion, for every square meter. $254 for every bit of space in your apartment. $59 for mansions. And we wonder why apartments are small 🙄
March 30, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Fun fact of the day: Vancouver charges apartments over 4.3 times they do a mansion, for every square meter. $254 for every bit of space in your apartment. $59 for mansions. And we wonder why apartments are small 🙄
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"Governments have been using municipal housing taxes, from development charges to community benefit charges, to fund items that would otherwise be too expensive or too controversial to fund through general revenue."
Renaming Dundas Square Isn’t Housing Infrastructure
So why are housing taxes paying for it?
buff.ly
March 31, 2025 at 4:30 PM
"Governments have been using municipal housing taxes, from development charges to community benefit charges, to fund items that would otherwise be too expensive or too controversial to fund through general revenue."
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Is there any dangerous activity treated with such wink-and-nod lenience as speeding? The whole political and legal system treats it as something that just happens and isn't a big deal
March 31, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Is there any dangerous activity treated with such wink-and-nod lenience as speeding? The whole political and legal system treats it as something that just happens and isn't a big deal
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Every Canadian House Style Explained In 13 Minutes
YouTube video by Sahari
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March 27, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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If I knew nothing about Canada except the promises from the three parties, I'd conclude that the federal government must have a large budget surplus and no pressing need to invest in productivity, infrastructure, or defense.
March 26, 2025 at 3:31 PM
If I knew nothing about Canada except the promises from the three parties, I'd conclude that the federal government must have a large budget surplus and no pressing need to invest in productivity, infrastructure, or defense.
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Danielle Smith insists Trump helping Poilievre not foreign interference once we become 51st state
Danielle Smith insists Trump helping Poilievre not foreign interference once we become 51st state
EDMONTON - Following a Breitbart podcast interview where Danielle Smith recalled requesting the Trump administration pause tariffs in order to help Pierre Poilievre's campaign, the Alberta Premier ins...
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March 24, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Danielle Smith insists Trump helping Poilievre not foreign interference once we become 51st state
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Got mad, did another thing www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Trump's Threat To Take Over Canada Is a Scandal
Trump keeps threatening to annex Canada. Americans would never accept such talk from another country.
www.rollingstone.com
March 8, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Got mad, did another thing www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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A prediction: In a week, either Trump will have lifted his ill-advised tariffs against Canada -- or "potash" will enter the American lexicon à la "hanging chad" or "Fallujah"
March 4, 2025 at 8:28 PM
A prediction: In a week, either Trump will have lifted his ill-advised tariffs against Canada -- or "potash" will enter the American lexicon à la "hanging chad" or "Fallujah"
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Someone like Donald #Trump is the inevitable outcome of the US's winner-take-all electoral system. #Canada also has a winner-take-all electoral system. Now is the time to change it.
Just launched, my latest deep-dive on electoral reform, with help from @fairvote.ca
youtu.be/TdXtMGCdb9o
Just launched, my latest deep-dive on electoral reform, with help from @fairvote.ca
youtu.be/TdXtMGCdb9o
Why We Need Electoral Reform Now | The Goose Explains
YouTube video by The Goose
youtu.be
March 4, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Someone like Donald #Trump is the inevitable outcome of the US's winner-take-all electoral system. #Canada also has a winner-take-all electoral system. Now is the time to change it.
Just launched, my latest deep-dive on electoral reform, with help from @fairvote.ca
youtu.be/TdXtMGCdb9o
Just launched, my latest deep-dive on electoral reform, with help from @fairvote.ca
youtu.be/TdXtMGCdb9o
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Easy to lose this in the noise of the day, but the prime minister of Canada just said the US president, leader of the global hegemon, wants to soften us up economically so he can annex us.
That is one of the most remarkable statements, and realities, in our history.
That is one of the most remarkable statements, and realities, in our history.
March 4, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Easy to lose this in the noise of the day, but the prime minister of Canada just said the US president, leader of the global hegemon, wants to soften us up economically so he can annex us.
That is one of the most remarkable statements, and realities, in our history.
That is one of the most remarkable statements, and realities, in our history.
