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Putting Our Money Where Our Mouth Is
The Future of Dental Care in Canada Download 3.22 MB 44 pages The renegotiations of the federal-provincial-territorial health accord are on the horizon, and everyone is looking for a way…
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Robin Hood In Reverse: The Real Numbers Behind Income Splitting
Family Income Range # of Families with children under 18yr Yearly Average “Family Tax Cut” Savings Cost % of total Families with under 18yr children…
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Still Left Out in the Cold After EI Re-Announcement
Visiting Atlantic Canada today, the Prime Minister re-announced the modest EI measures from the Budget. By way of background, in February, there were 1,448,500 unemployed workers, up…
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Ten Years of Tax Cuts: A Household’s Perspective
I did my taxes yesterday and once again was surprised to see how low my family’s income taxes have gone. In 2010, my wife and…
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Our Schools/Our Selves: Spring 2011
Critical Mass: A primer for social change What do progressive people do when they realize that there are victories we can no longer take for…
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The Tobin Tax
The case for a tax on international monetary transactions This article is based on a speech delivered in 1995 at a CCPA conference in Ottawa…
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The Middle East Revolution (Part 1)
Uprisings a stunning blow to U.S. control of the Middle East “Fight like an Egyptian!” was the cry echoed by supporters of the Egyptian Revolution…
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From Charity to Entitlement
Look to history for best way to end persistent poverty I recently heard a caller to a radio talk-show complain about poor people turning to…
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The Charge of the Left Brigade
Changing governments can bring change only in a democracy George Bernard Shaw used to tell the story of how he encountered “the man who lost…
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