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Knowledge Isn’t Power
… there’s no evidence that a skills gap is holding back employment… the notion that highly skilled workers are generally in demand is just false… the inflation-adjusted earnings of highly educated Americans have gone nowhere since the late 1990s. So what is really going on? all the big gains are going to a tiny group of individuals holding strategic positions in corporate suites or astride the crossroads of finance. Rising inequality isn’t about who has the knowledge; it’s about who has the power.
Tags: economy, featured, ideology, participation, privatization, standard of living, tax
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Modern free trade era produced slower growth and greater income inequality: study
The defining features of the Canadian economy during the NAFTA era have been slower GDP growth, a surge in corporate concentration, and heightened income inequality… The timing of the study is important given the current government’s intensive policy of negotiating ever-more intrusive NAFTA-like trade and investment agreements with countries like Japan, the European Union, China and others.
Tags: economy, globalization, ideology, standard of living, tax
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The unbalanced thinking behind a balanced budget law
While the Conservative goal is ostensibly to balance the books, this is, at best, a secondary goal. Their real priority has to been to cut spending so as to cut taxes, not reduce debt… When the government took office, federal taxes consumed 16.0 per cent of GDP, which has fallen to a forecast 14.5 per cent of GDP this fiscal year. That seemingly small difference translates into $29.8-billion of forgone revenues, enough to have financed any social activist’s dream agenda.
Tags: budget, economy, ideology, standard of living, tax
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Pharmacare should be a federal election issue
… the vast majority of those in precarious or low-wage jobs do not have employer-provided health plans that cover such basics as prescription drugs, eye checkups or dental care… Pharmacare would… mean savings for employers who now provide health care coverage to their employees… While it all adds up to a lot of savings for the Canadian economy, most importantly it should be a fundamental, universal right.
Tags: budget, disabilities, economy, Health, ideology, pharmaceutical, standard of living, tax
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Ottawa just makes income inequality worse
On the international stage, Canada solemnly agrees that a small minority has acquired too much of the world’s wealth. Back home, Ottawa does nothing to stem – or even slow – the trend. The gap between rich and poor has increased sharply on Stephen Harper’s watch. The Prime Minister’s policies – spending cuts, tax credits for select groups and downloading of federal responsibilities – have made Canada less equitable and less inclusive.
Tags: budget, economy, featured, globalization, ideology, tax
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Charity law blocks progress on issues facing Canadians
There is strong suggestive evidence that more than 50 audited charities have been targeted in order to silence criticism and to create a chill among others that might speak out… while the Harper government blocks charities from using tax credits to influence public opinion, it allows corporations to write off as a business expense 100 per cent of the money they spend to derail or support legislation that affects their interests.
Tags: featured, ideology, participation, rights, tax
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How Harper created a more conservative Canada
Nine years after Stephen Harper was sworn in as prime minister, we are a more conservative land… Absolutely not, you say? Then would you support increasing the GST by two percentage points? Do you want to relax parole eligibility for sex offenders? Would you get behind some big new national program, even if it infuriated Quebec and Alberta? … If a ship filled with refugee claimants appears, should we just let them in? And how do you think your neighbours would answer these questions?
Tags: budget, child care, corrections, crime prevention, economy, globalization, Health, housing, ideology, immigration, Indigenous, jurisdiction, participation, pensions, poverty, rights, tax
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Harris-Era Hangovers
CCPA Research… gives an overview of the chronic underfunding that school boards across Ontario, but Toronto in particular, have been struggling to deal with for almost two decades. Until the province deals with the flawed nature of the funding formula itself, Mackenzie predicts more headaches for Ontario school boards.
Tags: budget, ideology, tax
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Time to Grow Up: Family Policies for the Way We Live Now
This study… makes the case for access to affordable childcare, improved leave for fathers, and tax policies that level the playing field in order to improve the quality of family life in Canada. The study also provides an analysis of the cost and distributional impact of income splitting for families with children under 18.
Tags: budget, child care, ideology, standard of living, tax
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Canada needs a national seniors’ strategy
Treatment of chronic diseases consumes 67 per cent of all direct health-care costs… It costs $1,000 to keep a person in a hospital bed for a day. Long-term care costs $130 a day. Home care (excluding the economic costs of caregivers looking after relatives) costs $55. That translates to approximately $2.3 billion a year that could be better spent in the health-care system with some strategic thinking and investing.
Tags: budget, Health, mental Health, standard of living, tax
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