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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.
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Un compte rendu complet des mesures fédérales et provinciales prises en matière de COVID-19 en 2020 Download 760.78 KB56 pages Le rapport indique quel ordre…
The Golden Cushion
CEO compensation in Canada Download 492.96 KB 24 pages This report looks at CEO pay among Canada’s top-paid chief executive officers in 2019, based on company…
1.8 million Canadians better off with a higher EI and CRB floor
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Transitioning from CERB to EI could leave millions worse off
Pre-September 27 After-September 27 Details CERB Eligible 4,017,000 EI Eligible 2,111,000 EI worth $500 or more a week 789,000 EI worth less than $500 a…
More on who will be worse off in the switch from CERB-to-EI
This analysis has been updated following federal legislative changes. Read the update here. Please note we are unable to assist individual CERB/EI recipients with their claims.…
What’s at stake in the move from CERB to EI?
Count Count Eligible for EI 1,528,037 Get EI worth <$500/week 940,651 Get EI worth >=$500/week 587,386 Not eligible for EI 2,390,475 No EI:…
The federal deficit will become whose surplus?
On July 8th, the federal government will release its first fiscal update since December 16, 2019.
Remarks to the Finance Committee on banking and COVID-19
David Macdonald appeared as an expert witness before the federal Finance Committee June 18, to discuss banking and the government’s response to COVID-19. This is…
Canada’s job losses reach Great Depression levels. Here’s how we move forward.
Labour Force Survey key facts: In May, 2.7 million people lost their jobs and another 2.2 million had most of their hours cut compared to…
Between a rock and a hard place: Which workers are most vulnerable when their workplaces re-open amid COVID-19?
Child care workers, construction labourers, servers, cashiers, and bus drivers have almost identical high risk scores as industrial butchers but, so far, they have been…
The unequal burden of COVID-19 joblessness
Source: February and April 2020 Labour Force Survey PUMF, excludes self employed. The scale of this crisis is now being revealed in stark statistics. However, it’s…
An impossible choice: at least 540,000 low wage workers risk losing CERB if they refuse unsafe work
With provincial economies starting to reopen, we need to take a close look at the workers most at risk. Reopening is sometimes framed as if…
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