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Low Income and the Age of Eligibility for OAS
Probability of Survival to Age 75 Men 64.6% Bottom Quintile 50.1% Top Quintile 72.8% …
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Can Canada Escape a Lost Decade?
Year four of the global economic crisis is unfolding with no sign of a real recovery. Seemingly unable to resolve its financial crisis and agree…
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Kevin Falcon’s narrow take on tax options
BC Finance Minister Kevin Falcon says he is keen to take a fresh look at the BC tax system. He is welcoming new ideas, and…
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Raising The Retirement Age Is The Wrong Way To Deal With The Retirement Crisis
Raising the age of eligibility for Old Age Security/Guaranteed Income Supplement (OAS/GIS) benefits is the worst possible way to deal with the retirement income security…
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AFB Economist Roundtable
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Odious profits and the Enbridge pipeline
Two obvious but generally unstated details about the Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline are climate change and that oil and gas companies stand to make mega-profits.…
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Canada’s economic recovery incomplete, mediocre: study
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. OTTAWA—The twin claims by political leaders that the damage done by the recession to the Canadian economy and labour market…
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Canada’s Incomplete, Mediocre Recovery
This study finds that, despite claims to the contrary, the damage of the recession is still very much with Canadians and that the labour market…
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Time to do away with financial barriers to higher education in BC
For many grade 12 students spring is university application season. But in Western Canada, youth living in families with an annual income over $100,000 are…
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