Matthew Lau
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
- 4
- Latest publication
- Sep 29, 2026
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- Jul 21, 2026
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Matthew Lau: An Ontario school board says education is inherently racist. Its own data says otherwise (opens the original)
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At a recent staff meeting at an elementary school in the York Region District School Board (YRDSB), a presentation reportedly asked teachers to accept that, “The institution of education is an instrumental tool for maintaining and furthering the ideology of white supremacy. It is not the responsibility of people with intersecting marginalized identities to prove this. I will engage in dialogue about how we dismantle the structures and systems of white supremacy rather than engage in debate about
Matthew Lau: Productivity Mega Deduction another case of Carney having the right idea, wrong policy (opens the original)
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To give credit where it’s due: finally, after 18 months in office, Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced a substantial economic policy change to improve Canada’s business environment. His “Productivity Mega Deduction,” which permanently allows businesses to immediately deduct the cost of new investments on a wide range of machinery, equipment and technology is a meaningful change. The government estimates that the new policy halves Canada’s marginal effective tax rate on new business investme
Matthew Lau: Trump's tariff beatings against Americans will continue until morale improves (opens the original)
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In Canada, government imposes punitive taxes or prohibitions on Canadian consumers, including of dairy, alcohol products from the U.S. (the sales of which are banned in some provinces), and cars. In a supposed effort to induce the Canadian federal and provincial governments to curtail these punitive policies, Donald Trump has just proposed to raise punitive taxes on American consumers, notably through a new 50 per cent tariff on those who buy paper products, cement, wood products, dairy, honey,
Matthew Lau: Government-funded wildfire ‘facts’ contradict reality (opens the original)
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With wildfire smoke wafting into many communities including Toronto, many wonder why this is happening and what can be done to prevent it. The Canadian Climate Institute, an organization funded to the tune of $34.9 million by the federal government over the past four years, recently published a series of “fact sheets” about how climate change is making heat waves, flooding, droughts and wildfires worse. According to the institute, climate change threatens the safety, wellbeing and prosperity of
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