Recent Research
A Reality Check for BC: The Impact of Behavioural Responses on the 2013 Budget’s Proposed Income Tax Increases
April 10, 2013 – Alexandre Laurin
Prudence and Opportunity: A Shadow Federal Budget for 2013
March 18, 2013 – Alexandre Laurin & William B.P. Robson
Canada’s 2012 Fiscal Accountability Rankings
February 21, 2013 – Colin Busby and William B.P. Robson
Hiding in Plain Sight: the Harmful Impact of Provincial Business Property Taxes
December 5, 2012 – Adam Found and Peter Tomlinson
Stuck in Place: The Effect of Land Transfer Taxes on Housing Transactions
October 11, 2012 – Benjamin Dachis
Tuer la poule aux oeufs d’or : Les impacts des hausses d’impôt proposées au Québec
Le 2 octobre – Alexandre Laurin
More RRBs Please! Why Ottawa Should Issue More Inflation-Indexed Bonds
September 26, 2012 – Philippe Bergevin and William B.P. Robson
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Fiscal & Tax Policy Events
William Robson, Colin Busby, Scott Clark, and Catherine Swift
Thursday February 21, 2013 – Toronto Roundtable Event – Unveiling Canadian Governments’ Pinocchio Index: Budget Votes and Financial Results
Michael Horgan, Deputy Minister, Finance Canada
Friday December 7, 2012 Toronto Roundtable Event – Update from Ottawa: An Insider’s Perspective on the Federal Budget
Donald Drummond, Co-Chair, Fiscal Tax Competitiveness Council, C.D. Howe Institute
Friday May 18, 2012 Toronto Roundtable Event – The Drummond Commission on Ontario’s Public Services: Going Beyond the Numbers


Improving the Tax Treatment of Intellectual Property Income in Canada
April 25 – Nick Pantaleo, Finn Poschmann and Scott Wilkie