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The real Chretien legacy budget
After all the hype, was yesterday’s budget Jean Chretien’s “legacy” budget? The answer is yes, though not in the way he may have intended, and…
No change of course means painful and unnecessary cuts continue
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT (Vancouver) In spite of superficial changes, the 2003 BC Budget moves ahead with the government’s plan of deep…
The Chretien legacy budget
Promises unkept and challenges unmet Budgets are perhaps the single most important policy moment in the life of a government. Budgets are about choices. They…
Federal Liberals break their 50:50 budget-sharing promise
CCPA analysis CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA–Prime Minister Jean Chretien, during both the 1997 and 2000 federal election campaigns, promised that future…
A Funny Way of Sharing
Revisiting the Liberal Government’s “50:50” Promise Download 255.56 KB14 pages
BC Solutions Budget 2003
Download 253.1 KB25 pages Read the news releases here and here. Attachments Summary: BC Solutions Budget 2003
No change of course in BC Budget means painful and unnecessary cuts continue
Many British Columbians were hoping that Tuesday’s provincial budget would bring a compassionate re-think of the government’s fiscal plan. Unfortunately, the pain and upheaval of…
Time to rethink BC’s budget plan
Tuesday is BC Budget day. As the province stares down the largest deficit in its history, and braces for two more years of painful spending…
Bleeding the Hinterland
A Regional Analysis of BC’s Tax and Spending Cuts Download 185.28 KB 22 pages
Lower Mainland gets skewed share of income tax cut
Study shows provincial tax and spending cuts are increasing gap between Lower Mainland and BC’s other regions READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. (Vancouver) A new…
Tax and spending cuts a raw deal for BC’s hinterland
For several years now, many observers of the BC economy have noted a split between the highly diversified and populous Lower Mainland (plus Victoria) and…
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