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Do C. D. Howe’s Numbers Support its Policies?
The basic storyline of last week’s C. D. Howe Institute “E-Brief”, “Canada Lagging Peers in 2013 Business Investment Growth,” is that corporate tax cuts helped boost…
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Participation Rate Lowest in a Decade
Today’s Toronto Star (page B2) quotes me pointing out that, between September and October, unemployment remained at 1,325,000, well above its pre-recession level. The participation rate remained…
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What the feds should be focusing on
I was asked on Tuesday to present to the federal Finance Committee and comment on the government’s latest budget. I thought I’d share my remarks with…
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2013 FINA Pre-budget Consultation: David Macdonald
CCPA Senior Economist David Macdonald gives a presentation to the government’s Standing Committee on Finance during their 2013 pre-budget consultations. 2013 FINA Pre-budget Consultation: David…
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BC hospital P3 ownership moves to tax haven
One more of British Columbia’s public private partnerships (P3s) has headed on down the road to ownership in a European tax haven. Bilfinger Berger Global…
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P3 Evaluation: A Co-dependent Relationship?
In response to the provincial NDP’s call for an independent evaluation of the costs of the government’s proposed P3 school construction project, Minister of Highways…
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Work Life: The Canada Jobs Grant
Perpetuating Aboriginal Exclusion There are now many examples of policies introduced by the federal government that will have significant implications for Indigenous sovereignty, preservation of…
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Annotated Pacific Coast Action Plan on Climate and Energy
BC recently signed on to a new Pacific Coast Action Plan on Climate and Energy, which includes California, Oregon and Washington states. On the surface…
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What’s the Canada-EU trade deal all about?
Chances are, you’ve heard about the Canada-EU trade deal. It’s hard to miss, what with the federal government hard at work staging photo-ops and events…
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