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Afghan training mission has high risk of casualties, low chance of success
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. OTTAWA—The government’s plan to extend the Canadian Forces mission in Afghanistan deserves a public debate, argues a new report published…
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The Borg and Corporate Taxes
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A Call to Action on the Forest Front
Does the provincial government have a coherent plan to address the exponentially deepening forest health crisis in our province? Evidently not, as outlined by two…
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How Will The Conservative Numbers Add Up?
If you head to the end of the Conservative platform, you will find that they plan to add almost $1 Billion in net new spending/tax cuts…
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Vision Green
(An addition to my earlier post given that it is being construed as an endorsement – I found the NDP platform which was released after…
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Who Benefits from the TFSA?
This was published today in the Globe and Mail’s online business feature Economy Lab. A fuller analysis can be found at the PEF website, here. Stephen Harper…
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Tax Free Savings Accounts: Just the Facts
Here are the most important facts about the Tax Free Savings Account. Introduction of the Tax Free Savings Account: January 1, 2009, right at the…
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Can the Partial Jobs Recovery Stay on Track?
Tomorrow, Statistics Canada will release the labour force survey numbers for March. This may raise the low profile of the jobs issue in the election…
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Middle Class in Decline is the Electoral Elephant in the Room
In the decades following the Second World War, the growth of manufacturing and the expansion of public services extended middle class job opportunities to millions…
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Fast Facts: McFadyen’s crazy numbers won’t fool Manitobans
A Brandon Sun editorial of April 2, 2011 (“So what’s the real cost of Bipole III?”) reports that, in his announcement of the revised estimate…
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Labour Notes: The attack on unions has now come to Canada
How do we respond? Anyone who has been keeping tabs on recent developments in what can accurately be called the assault on trade unions and…
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Value Added? The Dubious Impact of Corporate Income Taxes
Corporate tax cuts have become a defining feature of the election campaign thus far. The Globe and Mail covered the topic today with an article…
