Is Canada putting all of its eggs in the oilsands basket?
Derek Leahy / DeSmog Canada
The recent shelving of the Joslyn mine oilsands project in Alberta is a reminder of the fragile economics of the oilsands. No economic formula could be found to make the $11 billion project work and it has been put on hold indefinitely.
Read moreThe kids aren't all right
On the heels of an Ontario election campaign that was dominated by fuzzy math in jobs numbers, a think-tank made headlines this week with some eye-popping numbers of its own.
Read moreThe Broadbent Institute’s youth job guarantee is a good idea that will never happen
Murad Hemmadi / Canadian Business
Jobs for every boy and girl—that’s what the Broadbent Institute is proposing, in a paper calling for a Youth Job Guarantee.
Youth jobs proposal would guarantee placement for graduates
The Broadbent Institute is proposing a “new deal for young people” that involves business relinquishing a fraction of the “dead money” it is hoarding to offer jobs for young graduates.
Read moreBroadbent Institute challenges businesses and Ottawa to move towards Youth Job Guarantee
Plan tackles steep unemployment and underemployment among youth under 25
OTTAWA—The Broadbent Institute is calling on Canadian businesses and the federal government to create 186,000 full-time co-op, paid internship and summer jobs to help young people make a successful transition from education to work in a new report released today.
Read moreMad Math: Income-splitting meets Don Draper
Jennifer Robson / iPolitics.ca
In The National Post, Tasha Kheriddin critiques a recent study on income splitting by Tristat Resources for The Broadbent Institute. Kheriddin argues that income-splitting is just a matter of establishing fairness between families with kids and those without.
Read moreIncome splitting can make our tax system fair for taxpayers with young children
Tasha Kheiriddin / National Post
The issue of income-splitting — a tax policy whereby income is reattributed within a household from a higher-earning spouse to a lower-earning spouse — has been front of mind among tax experts, federal Conservative ministers and, most recently, the left-leaning Broadbent Institute. The practice advantages households in which income is predominantly earned by one spouse, since it allows a taxpayer in a high tax bracket to attribute income to a partner who pays at a lower marginal rate (or who earns nothing at all).
Read moreFace the facts
Editorial / The St. John's Telegram
If you don’t have the facts, it makes it that much easier to simply apply your own ideology. But it doesn’t mean good results are on the way for everyone involved.
Read moreBroadbent Institute study finds income splitting would result in many losers, few winners, big regional variations
Detailed analysis of Conservative proposal reveals deeply unequal scheme
OTTAWA—Two out of three families targeted by the Conservative income splitting plan would receive less than $500 while fewer than 4% of such families – some of the wealthiest in Canada – would be eligible for a benefit in excess of $5,000, a new study by the Broadbent Institute has found.
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