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Giving parents money directly the best approach to financing childcare
Friday, September 20th, 2019
The financial hurdle for a parent considering the merits of working versus staying at home to care for young children can be extremely high… decentralizing the provision of child care by giving money directly to parents provides the advantages of competitive consumer markets: greater choices, innovation in staffing, various facility types, and more flexible hours and modes of care.
Tags: child care, economy, ideology, participation, standard of living, tax, women
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How do you tell a Conservative from a Liberal? Ask an economist
Friday, September 20th, 2019
Where once the party stood for bold, broad tax reform, it now confines itself to a clutch of micro-targeted “boutique” tax credits, such as for children’s fitness or transit passes: spending programs by another name, of precisely the sort of busy-bodying, social-engineering bent that Conservatives used to disdain, and not very effective even at that.
Tags: economy, ideology
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The debt, the deficit – and other things this election isn’t about
Thursday, September 19th, 2019
Canada has the lowest debt burden in the Group of Seven. The weight of federal debt is not heavy and increasing; it’s light and shrinking…. Relative to a $2.3-trillion economy, deficits of roughly $20-billion or less are small enough that the federal debt-to-GDP ratio will continue to steadily fall… Ottawa’s tax take today is smaller than at any other time in recent history…
Tags: budget, economy, featured, ideology, standard of living, tax
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Economic analysis of child benefit bolsters case for national basic income
Thursday, September 19th, 2019
The Canada Child Benefit has not only lifted kids out of poverty, but it has boosted the country’s economy by $139 billion since 2016, according to a new economic analysis of the initiative… Every dollar Ottawa spends in child benefits generates almost $2 in economic activity, says the report by the Canadian Centre for Economic Analysis
Tags: child care, economy, featured, Health, ideology, poverty, standard of living
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Federal Election 2019
Thursday, September 19th, 2019
It is the role of the federal government to set the national direction for health care, providing both funding and national standards to ensure quality care for all… The federal government should ensure that people across Canada can access the same quality of public health care. It’s also time to adopt a public, universal pharmacare program and a national seniors’ care strategy.
Tags: economy, Health, ideology, jurisdiction, mental Health, participation, standard of living
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Canada doesn’t lack in terms of university-industry collaboration
Wednesday, September 18th, 2019
The share of industry-funded R&D in Canadian universities hovered around eight percent over the past couple of decades. That may not sound like a lot, but it has been consistently higher than the equivalent figure for American universities, which has fluctuated at around five percent in the same period.
Tags: economy, globalization, standard of living
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Tax Loopholes and Credits Cost Billions. Voters Need to Understand Them
Monday, September 16th, 2019
Budget documents list hundreds of “tax expenditures” or loopholes, potential revenue that the government has chosen to forego for one reason or another. In general, these are legal ways individuals and corporations can reduce the amount of tax they pay. Many are widely used and well-supported, but a significant number give an unfair advantage to people who already have more money.
Tags: economy, featured, ideology, tax
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Make no mistake: elections do make a difference
Saturday, September 14th, 2019
… four big areas: Technology and the nature of work… Achieving some kind of stability amid the storm requires innovative approaches to education, training and social programs / Sharing the benefits of prosperity… individuals, indeed entire sectors of the new economy, aren’t paying their share / … alliances… As a trading nation, that’s of vital concern to Canada. Jobs are at stake. / Climate change and energy…
Tags: economy, featured, ideology, participation, standard of living
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To succeed in Ontario, leaders must understand we are Red Tories at heart
Friday, September 13th, 2019
In general, Ontarians are wary of abrupt change. They tend to value competent management over ideology. They usually see balance as a virtue. This is the Tory side of Red Tory-ism. But voters in Canada’s largest province are also willing to use the state to achieve social goals… In 1969, pressure from voters ultimately forced a recalcitrant Ontario government to sign onto Canada’s national, public medicare program. That is the Red side.
Tags: economy, ideology, standard of living, tax
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Austerity and the Economy: Spending Cuts Versus Tax Increases
Friday, September 13th, 2019
Talking about “austerity” without distinction of how austerity is implemented does not make any sense. The composition of austerity plans is crucial to understand their effects on growth and fiscal sustainability.
Tags: economy, ideology, standard of living, tax
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