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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.
Truth bomb: Corporate sector winning the economic recovery lottery; workers falling behind
This isn’t a workers’ wage-led recovery; in fact, inflation is eating into workers’ wages, diminishing their ability to recover from the pandemic recession. Corporate profits are capturing more economic growth than in any previous recession recovery period over the past 50 years.
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Les provinces et les territoires atteindront-ils les nouveaux objectifs fédéraux en matière de frais de garde d’enfants? Frais de garde d’enfants au Canada 2021 Download…
Game Changer
Will provinces and territories meet the new federal child care fee targets? Canadian child care fees 2021 Download 1.45 MB 60 pages Are child care…
Pressure Cooker
Declining real wages and rising inflation in Canada during the pandemic, 2020–22 Download 1.12 MB26 pages This report looks at real wage growth and rising…
Budget 2022: Some progress, but no need for panic at the country club
Our analysis of the 2022 federal budget
In March 2020, our world stopped: Seven charts to understand two years of COVID-19
The pandemic, through the eyes of our researchers
Federal Budget 2022: What we’re watching for
This budget could herald the beginning of a Pearsonian period of progressive policy making
Profit squeeze: Excess corporate profits are making inflation tougher for Canadians
Twenty-six per cent of higher inflation for Canadian households is being driven by excess profits
What’s driving inflation and how Ottawa can push back
Prepared remarks to the House of Commons finance committee’s study on inflation
Fast Facts: Low spending in Manitoba results in surplus during COVID-19 era
Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press, March 25, 2022 Recent projections of Manitoba’s finances find the province could be in a budgetary surplus by…
Avis de disparition
État des déficits des provinces canadiennes Download 1.12 MB29 pages Ce rapport examine l’état des finances des provinces canadiennes et constate que, malgré les effets…
Disappearing Act
The state of provincial deficits in Canada Download 1013.13 KB28 pages As Canada reaches two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, provincial deficits are on track…
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