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Ontario’s Mining Tax Barely Scratches the Surface
Minerals Extracted Revenue Public Return Saskatchewan $ 7,084 $ 650 9.2 % Northwest Territories $ 2,033 $ 108 5.3 % British Columbia $ 7,074…
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Corporate Taxes and Investment in Ontario
Year Ontario CIT Combined CIT Investment / GDP 1999 15.5 % 44.6 % 8.3 % 2000 14.5 % 43.6 % 8.0 % 2001 14.0 %…
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Political Paralysis and Disaster Budgeting: Lessons from Toronto
As Canadian governments at all jurisdictional levels engage in what can only be called Disaster Budgeting, it’s time to inject a voice of reason into…
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2011 David Lewis Lecture: Stephen Lewis in conversation with Michele Landsberg
On November 3rd, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives proudly hosted the 2011 David Lewis Lecture in Toronto. This year’s sold-out lecture featured an intimate…
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An invitation to the 2011 David Lewis Lecture from Avi Lewis
Invitation to the 2011 David Lewis Lecture from Avi Lewis The CCPA is proud to present Stephen Lewis and Michele Landsberg—two of Canada’s leading thinkers…
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Tim Hudak’s Got a $10 Billion Hole and Nothing to Say
In every leaders’ debate, everyone watching is looking for the zinger – the moment when an important question is asked and one of the participants…
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Conservative platform’s geometry found faulty
TORONTO—A detailed statistical review of the 13 statistical graphs contained in the Conservative changebook platform document finds that not one of them conforms to the normal requirements of academic…
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Rising Tuition Fees: A debt sentence for Ontario families
Recently the Financial Post suggested a steady diet of Kraft Dinner and encouraging 13 year olds to become more entrepreneurial were strategic elements in helping students bear…
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For Ontario’s low- and middle-income families, paying for university involves priority roulette
This fall, as young people make preparations to enter university, some Ontarians may be feeling nostalgic. But for many Ontario parents, the excitement and pride…
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Déjà vu: Ontario’s recession and the 1930s
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT TORONTO – One year after the Crash of October 2008, Ontario’s recession is looking eerily like the Great…
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Ontario delivers a ‘hit and miss’ budget
Ontario’s 2009-10 budget is a substantial, complex budget. In some places the budget was bold, in some places it merely did what it had to…
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