News & Views
2020-04-03
Emergency measures to deal with the economic fallout from Covid-19 will push this year’s deficit toward $200 billion, almost four times the previous record and by far the largest in Canada’s history.
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2020-03-31
"This has the potential to become one of the biggest and most expensive boondoggles in Canadian history. We should be concerned not just about the large cost, but also because wasteful programs undermine confidence in government, and in government programs." ...
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2020-03-19
Governments now have the extraordinary opportunity to bolster fiscal policies to help Canadians get past the COVID-19 crisis and strengthen our country’s resiliency to future threats.
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2020-03-18
The federal government's additional economic and income bridging measures will go a long way to quickly help workers and employers deal with the economic fall-out from the COVID-19 crisis.
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2020-03-17
The federal government should make significant investments now to help Canadians weather an unprecedented health and economic crisis, according to this year’s Alternative Federal Budget.
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2020-03-10
As Canada struggles with low oil prices and the looming threat of a global recession, the federal government has an opportunity to fund climate action with tax justice.
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2020-03-07
Despite introducing measures to advance gender equality, the federal government’s actions have only gone so far. Canada still has one of the largest gender wage gaps of all OECD countries.
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2020-02-19
A new tax on top incomes was among the highlights of B.C.’s 2020-21 budget, unveiled this week.
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2020-02-11
11 February, 2020 - “Tax my wealth.” That’s the message coming from an organization of young Canadians who want to use their class privilege to improve equality across the globe.