In this episode of In The Mood With Kim G C Moody Podcast, Kim discusses why policies that trap residents of a country - “adhesive residency” - is not a good idea. Whether that trap is by way of high tax rates, making it difficult to extricate from a country’s tax system - like Australia proposed in 2023 - or by way of making Canadian educated graduates pay an “exit fee” to reimburse government for the taxpayer portion of their funded education if they take positions outside of Canada (as former Google CFO Patrick Pichette recently proposed). Instead, doesn’t it make more sense for governments to develop great tax and economic policies that make wanting to stay in Canada a no-brainer? Kim discusses this and more.

In this episode of In the Mood With Kim G C Moody podcast, Kim makes the case that political tax gimmicks should be minimized notwithstanding tax and politics are like wine and cheese. He walks through some recent history of poor political tax gimmicks and reviews the latest - an enhanced GST credit / cash handouts rebranded as the Groceries and Essentials Rebate. He makes the case for “Big Bang” personal tax reform (which would include material tax reduction and simplification) with significant reduction of government spending as a starting point to pay for such reductions.

In this episode of In The Mood With Kim G C Moody Podcast, Kim takes the listener through a 2025 Canadian tax policy in review. He starts off in January 2025 with the capital gains proposal saga, the spring election and parliamentary session all the way through to the November 4, 2025 federal budget and some December CRA announcements. He ends the podcast with a brief 2026 crystal ball peek. Happy listening!