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Ellen Russell
Harper’s flawed federal securities regulation plan
Stephen Harper loves bragging about Canada’s stellar record of financial regulation. So it is a tad awkward to admit the architecture of Canada’s securities regulation is strictly bush league. Canada…
Does Your Pay-Cheque Make You Happy?
Our economic system has been badly skewed against workers Don’t worry, be happy. As of this writing, media coverage of the recession has been littered with smiling faces. Sure, the…
Perpetuating the Big Business Lie
Right-wingers revile “big” government as “creeping socialism” Onward Stephen Harper! Lead us to the socialist Utopia! If you follow the right-wing punditry, you’d think comrades Harper, Obama, Brown and the…
Canada breaks ranks on bankers’ bonuses
Canada likes to think of itself as the country that emerged from the financial crisis squeaky clean. Too bad it is abdicating a leadership role in creating a safer financial…
Capital gains tax cut just a hand-out to the rich
With its eye on the next election, the Harper government is getting its ducks in a row. It is making nice with Nova Scotia and trying to get Afghanistan out…
Rising Profit Shares, Falling Wage Shares
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Why the Conservatives are cutting spending now
Suffering from fiscal whiplash? First the Harper government tells us the 2005/06 surplus is $13.2 billion. Then on the same day, it announces large spending cuts. Doesn’t it seem a…
Who will benefit from the GST cut?
Imagine a tax cut that you only get when you buy stuff. The more you spend, the more you get from the tax cut. Skill testing question: who would benefit…
Standing Up For Which Families?
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Are income trusts a social programs cash-suck?
Will retirees have to eat cat food if the government messes with income trusts? The financial industry would have you think so. A well-choreographed barrage of protest is depicting income…
Taking the Spin Out of the Economic and Fiscal Update: A Guide to the Numbers
Alternative Federal Budget 2006: Technical Paper #3 Download 115.45 KB8 pages…
Federal Fiscal Forecasting Round 4
Report to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance Download 196.34 KB…
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