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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.
Canada’s rental market is, to say the least, unaccommodating
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Unaccommodating
Rental Housing Wage in Canada Download 1.81 MB35 pages THIS REPORT IS FROM 2019. CLICK HERE FOR THE UPDATED 2023 REPORT. This report maps rental…
Towards Justice
Tackling Indigenous Child Poverty in Canada Download 1011.76 KB25 pages This report provides the third installment in a series of papers that track the gap…
Pharmacare costing: How to make universal, single-payer pharmacare work for households and employers
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A basic income if necessary, but not necessarily a basic income
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A child care policy for the people? Probably not—Post Budget edition
While the Childcare Access and Relief from Expenses (CARE) tax credit from Budget 2019 is very similar in design to what was in the Brown…
A child care policy for the people? Probably not.
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Aim high, spend low: Federal budget 2019
Despite a “surprise” boost in government revenue due to the strong economy, there aren’t many big ticket items compared to previous Liberal budgets. There are…
Stades de développement
Frais de garde d’enfants dans les plus grandes villes du Canada — 2018 Download 990.4 KB 42 pages Cette étude met à jour le classement des…
Developmental Milestones
Child care fees in Canada’s big cities 2018 Download 877.03 KB 37 pages This report updates the ranking of the most and least expensive cities…
Want better stock performance? Pay your top executives less
At the start of January we released two reports looking at corporate executive pay. The first, our annual report on the 100 richest Canadian CEOs, calculated…
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