Tax policy pauses show governments aren't getting things right in the first place

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Ottawa introduced legislation to continue pausing the federal fuel excise tax to Jan. 31, with half rates in February and March and the full tax returning on April 1.

A relative of mine started building a garage several years ago. The site was levelled, gravel poured, rebar laid down and then everything stopped. The project, I was told, was paused. The money had run out and, frankly, so had the energy.

A pause like that usually isn’t bad luck; it’s the bill for planning that should have been done before the first shovel went into the ground. Pause has also become one of the favourite words in Canadian tax pol...

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