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Premier Ford praises KY Sen. Mitch McConnell for, he says, standing up to Donald Trump. (McConnell is the single person most responsible for Trump's 2nd term except for Trump himself, as McConnell opposed Trump's impeachment and disqualification after January 6.)
March 4, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Premier Ford praises KY Sen. Mitch McConnell for, he says, standing up to Donald Trump. (McConnell is the single person most responsible for Trump's 2nd term except for Trump himself, as McConnell opposed Trump's impeachment and disqualification after January 6.)
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Somehow this situation is only getting stupider
March 4, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Somehow this situation is only getting stupider
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It's bad that Canada's GDP growth has lagged the US.
But also, important to note that the US has achieved out-sized growth in part by running 6% of GDP deficits and allowing inflation to accelerate.
Should Canada emulate this? No.
Historically, that kind of growth doesn't end well.
But also, important to note that the US has achieved out-sized growth in part by running 6% of GDP deficits and allowing inflation to accelerate.
Should Canada emulate this? No.
Historically, that kind of growth doesn't end well.
February 12, 2025 at 3:26 PM
It's bad that Canada's GDP growth has lagged the US.
But also, important to note that the US has achieved out-sized growth in part by running 6% of GDP deficits and allowing inflation to accelerate.
Should Canada emulate this? No.
Historically, that kind of growth doesn't end well.
But also, important to note that the US has achieved out-sized growth in part by running 6% of GDP deficits and allowing inflation to accelerate.
Should Canada emulate this? No.
Historically, that kind of growth doesn't end well.
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So no matter who is elected, the best university system in the world will be destroyed, and it will happen swiftly these next few years. Three cheers for stupidity, everyone.
So the 'best' post-secondary ed policy among the three main parties is apparently the NDP, who will focus on further lowering tuition instead of ending a province-imposed university budget crisis that will decimate most institutions across the province.
February 11, 2025 at 7:04 PM
So no matter who is elected, the best university system in the world will be destroyed, and it will happen swiftly these next few years. Three cheers for stupidity, everyone.
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Ontario not only doesn't want its young people to stay here, they actively seek to chase them out. You cannot read this any other way. We have net outflows of adults 25-35 to other provinces. The below, translated: pack up and get out. Ontario doesn't care if you take your talents elsewhere.
Interesting:
Oakville Mayor Rob Burton endorses the Ontario Premier Doug Ford He says Ford promises to oppose mid-rise housing on transit routes, tall buildings near GO stations, and four units as-of-right.
Burton slams the Ontario Liberals housing platform.
Replay on YouTube via CPAC.
Oakville Mayor Rob Burton endorses the Ontario Premier Doug Ford He says Ford promises to oppose mid-rise housing on transit routes, tall buildings near GO stations, and four units as-of-right.
Burton slams the Ontario Liberals housing platform.
Replay on YouTube via CPAC.
Ontario PC Party Leader Doug Ford makes an announcement in Oakville – February 10, 2025
YouTube video by cpac
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February 10, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Ontario not only doesn't want its young people to stay here, they actively seek to chase them out. You cannot read this any other way. We have net outflows of adults 25-35 to other provinces. The below, translated: pack up and get out. Ontario doesn't care if you take your talents elsewhere.
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It could mean that the world financial system melts down when investors realize that Elon Musk may selectively default on US debt. Just saying.
What...does any of this mean
www.reuters.com/markets/us/t...
www.reuters.com/markets/us/t...
February 10, 2025 at 12:06 AM
It could mean that the world financial system melts down when investors realize that Elon Musk may selectively default on US debt. Just saying.
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Eight years ago this would have been an option. Not anymore, not without staggering amounts of investment from the provincial and federal governments. Ain't gonna happen because the payout on such investments isn't within a single election cycle and our politicians can't think that far ahead.
I keep seeing people post that Canadian universities should scoop up all the American academics who are losing their research funding.
I’m guessing these people have no idea what’s going on in Canadian universities after decades of deliberate underfunding.
I’m guessing these people have no idea what’s going on in Canadian universities after decades of deliberate underfunding.
February 8, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Eight years ago this would have been an option. Not anymore, not without staggering amounts of investment from the provincial and federal governments. Ain't gonna happen because the payout on such investments isn't within a single election cycle and our politicians can't think that far ahead.