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Canada’s Secret Bank Bailout
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Budget 2012: Deficit budget creates a surplus of spin
We went to the provincial legislature yesterday to review the budget and prepare our analysis. Our pre-budget predictions were accurate (see the April 16th Fast…
Is the Federal Government Spending Too Little?
Area Increase since 2006 % Increase since 2006 Notes National Security Establishment (DND, CSIS, Public Safety, Justice) $10 billion 35% Non-Security Program Spending $17…
A Cure for Dutch Disease
Active Sector Strategies for Canada’s Economy Download 424.48 KB11 pages This Technical Paper reports on the negative structural consequences of the mostly unregulated resource boom…
Federal Budget 2012: Death by 1,000 Cuts
Hennessy’s Index: A number is never just a number Hennessy’s Index is a monthly listing of numbers, written by the CCPA’s Trish Hennessy, about Canada…
Alternative Budget Moves Nova Scotia Forward, Not Back
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. HALIFAX – The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives–Nova Scotia released its 2012 alternative provincial budget today. In contrast to the…
Nova Scotia Alternative Budget 2012
Forward to Fairness Download 2.28 MB85 pages This document shows Nova Scotians that minor changes in government spending could have a major impact on the…
Ontario’s Fiscal Reality
Cup Half Empty or Half Full? Download 777.18 KB24 pages The McGuinty government has been using the report of the Commission on the Reform of…
The false economy of Budget 2012
Last week’s provincial budget falsely claims that the proverbial cupboard is bare and that nothing can be done to meet any of BC’s most pressing…
The Cuts Behind the Curtain
How federal cutbacks will slash services and increase unemployment Download 1.41 MB46 pages This study explores the impact of the federal government’s 2010 and 2011…
L’épée de Damoclès
Comment les compressions au gouvernement fédéral réduiront les services et feront augmenter le taux de chômage Cette étude a crée trois scénarios possibles pour examiner…
Federal spending cuts will cost more than 60,000 jobs: study
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—Federal cutbacks announced in the 2010 and 2011 budgets will result in more than 60,000 job losses, says…
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