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Why my dad and I will vote for health
As a family physician, the most important way I can help (and not harm) my patients, is to vote for healthcare in this election.
Denying inequality is a problem for Canada won’t make it go away
Jock Finlayson’s article “Income inequality not a problem in Canada” misses the point. Just because inequality in Canada is somewhat lower than in the U.S.…
BC has plenty of room to increase taxes
by Seth Klein, Iglika Ivanova and Shannon Daub (previously run by the Tyee here) Our last post argued that British Columbians are open to tax…
The Shifting Terrain of Taxes in BC: Budget signals new openness to tax increases
[The following piece was also published on The Tyee here.] These are certainly interesting times. For all the faults in last week’s BC Budget (and…
Fairness by design: a framework for tax reform in Canada
A new CCPA (National) report by Marc Lee and myself argues that Canada’s tax system needs a “fairness” overhaul and presents a framework for progressive…
More twists and turns in the dubious economics of LNGs
This morning the newspapers bring news that the natural gas industry is seeking tax breaks for developing liquified natural gas (LNG) plants. Apparently the Canadian…
Progressive tax options for BC or how to raise needed revenues and make our tax system more fair
In a new report we released this week, Seth Klein and I show there’s a clear need of tax reform in BC, both to raise…
BC’s Top 1%: Doing fabulous, thank you
Occupy Wall Street has shone new light on the growing gap between the richest 1% and the rest of us (the 99 percenters). But that’s…
Hochstein and the demand to cut union wages
Last week Philip Hochstein had an op-ed in the Vancouver Province accusing municipalities of profligate spending and accusing municipal workers of being vastly overpaid. Hochstein…
Christy’s HST “fix”: politics trumps good policy
This is no way to make tax policy. Wednesday’s proposed reforms to the HST provide yet more evidence that what we really need is a…
Corporate tax cuts haven’t delivered
Yesterday I debated an economist from the Fraser Institute on CBC radio about the Federal Budget. One of the points of contention (and indeed, one…