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Ontario’s Deficit Quandary
When Politics Trump Economics Download 246.47 KB10 pages As it prepares its budget for 2011 — an election year — the Ontario government faces a…
Will Harper’s superiority complex contribute to the next financial crisis?
The mantra of the Harper government is that the Canada’s banking sector is a bright star in the banking heavens. No public opportunity is lost…
The Halifax Convention Centre – a bottomless money pit?
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT HALIFAX, NS – The proposed new convention centre has the potential to be a bottomless money pit, cautions…
Convention Centre in Nova Scotia
Economic Wellspring or Bottomless Pit? Download 958.81 KB34 pages Over the past several months, there has been a divisive public debate over a proposal to…
Canada and the next financial crisis
How will the next financial crisis erupt? (Or perhaps we should say a further chapter of the ongoing financial crisis). It’s like figuring out which…
The Rise of Canada’s Richest 1%
Download 739.09 KB22 pages This generation of rich canadians is staking claim to a larger share of economic growth than any generation that has preceded…
Fast Facts: What kind of Economic Development Strategy requires a new convention centre?
The province’s NDP government has determined that its support of a new trade and convention centre in Halifax is in the best interest of all…
From limiting big spenders to silencing small spenders
How BC’s third party election advertising rules missed the mark The idea that everyone should be able to speak freely and that citizens should have…
Big Train Coming
Does Canada Really Have a Deficit and Debt Problem? Download 152.5 KB6 pages This CCPA study examines Canada’s debt and deficit and finds that debt…
Now is not the time for spending cuts: study
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—Given the fragile economic recovery and the weak job market, now is not the time for a sharp…
Why it’s time to press the ‘pause’ button on austerity
Yesterday’s Update on Economic and Fiscal Projections indicates the federal government plans to forge ahead with austerity measures despite acknowledging that Canada’s economic recovery is…
The Importance of the CCPA in Nova Scotia
In the policy milieu of the Maritimes, the Nova Scotia branch of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives is showing itself to be a crucial…
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