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Census long-form debacle
Saturday, July 17th, 2010
July 16, 2010
The federal government refuses to yield on its decision to end mandatory census long-form data collection, despite an unprecedented Canada-wide backlash that includes doctors, religious groups, academics, city planners and economists. [See} – A media roundup of the latest top news stories and editorials on the issue. [July 12]; Christian and Jewish groups join the debate in this New twist on census story [July 15]; Armine [Yalnizyan] comments as The Fraser Institute Weighs In on the Census [July 16]
Tags: participation, rights
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Fraser Intitute’s ‘Consumer Tax Index’ grossly misrepresents reality
Saturday, April 24th, 2010
April 22, 2010
In a reponse entitled Fraser Institute Tax Index: Half a Century of Fuzzy Math, CCPA research associate Erin Weir shows how average taxes in the report were overstated, and how new public services that account for tax increases were ignored… the Fraser Institute did not even adjust their numbers for inflation, nor consider that incomes grew over the last half a century, accounting for a rise in tax revenue.
Tags: budget, economy, ideology, standard of living
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Economists warn of financial crisis threat [pensions, market volatility]
Sunday, April 18th, 2010
April 15, 2010
A new CCPA report by pension expert Monica Townson argues that expanding the Canada Pension Plan is the most effective way to address Canada’s pension difficulties. Options for Pension Reform: Expanding the Canada Pension Plan also provides an anlysis of options on how to plan that expansion.
Tags: economy, pensions
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Aboriginal income gap calculated for first time
Friday, April 9th, 2010
Thu, April 8, 2010
In ‘The Income Gap Between Aboriginal Peoples and the Rest of Canada’—the first ever report of its kind—Daniel Wilson and David Macdonald find that for every dollar non-Aboriginals earned in 2006, Aboriginal peoples earned only 70 cents.
Tags: Indigenous
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Canadians no longer see red over prospect of higher taxes
Wednesday, April 7th, 2010
Apr 07 2010
Tax cuts are hamstringing our ability to pay for the things Canadians want and need while privileging those who are already doing very well… the richest 1 per cent of Canadians now pay less as a proportion of their income than the poorest 10 per cent. The vast majority of Canadians have been the net losers… It’s time to bring fairness back into Canada’s tax system.
Tags: featured, standard of living, tax
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Owning the podium, selling the stadium
Friday, March 12th, 2010
Mar 12 2010
The Harper government portrays itself as standing up for Canada, but it is preparing a major sell-off of Canadian interests that will compromise our cultural sovereignty, national identity and national security. In last week’s federal budget, the Harper government signalled its intent to throw open the doors of foreign ownership in three strategic, previously protected, sectors: telecommunications, satellites and uranium. The issue here isn’t foreign investment, which is allowed. At issue is a move to allow giant multinational conglomerates to come in and take over Canadian companies in these key sectors.
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