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David Macdonald
David Macdonald (he/him) is a senior economist with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. Follow him on X at @DavidMacCdn.
Fail Safe
CEO Compensation in Canada Download 600.37 KB 24 pages Canada’s 100 highest paid CEOs made 227 times more than the average worker made in 2018,…
Who wins (and who doesn’t) from the new middle class tax cut?
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Platform Crunch: What spending cuts could mean in terms of job losses
Fiscal Measure 2020-21 ($mil) 2021-22 ($mil) 2022-23 ($mil) 2023-24 ($mil) 2024-25 ($mil) Maintain 2020-21 staffing levels in the Federal Government 0 48 211 351 558…
Platform crunch: Liberal and Conservative broad tax cuts
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Platform crunch: Debt projections of the parties
Sector Deficit in 2018-19 fiscal year Corporate (non-banks) -$163 billion Households -$79 billion Provincial governments -$61 billion Federal government -$31 billion Source: Statcan Table 36-10-0580-01…
Child poverty by federal ridings in Canada
There is room to set more ambitious goals on an accelerated timeline.
Platform crunch: Non-taxation of EI parental benefits
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Platform crunch: Removing restrictions on mortgage insurance
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Platform crunch: Analyzing the impact of a super-wealth tax
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Platform crunch: Who would benefit from a Universal Tax Cut?
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Private pension plan deficits and shareholder repayments in Canada Download 519.7 KB22 pages This report updates research published by the CCPA in 2017, and compares…
How condos, vacancies distort the affordability equation for renters in Canada
As I work on major reports, like our recent one looking at rental wages, I have a front row seat to the shortcomings of data…
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