Our employment insurance system subsidizes permanently seasonal industries. Premiums, known to kill jobs, are too high. Our high marginal income tax rates drive abroad the most skilled and entrepreneurial Canadians. Our high capital gains and corporate taxes push investment abroad. Small business, the Canadian job creation machine, is held back by red tape and excessive taxation.
Large business is discouraged from hiring labour by too much regulation and legislated wages.
High unemployment can be cured. The evidence from around the world is clear. Shame on this government for not acting. Her death marks the end of a glorious era, the days of burlesque comedy and vaudeville. This woman was a symbol of humility and simplicity, and all those who have had the pleasure of working with her agree that, for her, there was nothing in the world more important than making people laugh.