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#Budget 2017: baby step on climate when a leap is needed
Budget 2017 maintains the federal government’s modest momentum on climate action. The latest plan builds on the investments made in Budget 2016 with new spending…
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The budget is a first step to better the lives of women in Canada
Men and women are different. That shouldn’t be news, but today it is. Today, the government released the first federal budget that includes a look…
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Three loopholes the feds should close (and one they might)
There has been plenty of discussion from the federal government, especially in the lead-up to this week’s budget, about closing tax loopholes (expenditures/breaks/preferences). The 2015…
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The Walking Deficit: What lurks beneath tomorrow’s Fall Economic Statement
Deficits in past year Total debt GDP contribution in past year Households -$73.0 $ 1,989 $33.1 Corporate (non-banks) -$63.8 $ 2,300 -$12.1 Federal Gov…
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Pain by Numbers: The distributional impacts of federal funding for post-secondary education
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Fast Fasts: Federal Budget provides opportunities for social housing in Manitoba
Budget 2016 provides some welcome news for nearly 600,000 Canadian families who depend on social housing. The budget allocates $2.3 billion dollars over two years…
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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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Five things to watch for in the federal budget
Armine Yalnizyan is a Senior Economist with the CCPA. She will be in the budget lockup and following these trends. You can follow her on…
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Budget 2016: Not enough Real Change™ for Women
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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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What regime change means in Budget 2016
The first Liberal budget in a decade is an artful document. In some ways it does signal a profound regime change; in other ways it’s…
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