What happens when you think you're done with a certain tax, but it comes back to haunt you in a different way? Plus, we discuss the highs and possible lows of Alberta's bold new move in healthcare.

What happens when you think you're done with a certain tax, but it comes back to haunt you in a different way? Plus, we discuss the highs and possible lows of Alberta's bold new move in healthcare.

Hosted by Jay Goldberg and Sabine Benoit, Your Choice Our Fight is a conversation on issues that affect consumers, such as housing, sin taxes, tariffs, government regulation and overreach.

Featuring the latest news, interviews, and expert analysis that covers consumer topics in Canada. 

Tune in to learn why consumer choice matters.

Produced by the Consumer Choice Center.

Hosted by Jay Goldberg and Sabine Benoit, Your Choice Our Fight is a conversation on issues that affect consumers, such as housing, sin taxes, tariffs, government regulation and overreach.
Featuring the latest news, interviews, and expert analysis that covers consumer topics in Canada.&nbsp;
Tune in to learn why consumer choice matters.
Produced by the Consumer Choice Center.

Lifestyle freedom, innovative tech, and smart policy.

Your Choice Our Fight

Hosted by Jay Goldberg and Sabine Benoit, Your Choice Our Fight is a conversation on issues that affect consumers, such as housing, sin taxes, tariffs, government regulation and overreach.

Featuring the latest news, interviews, and expert analysis that covers consumer topics in Canada. Tune in to learn why consumer choice matters.

Produced by the Consumer Choice Center.

Hosted by Jay Goldberg and Sabine Benoit, Your Choice Our Fight is a conversation on issues that affect consumers, such as housing, sin taxes, tariffs, government regulation and overreach.
Featuring the latest news, interviews, and expert analysis that covers consumer topics in Canada. Tune in to learn why consumer choice matters.
Produced by the Consumer Choice Center.

When a Tax Refuses to Die 

This episode, Jay and Sabine discuss bad and ineffective policies coming from the age old Simpsons cry of "oh won't somebody please think of the children?!", namely nicotine flavour bans and social media bans. We also talk about what's happening at the gas pump for consumers. 

This episode, Jay and Sabine discuss bad and ineffective policies coming from the age old Simpsons cry of "oh won't somebody please think of the children?!", namely nicotine flavour bans and social media bans. We also talk about what's happening at the gas pump for consumers.&nbsp;

Won't somebody please think of the children?!

Canadian consumer advocates Sabine and Jay talk about why the government's concessions on the alcohol escalator tax and municipal development charges are good but just not enough, and discuss what happens when trying to score political points can hurt people in some of the worst ways. 

Read I, Pencil by Leonard E. Read here: https://www.theils.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/I-Pencil%E2%80%94Leonard-E-Read.pdf

Canadian consumer advocates Sabine and Jay talk about why the government's concessions on the alcohol escalator tax and municipal development charges are good but just not enough, and discuss what happens when trying to score political points can hurt people in some of the worst ways.&nbsp;
Read I, Pencil by Leonard E. Read here: https://www.theils.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/I-Pencil%E2%80%94Leonard-E-Read.pdf

The unending escalator of bad government policy

On today's episode, Jay explains why Swifties might face even more fraud after Ford's proposed ticket resale cap, Sabine explains why she gets annoyed when the government makes legislation that insults Canadian content, and we discuss the (small) strides we are seeing towards alleviating the housing crisis. 

On today's episode, Jay explains why Swifties might face even more fraud after Ford's proposed ticket resale cap, Sabine explains why she gets annoyed when the government makes legislation that insults Canadian content, and we discuss the (small) strides we are seeing towards alleviating the housing crisis.&nbsp;

When a Tax Refuses to Die

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