by lucdube | May 20, 2026 | English
Three American funds are bidding for LNG Canada. One already owns the pipeline that feeds it. Another bankrolls the terminal next door. All three have a Trump insider in their executive suite. Ottawa calls this « nation-building ». On April 30, 2026, Reuters dropped...
by lucdube | May 18, 2026 | English, Fiscalité/Finance
While you debate salary vs. dividends, a parallel silent decision could tilt the scale by thousands of dollars. Mark is a dentist in Mississauga. His practice bills around $650,000 a year. Last year, after a conversation with his accountant, he made what seemed like...
by lucdube | May 14, 2026 | English, Fiscalité/Finance
When Prime Minister Mark Carney announced the temporary suspension of the federal excise tax on gasoline, diesel, and aviation fuels, the political message was direct, immediate, and easily understood. Canadians, Ottawa said, would benefit from a reduction of...
by lucdube | May 11, 2026 | English
Bill C-12 was sold as an immigration measure. Buried inside it is a sweeping expansion of the government’s ability to see and tax how affluent families move money to their children. John and Maggie Reynolds are retired, affluent, and focused on a distinctly modern...
by lucdube | May 7, 2026 | English, Fiscalité/Finance
In Canada, the debate over cryptocurrency cannot be separated from the QuadrigaCX case. Once the country’s largest crypto exchange, QuadrigaCX, collapsed in 2019, causing losses for approximately 76,000 clients in Canada and abroad. The Ontario Securities Commission...
by lucdube | Apr 28, 2026 | English
“A $25 billion bet on nation-building projects, without the oil wealth that made Norway rich.” When Mark Carney unveiled the idea of a Canadian sovereign wealth fund, the comparison to Norway was almost inevitable. Norway’s fund is the gold standard: disciplined,...
