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Canadians Abroad
A Policy and Legislative Agenda Download 1.61 MB 76 pages This study, by former Ambassador and long-time head of the Canadian consular service Gar Pardy,…
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UNSPUN: Communities leading the way need provincial support
The province has invested widely in community development and “place-based” approaches to renewal and poverty reduction, with many positive results. Place-based approaches such as these…
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What the new federal budget means for BC
At first glance, BC appears somewhat isolated from the economic challenges the rest of Canada is facing but there are a number of worrying signs. Nearly half of British…
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Hunt for mythical internal trade barriers continues in Ottawa
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UNSPUN: Federal Budget 2016 – What it means for Manitoba
On March 22 the federal Liberals delivered a budget that signals the end of a long period of austerity. Past Liberal and Conservative federal governments…
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One of the oldest tricks in the books: Canada’s rich dodge the stock option tax bullet
Taking on the generous tax benefits available to the rich is a tough business. The rich are, well, rich. They have a lot of money…
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The unintended consequences of massive hydro rate increases
The Province newspaper recently published an op-ed of mine that looked at one of the unintended consequences of our provincial government’s fixation on building the…
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And the medal goes to… Ranking Budget 2016
Lockup over, what does the Liberal government’s first budget tell us about its priorities, and how does it stack up to the 2016 Alternative Federal…
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Does the Liberal budget follow through on environmental promises?
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