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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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Dawn of the Debt
Governments aren’t households—and their budgets don’t act like them
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Vampire consulting firms in the public service
Like a vampire, consulting firms are suave and sophisticated actors that aim to gain the trust of their targets.
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Not done yet
[T]he provision of services across a city or territory—not least in terms of mapping where services should be placed—should be overseen by a public agency.…
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Is my community a child care desert? New map shows availability across Canada
New research shows that child care availability in Canada has a long way to go
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On n’y est pas encore
Pour se doter de services de garde à 10 $ par jour, il faut remédier au problème des déserts de services de garde au Canada…
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Public sector leading the way on reducing pay gaps
But inflation and low government wage offers threaten to erase those gains.
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Public sector strike: It’s about how inflation is gouging wages
Federal public sector workers haven’t seen an inflation-adjusted raise since 2007—the worst of any industry in Canada.
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Corporate profits are driving food price inflation
Remarks to the Agriculture and Agri-Food Committee of the House of Commons
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Why did Canada’s housing and dental benefits have such low take-up rates?
We need to do better at getting benefits to those who need them.
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Seven things Canada could do with an ambitious federal budget in 2023
We’re not expecting many bells and whistles in this federal budget. It doesn’t need to be that way.
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No strings attached
As emergency rooms are overwhelmed, surgery wait times continue to lengthen, and under-resourced childrens’ hospitals face surges related to viral infections like COVID, the provincial…
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No Strings Attached: Canada’s health care deal lacks key conditions
There’s more money on the table—but without adequate strings attached, the provinces could end up spending it on tax cuts instead of fixing health care.…
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