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Friday, March 5th, 2010
March 04, 2010
When all spending is an investment in jobs, the jukebox must be continually fed lest the theoretical jobs stop materializing… the budget produced a “Job Impact” analysis that claims that by the end of 2010, Ottawa’s Economic Action Plan has “created or maintained” 220,000 jobs… But has the productivity of the auto sector improved? Possibly, but not likely.
The contribution of government handouts and spending to productivity — net increases in growth and prosperity — is at best suspect and likely non-existent. Some of this is obvious. The transfer of $1-billion to help companies bury carbon emissions creates jobs, no doubt about that, but the productivity gain can only be negative. Nothing is added to the economy.
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Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
Mar 02 2010
The Harper government should use the opportunity presented by this week’s federal budget to shift the emphasis in economic stimulus toward investments that will pay off for Canada’s economy in the long term: strengthening our post-secondary education system; addressing the health system challenges of an aging population; continuing to rebuild our physical infrastructure; and funding a Canadian response to climate change.
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Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
Mar 02 2010
Canadian business needs lower tax rates on business investment as well as specific tax measures that leave more money in the hands of companies to encourage investment in new, more productive and environmentally friendlier production technologies, new process and product innovations, new workplace skills, and the development of new markets in Canada and around the world.
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Friday, February 26th, 2010
Feb. 26, 2010
As boomers age, governments will likely contend with rising costs at the same time as a shrinking tax base. Some solutions, such as reducing old age benefits or overhauling health care, are political hot potatoes. But a closer look reveals that the revenue crunch may not be as bad as feared.
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Saturday, February 20th, 2010
Feb 20 2010.
Deficits were far more serious in the ’80s and ’90s – and even those weren’t particularly dangerous.
Today, debate over the deficit has shifted from its size to its composition. Parliamentary budget officer Kevin Page estimates that a good chunk of the shortfall is structural – that is, that it will remain even after the economy improves. The federal finance department disagrees.
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Friday, February 19th, 2010
February 19, 2010.
Through sleight of hand, and with Ottawa’s acquiescence, Washington managed to pocket the provincial governments’ offers on the table, while leaving its Buy American preferences almost fully intact… The agreement warranted parliamentary scrutiny. The federal Conservatives campaigned on a pledge to submit all international treaties to Parliament for approval. The federal opposition parties have raised legitimate concerns. But with Parliament prorogued, there was no proper debate.
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Tuesday, February 9th, 2010
Published on Monday, Feb. 08, 2010. Last updated on Tuesday, Feb. 09, 2010.
…for individual companies genuinely harmed, this deal won’t make any difference. Yet, our politicians want to permanently tie our hands governing a major additional chunk of our economy – just so they can prove (like in 1988) they did something.
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Monday, February 8th, 2010
Published On Mon Feb 08 2010.
The number of part-time workers actively looking for full-time work has skyrocketed by 184 per cent since 1997. A rise in involuntary part-time work is one clear sign that Canada’s labour market is growing increasingly precarious, a phenomenon that isn’t captured in the month-to-month figures. The explosive growth in temporary agency and contract work is also cause for concern. In the midst of a devastating recession, temporary work actually grew by 13,200 in Canada while permanent jobs fell off a cliff.
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Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
TheStar.com – Opinion
February 03, 2010. By Carol Goar
It’s true the current EI system serves parts of the market – the manufacturing sector, the mining, forestry and fishery sectors and the public sector – relatively well. The trouble is, those sectors are either declining or shedding their permanent employees in favour of cheaper, more dispensable contract workers.
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Monday, February 1st, 2010
TheStar.com – Opinion February 01, 2010. Sid Ryan A worker is maimed after a company director forced him to remove required machine safety guarding that was causing machinery to overheat. A construction company owner ignores the warnings of an engineering report and sends his workers onto the job anyway. Part of the building collapses and […]
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