At a time when the federal government is already mired in a laundry list of scandals, it might be hard to focus much on tax policy, but what the Trudeau government has done with capital gains should be an enduring stain on their record.

When Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that he was resigning, and proroguing Parliament to give the Liberal Party time to pick a new leader, he created further chaos and confusion for investors and entrepreneurs who have already taken a beating from the government in the past year.