The Art of the Impossible: Dave Barrett and progressive change in British Columbia
Geoff Meggs and Rod Mickleburgh. The Art of the Impossible: Dave Barrett and the NDP in Power, 1972-1975. Harbour Publishing. 2012. This impressive and readable book by two well-known and...
New StatsCan wealth data points to persistent economic inequality
Statistics Canada released today the Survey of Financial Security (SFS), providing Canadians with the first comprehensive snapshot of wealth and wealth distribution in the country since 2005. While Canadian’s net...
Questionable motives drive changes to Citizenship Act
The long list of changes in the Conservative’s newly introduced “Strengthening Canadian Citizenship Act” seem like a solution in search of a problem.
Income splitting: so divisive it's splitting the Tories
Discouraging women from working outside the home is surely not an appropriate goal for tax policy. But that may just be the motivation behind the Harper government's plan to introduce "income...
Contractors deserve prompt payment
How long would you be willing to wait to be paid for your work? A normal paycheque may be held back for a couple of weeks or a month, but...
The unbalanced Harper budget
Presumably, Jim Flaherty considered the same economic picture of the country as the rest of us when planning the 2014 budget. That picture is not rosy. Almost one and half...
Budget let-down: Canada's youth need much more
Recessions are always harder on young workers, but we are nearly five years out from the end of the last recession and there is still no recovery in sight for...
Harper's unbalanced economic plan fails to help struggling Canadians
Budget sets the stage for income splitting, a costly and unfair tax giveaway OTTAWA—Despite its commitment to eliminating the national deficit, Stephen Harper's 2014 budget denies Canadians the help they...
Broadbent Institute reacts to January Labour Force Report
Statistics Canada released Friday Canada's January Labour Force numbers, showing Canada's job market remains mired in a weak recovery. On the surface, the labour force numbers look alright. The national unemployment rate...
Canada needs sound fiscal thinking, not balanced budget laws
In last year’s Speech from the Throne, the Harper government promised to introduce legislation to require “balanced budgets during normal economic times, and concrete time lines for return to balance...
