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Hugh Mackenzie
Economist Hugh Mackenzie is a Research Associate with the CCPA’s National Office. Follow Hugh on Twitter
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Tim Hudak’s Got a $10 Billion Hole and Nothing to Say
In every leaders’ debate, everyone watching is looking for the zinger – the moment when an important question is asked and one of the participants…
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Platform Costing and the Politics of Fiscal Policy in Ontario
Download 319.02 KB 15 pages Fiscal policy issues — issues related to the balance between government revenue and expenditure — have come to play a…
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Oil companies crying all the way to the bank
The oil industry in Canada is second to none, at least when it comes to spin. It makes the most creative of Canada’s political leaders…
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Industry Gas Price Attack Backfires
As we get closer to the election and as it becomes apparent that the result will be one that no-one expected with it was called…
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An Adult Conversation About Taxes
To paraphrase the immortal words of Ronald Reagan, here they go again. “Middle-income friendly tax cuts.” “Tax cuts, a balanced budget within four years, no…
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Ontario’s Deficit Quandary
When Politics Trump Economics Download 246.47 KB10 pages As it prepares its budget for 2011 — an election year — the Ontario government faces a…
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Recession-Proof
Canada’s 100 best paid CEOs Download 624.42 KB17 pages
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Off target: Ontario budget misses the point on economic recovery
OAB 2010 Technical Paper Download 177.06 KB3 pages
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Steering Ontario Out of Recession: A Plan of Action
OAB 2010 Technical Paper Download 437.61 KB11 pages
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Deficit hysteria no excuse to end economic stimulus
As Canada’s recession winds down, there is growing talk of housing and debt bubbles but there is an even bigger bubble that’s set to burst.…
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Deficit Mania in Perspective
Ontario Budget 2010 Technical paper Download 453.35 KB5 pages Determined to benefit from the shock of a global recession, conservatives are whipping up unnecessary hysteria…
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Taxes and Public Services
Debate over taxes dangerously one-sided and misleading Politics is about choices. But we can’t make effective choices without clarity. And that means we have to…
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