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David Macdonald
David Macdonald is a Senior Economist with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives – National Office. Since 2008, he has coordinated the Alternative Federal Budget, which takes a fresh look at the federal budget from a progressive perspective. David has also written on a variety of topics, from Canada’s real estate bubble to Aboriginal income inequality, and he is a regular media commentator on national policy issues. David received his BA from the University of Windsor and his MA from the University of Guelph, both in Philosophy.
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Platform crunch 3: Every party is promising tax cuts and cash transfers
With the federal election campaign in full swing, the parties are continuing to release pieces of their vision for how they would govern.
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Platform Crunch 2: Comparing four parties’ tax cut and cash transfers promises
Earlier in the week, the Liberals came out with a promise to cut the lowest federal personal income tax rate from 15 per cent to…
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Platform Crunch: Tax cuts are alive and well in this federal election, but who benefits? (Hint: Look up, way up)
The first full day on the election trail and both the Liberals and Conservatives have pledged the same thing: to change the personal income tax…
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News deprivation
The last 16 years have not been kind to local news outlets in Canada. Now 2.5 million Canadians don’t have access to local news. That’s a problem for our democracy.
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Find out how news deprived your community is
The last 16 years have not been kind to local news outlets in Canada. Find out how your city fits into the bigger picture.
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Privation d’information
Les 16 dernières années n’ont pas été tendres pour les médias locaux au Canada. Ce rapport crée un nouvel ensemble de données qui permet de suivre…
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Company men
Following two blistering years of all-time high compensation, Canada’s 100 highest-paid CEOs pocketed $13.2 million, on average, in 2023—the third biggest haul since we’ve been…
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Canada’s GST tax holiday won’t do much for affordability
The following article is based on speaking notes from a presentation which the author gave to the Senate Committee on National Finance. The video of…
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How important are pensions to my community’s economy?
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Quelle est l’importance des pensions pour l’économie de ma communauté ?
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Le pouvoir des pensions
La sécurité de la retraite est le rêve de tous les Canadiens, mais les employeurs, en particulier ceux du secteur privé, offrent de moins en…
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Out-of-control rents
CMHC, “Rental Market Survey Data Tables,” 2023. For a notable exception, see John Rapley, “Canada’s approach to housing is bad for the economy,” The Globe…
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