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Liberal/NDP deal no “Faustian Bargain”
So there is an agreement in principle between the Liberals and the NDP. In return for helping to prevent this government from falling before it…
Check the math before crying class warfare
“Canada’s Top 10% Pay 52% Of The Total Tax Bill” announced the front-page story in the Saturday Globe and Mail. Quite a sensational claim on…
Shifting Costs
An Update on How Tax & Spending Cuts Impact British Columbians Download 314.35 KB7 pages
CCPA updates BC tax cut distribution, looks at how costs are being shifted to individuals and families
(Vancouver) The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives has updated its analysis of who got how much from BC’s income tax cuts, and how tax increases…
BC Commentary: A Review of Provincial Social and Economic Trends
Spring/Summer 2005, Volume 8, Number 2 Download 448.21 KB8 pages Inside this issue: BC Budget 2005: A Missed Opportunity Who Benefits? Revisiting BC’s Income Tax…
Municipal taxation needs reforming
Tax increases are always controversial, but this year some Nova Scotians are particularly cranky about paying taxes and for good reason. I’m not talking about…
Is Stephen Harper a cheap date?
“What is wrong with you lefties?” asked the Economist of Considerable Renown. “That budget was a win for you.” In the immediate aftermath of the…
October 2004: “Tax Me If You Can!”
Tax havens, loopholes let corporations pay little or no taxes Last April, the General Accounting Office (GOA)—a kind of business inspectorate that works for the…
From monster deficits to monster surpluses: What happened?
The recent announcement by Finance Minister Gary Collins that BC is now expected to post a $1.2 billion surplus in 2004/05 caught many by surprise.…
Does size (of government) matter?
When Canadians went to the polls last June they chose, in policy terms, new spending by the federal government over shrinking government through more tax…
Does size matter? Study challenges belief that big government hurts economic growth
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT (Ottawa) Would cutting taxes even further boost Canada’s economic performance? Would introducing a new social program like early…
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