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BC Commentary: A Review of Provincial Social and Economic Trends
Summer 2002, Volume 5, Number 3 Download 137.93 KB4 pages Inside this issue: The Global is Local: Shrinking the Public Sector in BC by Marc…
Was your tax cut worth it?
When the Liberals took power in BC, the first order of business was a massive tax cut. Promising to revitalize the economy by putting more…
Message to BC
Ontario learned the hard way The recent Ontario provincial budget probably doesn’t sound like exciting summer reading to most people, but British Columbians might want…
The tax freedom daze
It is hard to argue against freedom. After all, no one wants to be constrained from doing what they want to do. Free marketeers are…
The Money is There
Pre-budget Fiscal Update Download 618.69 KB 8 pages
Let Them Eat Cake
The Anniversary of BC’s Tax Cuts is No Reason to Celebrate Download 69.26 KB
MSP premiums
A really dumb tax As the hefty increases in monthly Medical Services Plan premiums officially take effect today (May 1) for most British Columbians, we…
CCPA report challenges Tory budget deficit fears
A report from the Ontario Alternative Budget Working Group released today challenges the key assumption underlying the Eves Government’s claim that the province is on…
BC Budget more poison pill than tough medicine, says Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
Budget shifts revenues from progressive income tax to regressive MSP and sales taxes Vancouver – “The government says it is giving us tough medicine for…
Forty BC economists call on the BC Government to reconsider spending cuts
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT Vancouver–Forty British Columbia economists and political economists from across the province today called on the BC government to…
CCPA responds to MSP premium increase
(Vancouver) The BC government’s announced plan to increase MSP premiums by 50% is a regressive tax increase, says the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. “Overall,…
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