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November 5, 2019 | BC Office, Saskatchewan Office | Reports & StudiesMapping fossil fuel lobbying from Harper to TrudeauOctober 28, 2019 | National Office | Reports & StudiesA Parallel Report on Canada’s Implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for ActionOctober 1, 2019 | National Office | Reports & StudiesEarly Impacts of the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade AgreementAugust 29, 2019 | National Office | Reports & StudiesPrivate pension plan deficits and shareholder repayments in CanadaLatest posts from behindthenumbers.ca
Tax cuts won’t fix the affordability problem. Here are ten things that could.
by CCPA on November 8, 2019 The October election was dominated by two themes: affordability and climate change. Justin Trudeau acknowledged these concerns in his first press conference after the election....No new money for schools in Ontario fiscal update
by Ricardo Tranjan on November 7, 2019 The Ontario PC government has recently adopted a more moderate tone than the one struck in its first year at Queens Park, going so far as to back down on some of its more...Ontario fall update: Multi-year plan to squeeze public services continues
by Sheila Block on November 6, 2019 Government revenues are rising and the provincial deficit is melting away, but Ontario’s Finance Minister is sticking to his multi-year plan for significant cuts to public...Ten things to know about the 2019-20 Alberta budget
by Nick Falvo on November 4, 2019 On October 24 (halfway through the fiscal year) Alberta finance minister Travis Toews tabled the 2019-20 Alberta budget. The first provincial budget of Jason Kenney’s UCP...Who wins (and who doesn’t) from the new middle class tax cut?
by David Macdonald on October 31, 2019 At last Wednesday’s post-election press conference, Justin Trudeau laid out some of his new government’s priorities, pledging that his first act of parliament would be to lower...
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