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Being Realistic About Urban Growth
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Federal Fiscal Forecasting Round 4
Report to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance Download 196.34 KB
CCPA forecasts large surpluses ahead, calls for increased transparency
OTTAWA—In its presentation to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance today the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives announced that Canadians can continue to…
Poor need more than T.E.A.
Saskatchewan’s Building Independence Program forces people into “low wage” traps Download 238.59 KB 4 pages
Poor in Saskatchewan need more than T.E.A.
Province’s Building Independence Program forces the poor into “low wage” trap READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. REGINA–Monday, October 17th has been declared International Day for…
FastFacts: Condos in the Park
Easy Cash – Bad Public Policy Download 33.67 KB
The Share of Income Tax Paid by the Rich
The Business Press Gives another Lesson on How to Deceive with Statistics Download 115.45 KB7 pages
Canada’s high-income earners are not overtaxed—report
OTTAWA—Despite recent reports to the contrary, Canada’s high-income earners do not pay a disproportionately large share of personal income tax. A new analysis by Prof.…
Free money? Think twice.
Free money for everyone when the Finance Minister makes a mistake! I’m referring of course to the government’s proposal to give a third of “unanticipated“…
Alberta’s oil wealth
Is there a constitutional fix? For years now, provincial governments have complained about a “fiscal imbalance” in reference to Ottawa’s ongoing surpluses while many provinces…
The O’Neill Report on Federal Fiscal Forecasting
The dilemmas created by the government’s “no-deficit” fiscal rule Download 95.35 KB4 pages
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