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Harper Strategists Working From US Republicans’ Playbook
As someone who studies political communication, I am struck by the success, if not the ethics, of the Harper Conservatives’ political marketing strategies. Branding and…
Canada’s Caribbean Tax Holiday
There has quite rightly been a lot of discussion about corporate taxes during this election campaign, but very little discussion about cracking down on tax avoidance,…
Debt By 1,000 Tax Cuts
Stephen Harper knows he can’t come right out and reveal his radical agenda to downsize government. But if he gets his majority, expect Harper to…
Temporary Foreign Workers and the Election: A Major Issue Getting Scant Debate
An election should be a time to discuss key policy directions. One of the biggest policy transformations in the Harper era has been the enormous…
Economists and Corporate Tax Cuts
The Prime Minister continues to use the line that all credible economists support further cuts to the corporate tax rate. Jim Stanford’s fabulous piece put…
The Consequences of Austerity
With the federal Tories vowing to enact billions in spending cuts in a bid to eliminate the deficit a year earlier than forecast, it might be a…
From The Missing Issues File: Climate Change
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Who Benefits From Low Voter Turnout?
Vaughan By-election 2008 Turnout 32.5% 52% Conservative 19,290 19,390 Liberal 18,326 27,773 NDP 661 5,442
EI: How Soon They Forget!
Unemployment Rate and EI Beneficiaries As Percent of Unemployed December 2010 Unemployment Rate EI Beneficiaries as % of Unemployed Canada 7.7% 44.3% Montreal 8.5% 35.2%…
Corporate tax cuts economically ineffective
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—The Conservatives’ proposed 3-point reduction in corporate tax rates would cost the public purse $6 billion per year,…
Of the 1%, For the 1%, By the 1%
The first leg of the federal election campaign has featured much debate over who benefits from different proposals. At least indirectly, it has been a discussion…
NDP Words: Money Where Your Mouth Is?
In this three-part post (Liberals, Conservatives) I wanted to take a look what the parties said in their platforms compared to what they actually want to…
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