Noah Zon
noahzon.bsky.social
Noah Zon
@noahzon.bsky.social
Public policy person - work with good people at www.springboardpolicy.com
Some context on PM Carney’s automatic tax filing announcement- what’s new, what’s not and what it could mean open.substack.com/pub/noahzon/...
Everything is automatic
In the first comms roll-out in the lead-up to the fall budget, the PM’s news release had a surprising lead item: automatic tax filing.
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October 15, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Thoughts on the move to fall federal budgets and what it might mean in practice
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The ripple effects of fall budgets
Learning to love stick season
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October 9, 2025 at 5:53 PM
New post: Six questions about the new $9B federal economic rescue package noahzon.substack.com/p/six-questi...
Six questions about nine billion dollars
Unpacking the latest federal economic rescue package
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September 11, 2025 at 1:46 PM
For all the big talk and big numbers, the economic rescue packages have been focused mostly on short-term cash flow for a narrow set of businesses. I wrote a bit about the $1B Protect Ontario Financing Program and why it doesn't meet the moment medium.com/@NoahZon/the...
The “Protect Ontario” Financing Program doesn’t offer much protection
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. But those who learn the wrong lessons from the past are doomed to make whole…
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August 20, 2025 at 12:52 PM
A few questions about the TFSA 'top-up':
1. What investments would be considered 'Canadian'? What about an ETF that contains a mix of Canadian and global?
2. Would there be a requirement that the TFSA holds Canadian investments for a certain amount of time? Could you buy and then sell immediately?
March 31, 2025 at 4:22 PM
$100K salary today is equivalent to less than $55K in 1996 when this law was introduced - what are we even doing here
news.ontario.ca/en/statement...
Public sector salary disclosure
The names, positions, salaries and total taxable benefits of public sector employees paid $100,000 or more in a calendar year. Search the 2020 disclosure
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March 28, 2025 at 5:49 PM
We heard that there might be some things happening in Ottawa in 2025 that might cause people to shift jobs?
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March 18, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Reposted by Noah Zon
The world has changed and Canada needs to be ready. Every Canadian has an important role to play. My thoughts on following Sweden’s lead and re-establishing universal civil defence training

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Canada Needs a New Civil Defence Corps | The Tyee
Trump’s aggression means it’s time to train thousands more civilians for disaster preparedness. Would you join?
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March 5, 2025 at 12:07 PM
I wrote about how we seem to be making some of the same mistakes as 2020 on economic uncertainty and that Canadian governments need to start talking plans b, c and d right now

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Time for Plan B, again
Apparently a stopped clock is right twice a day, and I have one idea that is unfortunately relevant every five years.
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March 3, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Budget 2024 gave provinces until Jan 1, 2025 to sign agreements for the $5B Canada-Housing Infrastructure Fund or lose access to the $. Which have signed? I see no details from HICC and no news releases. housing-infrastructure.canada.ca/housing-loge...
Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada - Canada Housing Infrastructure Fund
Canada Housing Infrastructure Fund
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February 7, 2025 at 3:59 PM
An overview from our team @springboardpolicy.bsky.social of what might happen next week with Trump’s executive authority on tariffs
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What can President Trump do on tariffs on Day 1? a Springboard briefing
An overview of the legal options for the President to implement tariffs without Congress passing new legislation
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January 15, 2025 at 8:05 PM
A case that it’s still worth paying attention to the FES even in the midst of the chaos in Ottawa
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Yes, it’s still worth reading the 2024 Fall Economic Statement
Well that was unexpected. The Springboard office was full and full of sugar as we watched the events in the House of Commons after our…
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December 17, 2024 at 6:53 PM
Worth using a first crack here to share this tribute/remembrance of Ken Battle. A good guy who did good work for good reasons.

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Remembering Ken Battle - Maytree
Ken Battle, who died on November 18, 2024, was deeply serious about his social policy work and his commitment to helping people.
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November 28, 2024 at 3:36 PM