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Un institut de recherche réclame du fédéral qu’il réduise les inégalités de revenus plutôt que de les aggraver CLIQUEZ ICI POUR CONSULTER LE RAPPORT OTTAWA—…

Inequality by Design Download 613.43 KB26 pages This study examines the cost and the distributional impact of three income splitting scenarios: pension income splitting; income…

CCPA Senior Economist David Macdonald gives a presentation to the government’s Standing Committee on Finance during their 2013 pre-budget consultations. 2013 FINA Pre-budget Consultation: David…

Before there was a Parliamentary Budget Office, there was no way to independently assess the federal government’s economic and fiscal forecasts. In the late-1990s, we…

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Time flies and our Alternative Federal Budget is now in its 19th year. Year after year it has shown that we can have a Canada where we…

Doing Better Together Download 1.87 MB171 pages The Alternative Federal Budget 2013: Doing Better Together shows how growth-killing austerity can be replaced by a plan that strengthens…

L’alternative budgetaire s’attaque aux préoccupations réelles des Canadiens CLIQUEZ ICI POUR CONSULTER LE RAPPORT OTTAWA – Le Centre canadien de politiques alternatives (CCPA) prévient que d’autres…

Mieux faire ensemble Download 2.05 MB202 pages Ce communiqué est composé de trois documents: RAPPORT COMPLET Cliquez ci-dessus pour télécharger l’ABGF 2013 complet. BUDGET…

Alternative Federal Budget 2013 Budgets are about choices that reflect a government’s values and priorities. The Alternative Federal Budget shows us what the federal government could do if…

Alternative Budget plan tackles Canadians’ real concerns CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) warns more austerity measures…

A Framework for Tax Reform in Canada Download 939.13 KB 44 pages This study finds that ad-hoc tax changes over the last two decades have…
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