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The case of the missing deficit
What a difference a year and a half makes. Last week’s announcement that BC booked a surplus of $52 million in the 1999/00 fiscal year…
Beware the tax cut siren song
It’s finally summer, and heat waves have replaced “tax rage”–for the time being anyway. The campaign for lower taxes and smaller government is sure to…
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Are tax cuts a free lunch?
The oft-repeated message that tax cuts will not decrease government revenues has a definite appeal. It says that not only can you have tax cuts,…
Policy Options for Progressive Health Care in BC
Proceedings of a CCPA-BC Workshop on the Future of Health Care Download 435.21 KB 38 pages
Dear Prudence
BC’s Budget Situation is Better than Many Realize Download 155.51 KB
Debunking the myth that free trade benefits the world’s poor
Shortly after external protests and internal conflicts hit the Seattle WTO Ministerial and stalled a new negotiating round, The Economist magazine ran a picture of…
Never cry wolf
Putting BC’s debt into perspective The 2000 BC budget was accompanied by a great deal of howling over the size of the province’s debt and…
Where will your RRSP go today?
RRSP season is here again and the frenzied pitch of television ads is on. Looking south with envy at a US stock market that continues…
A flat tax for fat cats
The latest mantra of the tax cut crusaders is “flat tax.” “Flat: usually has a negative connotation–like flat tires or flat beer–but somehow in the…
Merger mania
Hardly a day passes without an item in the business pages announcing yet another merger or takeover. The tone of coverage is typically upbeat: bigger…
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