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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.
The Fog Finally Clears
The Job and Services Impact of Federal Austerity Download 333.85 KB10 pages This analysis provides new insight about which services federal departments are going to…
Austerity Through Infrastructure Cuts: Budget 2013
One of the most amazing things about this budget is that one of its three focuses is actually the opposite of what it’s touting. You’ll…
AFB 2013: Doing better together
Time flies and our Alternative Federal Budget is now in its 19th year. Year after year it has shown that we can have a Canada where we…
Dangerous Cavities: Kids need preventative oral care
Oral health coverage for kids, particularly kids from lower-income families, is something that the CCPA and others have been advocating for. It is an area just outside…
Social Impact Bonds: The anti-philanthropy
Interest in Canadian “Social impact Bonds” has spiked following HRSDC Minster Finley announcement that the federal government is investigating them for use in Canada. I’ve…
The Rich Stay Rich: Fraser Institute
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Stagnant economy may mean more cuts to come
The federal government released its annual fall update on the country’s finances today. Despite the upbeat messaging around the “Update of Economic and Fiscal Projections” there are…
Household debt going from bad to worse
Statistics Canada today revised the national accounts and found Canadians are now more indebted than either the Americans or the Brits were at the peak of…
Budget cuts will exacerbate food safety issues
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Eduflation and the High Cost of Learning
Download 1.52 MB42 pages This study looks at trends in tuition and compulsory fees in Canada since 1990, projects fees for each province for the…
Keen on Economics and Canadian Debt
I was fortunate enough to be able to attend Steven Keen’s talk “Canada’s Debt Bubble” on June 28th , 2012 (recorded in full here) The session was…
Freedom from Medicare and lower tuition days
Year 1980 1990 1995 2000 2005 2011 Medicare Freedom Date Nov 6th Nov 3rd Oct 24th Oct 19th Oct 15th Oct 13th Year 1989 1995…
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