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N.S. finances in good shape; social debt in need of payment
Trying to make sense of Nova Scotia’s finances isn’t getting any easier. The timing of the provincial budget so soon after the federal budget ensures…
Assessing Nova Scotia’s Fiscal Situation
Managing Social and Financial Debts Download 513.06 KB 16 pages
Response to the Ontario Budget 2007-8
A short summary of a budget that’s short on anything new Download 96.48 KB3 pages
Many families left out of federal budget
The Harper government wants you to believe that average families are squarely at the centre of their budget spending this year. Before you celebrate this…
Tax cut budget out of step with Canadians’ priorities
OTTAWA—Today’s federal budget may be a short-term attempt to buy votes but it fails to address the long-term priorities of most Canadians, says the Canadian…
BC surplus to top $3 billion this year and next
CCPA calls for bold action on poverty and homelessness READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. Vancouver – BC’s budget forecasts have become more fiction than fact,…
BC Commentary: A Review of Provincial Social and Economic Trends
Winter 2007, Volume 10, Number 1 Download 1.73 MB12 pages Inside this special health care edition: Let’s Talk about Health Care What’s in the Basket?…
Conservative tax cuts quickly draining public purse: report
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—The Alternative Federal Budget (AFB) Economic and Fiscal Update, released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives,…
Alternative Federal Budget 2007 Economic and Fiscal Update
Can Ottawa Afford More Conservative Government Promises? Download 261.8 KB
Fiscal policy and smear campaigns
In the current political environment, a government running a deficit is bad bad bad. We have reverted to an idea that dominated economic thought in…
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