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Curing the Addiction to Profits
A Supply-Side Approach to Phasing out Tobacco Download 402.13 KB170 pages Curing the addiction to profits: A supply-side approach to phasing out tobacco offers a…
Take tobacco out of the hands of business corporations—report
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT (Ottawa) – Because the public health goal of reducing tobacco use directly conflicts with the tobacco industry’s profit…
Awash in money
New federal budget more than affordable The federal budget still has one more major hurdle to clear before winning final approval from parliament. It will…
Natural Resources and Government Revenue
Recent Trends in Saskatchewan Download 35.84 KB63 pages
Tax Freedom Day
A Flawed, Incoherent, and Pernicious Concept Download 215.96 KB27 pages
Don’t believe the hype: What’s really behind the Fraser Institute’s “Tax Freedom Day”
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—Each summer the Fraser Institute announces the arrival of “tax freedom day:” the day when Canadians allegedly stop…
It’s time for a public debate on resource royalties in Saskatchewan
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT A new study released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives says it is time there was…
Agricultural Land Trusts
Preserving Small Farm Heritage Download 203.96 KB24 pages
Is globalization losing momentum?
Canadians have been told for years by politicians and business leaders that we have no choice but to adjust to the dictates of economic globalization.…
The politics of stalling
What do same-sex marriage and the federal budget have in common? We can’t figure it out either, but both issues are being sucked into the…
Supreme Court ruling bolsters need for public solutions
Anatole France, the famous French historian, in 1894 noted the irony that “The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the…
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