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Robin Hood in reverse: The real numbers behind income splitting
Earlier this week, the Conservatives announced their first election plank of the campaign: the “Family Tax Cut,” or income splitting for couples with children, selling the plan as a helping hand...
April 1, 2011 | National Office
Making It Count: CCPA's federal election blog
The CCPA has launched a federal election blog to bring you expert analysis on the issues that will—or should—define the election. Making It Count...
March 28, 2011 | National Office
Federal budget analysis
Why analyze a budget that was a live option for all of 45 minutes? Budgets reveal government priorities — and this budget could have ramifications for Canadians for many years to come. ...
March 24, 2011 | National Office
This or that: Which would you choose?
Budgets are about choices, they reflect a government's values and priorities. With a $250 billion federal budget, the Harper Government could choose to invest in programs like universal child...
March 23, 2011 | National Office
Federal budget tosses crumbs to Canadians, bread to Harper's pet projects
The CCPA’s leading economists find this year’s federal budget obscures the true cost of Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s plan to balance the books while favouring Harper’s pet projects over...
March 22, 2011 | National Office
Will the middle class have to learn to do with less?
That's the question journalist and author Linda McQuaig addresses in her column about greed, the assault on middle class dreams, and the "looming conflict" between Canada's elite and the "...
March 22, 2011
Living Wage 2011: how much does a family need to earn?
CCPA-BC has just published Working for a Living Wage 2011, which shows that the living wage for Vancouver in 2011 is $18.81 an hour, up from $18.17 last year, and far higher than the $10.25...
March 21, 2011 | BC Office
So you think you can budget
From corporate tax cuts to seniors benefits, everyone on Parliament Hill seems to think they know what should be in the budget. But can you do better? What if you were finance minister for...
March 21, 2011 | National Office
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Despite an increasingly diverse population, a new report co-produced by the Canadian Centre...
March 20, 2011 | National Office
CCPA economists promote a budget that connects with Canadians
The CCPA released its Alternative Federal Budget Tuesday, promoting a federal budget that connects with Canadians' real financial worries....
March 16, 2011 | National Office

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