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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.
Are middle class tax promises a false hope?
Ontario PC Leader Doug Ford has proposed a $2.8-billion “middle class tax cut,” despite the fact the province is facing a deficit.Promoting tax cuts as…
An ambition constrained budget
Am I happy with the 2018 federal budget? Well, many of the items in it can be found in this year’s and past Alternative Federal…
Climbing Up and Kicking Down
Executive Pay in Canada Download 927.52 KB23 pages CLIQUEZ ICI POUR CONSULTER LE RAPPORT EN FRANCAIS The eleventh in an annual series, this year’s report…
Time Out
Child care fees in Canada 2017 Download 989.66 KB31 pages This study, the fourth in a series beginning in 2014, reveals the most and least…
Ça Suffit
Les frais de garde d’enfants au Canada en 2017 Download 775.43 KB 37 pages Cette étude, la quatrième d’une série commençant en 2014, révèle les villes…
The Lion’s Share
Pension deficits and shareholder payments among Canada’s largest companies Download 328.47 KB26 pages This study examines the status of the defined benefit (DB) pension plans of…
5 things to know about small business income splitting
This summer, the federal government proposed a series of reforms to the Income Tax Act designed to close certain tax loopholes and address tax avoidance.…
Splitting the Difference
Who really benefits from small business income splitting? Download 676.22 KB 30 pages This report finds that the benefits of small business income splitting, also…
What $15 and fairness will mean for Toronto
Ontario’s big business lobbies continue their campaign against the government’s planned minimum wage hike—to $15 an hour by January 1, 2019 from the current rate…
How raising the minimum wage will impact Hamilton
Ontario’s big business lobbies continue their campaign against the government’s planned minimum wage hike—to $15 an hour by January 1, 2019 from the current rate…
How $15 an hour minimum wage will affect Indigenous Ontarians
Ontario announced plans in May to boost the minimum wage to $15 an hour by January 2019. In my recent report, Ontario Needs a Raise,…
Ontario Needs a Raise
Who Benefits From a $15 Minimum Wage? Download 524.75 KB18 pages The Ontario government has committed to raise its minimum wage to $14 on January…
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