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Le fractionnement du revenu favorise les mieux nantis, selon une étude
Ottawa – Quatre-vingt-six pourcent (86%) des familles Canadiennes ne bénéficieront en rien du fractionnement du revenu que le gouvernement fédéral entend mettre en place selon…
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Income splitting is a tax gift to Canada’s rich: study
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—Eighty-six percent of Canadian families would gain no benefit from the proposed Conservative income splitting plan, says a…
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BC Commentary: A Review of Provincial Social and Economic Trends
Winter 2014, Volume 17, Number 1 Download 899.02 KB8 pages Inside this issue: The Ombudsperson’s Report on Seniors Care: A Brief Analysis of the Government’s…
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Investor alert: TSX over-valued due to a “carbon bubble”
Canada’s economic development model is on a collision course with the urgent need for global climate action. Worldwide, extreme weather events from drought to floods…
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Continued reductions in access to seniors care lead to hospital overcrowding, longer wait times: study
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT (Vancouver) BC seniors face continued reductions in access to key home and community care services, with serious consequences…
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Killer Pensions
Pension funds force Canadians to invest in war industries In the microcosm of our daily lives, many Canadians make politically-conscious choices about what to buy.…
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Monica Townson: Canada’s Public Pension System
How it works and the implications of the government’s proposed changes On April 27, 2012 in Halifax, the Community Coalition to End Poverty – Nova Scotia…
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Employers Abuse Their Power Over Pensions
Pension pie shrinks while bosses, unions fight over it The grand debate between defined benefit (DB) and defined contribution (DC) models has dominated the pension…
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Working After Age 65
What is at Stake? Download 512 KB12 pages It is argued by some that eligibility for Old Age Security (OAS) and the Guaranteed Income Supplement…
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Undermining Canada’s Retirement Income System
It’s simply untrue Old Age Security is no longer sustainable Old Age Security is the basic building block of Canada’s retirement income system. It is…
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BC government response to Ombudsperson’s report seriously inadequate: seniors care expert
(Vancouver) BC Ombudsperson Kim Carter’s report on the crisis in seniors care, released Wednesday, provides “an extraordinarily thorough, precise and do-able roadmap for rebuilding BC’s…
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Old Age Security: Can We Afford It?
Download 169.46 KB4 pages Old Age Security (OAS) is the basic building block of Canada’s retirement income system. Canadians build on that foundation, saving for…
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