tailfins
09-21-2014, 10:18 AM
First, even horrendous fiscal problems can be solved. "The main lesson is it can be done," said David Frum, the Canadian writer who lives in Washington and hosts the web site FrumForum.com. The Canadian formula is no secret: spending cuts, less borrowing, smaller government, decentralized political power, entitlement reform. America's problems cannot be minimized, as Paul Martin explained in an interview, but "the capacity of the U.S. is so great, you'll be able to handle this." Jim Dinning, treasurer of Alberta during the Canadian turnaround, thinks so too — but only if America's leaders are "ready to withstand attacks and abuse and not blink."
http://www.nationalaffairs.com/publications/detail/lessons-from-canada
Wonky conservative skeptics of comprehensive immigration reform, such as David Frum and Reihan Salam, like to point to Canada’s “points system,” which favors high-skilled immigrants and discourages family-based chain migration, as a model to imitate. All sorts of Republican politicians talk about Canada as a reliable partner for fossil-fuel-based energy, eager to extract oil from its tar sands and ship it to us through the Keystone pipeline if only we would let them.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/21/upshot/the-new-conservative-love-affair-with-canada.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&_r=0&abt=0002&abg=0
(http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/21/upshot/the-new-conservative-love-affair-with-canada.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&_r=0&abt=0002&abg=0)
I will add a personal note here: Fellow consultants tell me if you take a project in Canada for 5 months and 29 days, there are incredible exemptions from Canada's income tax and getting a work visa is much easier.
http://www.nationalaffairs.com/publications/detail/lessons-from-canada
Wonky conservative skeptics of comprehensive immigration reform, such as David Frum and Reihan Salam, like to point to Canada’s “points system,” which favors high-skilled immigrants and discourages family-based chain migration, as a model to imitate. All sorts of Republican politicians talk about Canada as a reliable partner for fossil-fuel-based energy, eager to extract oil from its tar sands and ship it to us through the Keystone pipeline if only we would let them.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/21/upshot/the-new-conservative-love-affair-with-canada.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&_r=0&abt=0002&abg=0
(http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/21/upshot/the-new-conservative-love-affair-with-canada.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&_r=0&abt=0002&abg=0)
I will add a personal note here: Fellow consultants tell me if you take a project in Canada for 5 months and 29 days, there are incredible exemptions from Canada's income tax and getting a work visa is much easier.