Kim G C Moody

Opinion: Carney inherited a fiscal mess from Trudeau, and he is set to make it worse theglobeandmail.com/business/comme…

The digital services tax is terribly dumb policy, but man, scrapping it now makes us look like pathetic little weaklings who will bend to Trump’s whims

🎉 Yahoo!!!!! It’s Wednesday!!! And you know what that means! Time for another edition of my Kim G C Moody’s Musings – 1-1-1 Newsletter! The July 23, 2025 edition is now live. Three quick, focused comments on tax, leadership, and economics plus a bonus quote I couldn’t…

I always find the annual Taxes and the Necessities of Life publication put out by @FraserInstitute fascinating and sobering. The fact that taxes comprise the biggest burden for the average Canadian family - more than the the basic necessities (like food, clothing, shelter) is…

In this week’s @financialpost article, I expand a bit on an excellent piece by the eminent @JamieGolombek on the progressivity of the personal tax system: “Many provinces in Canada have combined a federal–provincial personal income tax rate that exceeds 50 per cent at the…

One of my childhood heroes was Terry Fox. Most Canadians hopefully know who he is but for those that do not, below is his story from @TerryFoxCanada: “Eighteen-year-old Terry Fox of Port Coquitlam, BC never saw himself as remarkable. Granted, he displayed an unusual…

Elections Canada: your job is to not let shenanigans like this happen. This breaks your mandate in spirit, even if you lack specific rules here. Stop abdicating your responsibility. It’s not new, this has been going on for years, and is not a partisan issue either. Clearly…

💥 It’s Wednesday!!! My favorite day of the week!!! Why, well that means my 1-1-1 Newsletter for July 16, 2025 is out!!! Every week, I provide 1 comment on taxation, 1 comment on leadership and 1 comment on economics…..you see why I call it 1-1-1?? This week: One comment…

In my weekly Financial Post article, I discuss some of the obvious problems when dealing with the Canada Revenue Agency: “The number of CRA audits on taxpayers has increased over the years. There’s nothing wrong with that since it has an important job to do… However, a good…

It’s Wednesday!!! For those celebrating at The Calgary Stampede (the greatest outdoor show on Earth), we’re over halfway there! Hope you’re having fun! And Wednesday also means it’s the release of the July 9, 2025 edition of my 1-1-1 Newsletter….YAHOO!!!! Time to Cowboy-Up…

My weekly @financialpost article discusses how more and more successful Canadians continue to leave Canada and what the implications of that are. From the article: “More and more successful Canadians are continuing to leave this country. Many tax practitioners have long been…

The Government is clearly planting stories & priming the public.

I published another @financialpost article today that discusses Canada’s infatuation with the introduction of tax policy by press release. The latest example is the “cancellation” of the Digital Services Tax the night before the first payments were due to be paid on 6/30/25.…

It’s Wednesday! My favourite day of the week!!!! Why? Because it’s time for another 1-1-1 Newsletter! One comment on tax, one on leadership, one on economics (plus a bonus), all delivered without fluff. In the July 2, 2025 edition of my 1-1-1 Newsletter, I dig into three key…

On this Canada Day, my latest @financialpost article discusses the “eye watering” spending commitments made by PM Carney during the last month and his arrogant “eye rolling” dismissal when asked how we’re going to pay for it given the Parliamentary Budget Officer’s valid concerns…

The digital services tax was another policy-driven tax debacle financialpost.com/personal-finan…

🇨🇦 Happy Canada Day! Today, we celebrate this remarkable country, its history, its freedoms, its opportunities, and the people who make it great. We honour and celebrate the 36 Fathers of Confederation, including Sir John A. Macdonald, who helped lay the foundation for the…

The government of Canada has been busy this extended long weekend. Today, it released draft legislation to confirm the non-taxability of the Canada Carbon Rebates for small businesses. While this is welcome news, the related administration is going to be a headache given the…

Stop blindly regurgitating the garbage being fed by Carney. The US accounts for ~63% of bi-lateral trade for Canada, Europe accounts for ~8%. There are ~146 points of entry along the land border we share with the US. Even doubling or tripling trade with Europe (noting we…

Canadian government ignored repeated warnings of DST risks only to cave at the last minute. Walking away from estimated $7.2 billion in tax revenue with only restarting negotiations that were on until government overplayed its hand to show for it. Brutal. canada.ca/en/department-…