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August 29, 2019 | National Office | Reports & StudiesPrivate pension plan deficits and shareholder repayments in CanadaAugust 28, 2019 | National Office | Reports & StudiesConsidering social equity in Canada’s shift to a zero-carbon economyAugust 14, 2019 | BC Office | Reports & StudiesBritish Columbia's Oil and Gas Commission and the case for reformLatest posts from behindthenumbers.ca
Platform Crunch: Liberal and Conservative broad tax cuts
by David Macdonald on October 11, 2019 This is an update to an earlier post that examined only the Conservative “universal tax cut. I now have had a bit more time to model the Liberal version and compare the two head...Canadian labour market performance under 7 Prime Ministers
by Jim Stanford on October 11, 2019 The release of Statistics Canada’s monthly labour force report is always keenly awaited by economists and policy-makers as a key indicator of Canada’s economic direction. But this...Platform crunch: Addressing the cost of post-secondary education
by Erika Shaker on October 9, 2019 With less than two weeks until Canadians head to the polls, we’re turning our attention to one of the key topics that impacts affordability for young voters: post-secondary...Platform Crunch: Debt projections of the parties
by David Macdonald on October 8, 2019 There was a lot of talk in last night’s debate about budgets, deficits, and program funding. So it seemed like a good time to look at the aggregate impact of the party...Election 2019: How to disarm anti-immigration rhetoric
by Ricardo Tranjan on October 7, 2019 Photo: William Chen For centuries, the political right has opportunistically blamed immigrants for everything from economic slowdowns to lousy weather. The ferocity of these...
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