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Here’s a stimulus plan: fix the PST

Friday, February 20th, 2009

NationalPost.com – FP Comment – Jack Mintz: Here’s a stimulus plan: fix the PST
Posted: February 20, 2009.   Jack Mintz, taxation

Ontario’s PST applies not only at the retail stage but at early stages of production, resulting in excessively high tax rates on some final sales.  by Jack Mintz

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Ontario in the Creative Age Report

Thursday, February 5th, 2009

Martin Prosperity Institute – media release – Ontario in the Creative Age
February 5, 2009

The report is presented in response to the request made in March 2008 by Premier Dalton McGuinty to Roger Martin and Richard Florida. Together with our research team, these two undertook a study of the changing composition of Ontario’s economy and workforce and have provided recommendations to the Province on how to ensure our economy and people remain globally competitive and prosperous. This visionary report marks the beginning of a dialog with Ontario.

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CAUT Analysis of Federal Budget 2009

Monday, February 2nd, 2009

CAUT.ca – Issues & Campaigns – Analysis of Federal Budget 2009
February 2, 2009

[Download the complete document in .pdf format: http://www.caut.ca/uploads/Analysis_FedBudget_2009.pdf ]

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Budget 2009: Canada’s Economic Action Plan

Wednesday, January 28th, 2009

Connect2Canada.com – Canada Watch – Budget 2009: Canada’s Economic Action Plan
Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Finance Canada
The Honourable Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance, today tabled a comprehensive budget plan to stimulate economic growth, restore confidence and support Canadians and their families during a synchronized global recession.

Read the full story: < http://news.gc.ca/web/article-eng.do;jsessionid=ac1b105430d7920edfee9b2d4d4293c9b5f614e0d517.e34Rc3iMbx8Oai0Tbx0SaxeMc390n6jAmljGr0?m=%2Findex&nid=431889 >

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Building a National Health System [Role for the private sector]

Saturday, January 24th, 2009

Connect2Canada.com – Canada Watch – Building a National Health System
January 23, 2009

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Social Housing in Ontario

Saturday, January 24th, 2009

Connect2Canada.com – Canada Watch – Social Housing in Ontario
January 23, 2009.

With a trend toward smaller household size, low-income, one-person households confront severe affordability issues in the private market and deal with long wait times for limited numbers of available social housing units.  Suzanne Swanton of the Canadian Policy Research Networks looks at the housing experiences of this group in two Ontario cities, Kingston and Guelph.

http://www.cprn.org/documents/49102_EN.pdf

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Boomer Bulge

Saturday, January 17th, 2009

Connect2Canada.com – Canada Watch – Boomer Bulge
January 16, 2009.

In this C.D. Howe Institute publication, William Robson examines the potential effects of the baby boomer generation on Canadian provincial government budgets. Demographic change, he predicts, may push the aggregate cost of programs for health, education, seniors and families from 15 % to 19.4% of the GDP in the next 50 years. Among other recommendations, he calls for fiscal discipline, more tax room for provinces, and growth-friendly practices. http://www.cdhowe.org/pdf/ebrief_71.pdf

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Community Roles in Policy

Friday, January 16th, 2009

Connect2Canada – Canada Watch – Community Roles in Policy
January 16, 2009.

Community organizations are increasingly recognizing that the problems faced by individuals and households living with low income result not from their own weaknesses but rather from problems and barriers in the broader economic and social system, notes Sherry Torjman of The Caledon Institute of Social Policy.  In this paper, she discusses a range of activities in which communities can engage with respect to reducing poverty.

http://www.caledoninst.org/Publications/PDF/738ENG%2Epdf

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Canada is facing a crisis in the private pension sector

Thursday, December 11th, 2008

TheStar.com – Opinion – Canada is facing a crisis in the private pension sector: Economic upheaval is putting pension payouts at risk, which will affect retirement incomes
December 11, 2008. Murray Gold

Pension plans are a pillar of our financial economy, and they are in trouble. That means our retirement incomes are in jeopardy.

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Once Again Canada Misses the Mark [Child Poverty]

Wednesday, December 10th, 2008

CASW-ACTS / CCRC-CCDE – News Release – Once Again Canada Misses the Mark
For Immediate Release December 10, 2008

The gap is growing between Canada’s international commitments to uphold human rights and our country’s failure to live up to those promises.

Within Canada, the impact of this gap is glaringly obvious. Almost one child out of every nine still lives in poverty, 704,414 individuals turn to food banks in an average month, and life expectancy among First Nations populations is still five to seven years below the national average.

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