6 results found for "basic income"
Op-Ed
Posted in the Globe & Mail on June 6, 2013
By Peter Howitt
Canada’s federal government, pursuing a growth and innovation agenda aimed at a lingering productivity problem, seems to think the solution lies in turning researchers into entrepreneurs – recent changes to the National Research Council’s mandate are the latest example. But the greatest commercial successes come from top…
Op-Ed
Published in the Toronto Sun on April 30, 2013
By Colin Busby
When Ontario’s 2013 budget appears Thursday, the headline story will be about the government’s progress on ending deficits and returning to balanced budgets. Looking beyond the budget’s big ticket items and undoubtedly opaque language, and doing some early number crunching, will reveal a story about the government’s ability to…
Op-Ed
Published in the National Post on March 6, 2013
By Colin Busby & Alexandre Laurin
In the 1980s, during a time of large provincial deficits, Alberta premier Don Getty famously quipped that the difficulty of restraining spending after years of unrelenting growth was akin to “turning the Queen Mary.” The phrase undoubtedly resonates with Alberta’s fiscal planners today.
This week’s…
Op-Ed
Published in the Financial Post on November 19, 2013
By Benjamin Dachis and Lawson Hunter
The federal government’s Speech from the Throne proposed a requirement that cable and satellite television companies unbundle their channel offerings. This will undermine the current Canadian content rules: Imposing pick-and-pay, in combination with the rise of new technology, means that Ottawa needs to…
Op-Ed
Published in the Globe and Mail on November 23, 2013
By Finn Poschmann
The coming byelection in Toronto Centre, contested by two champions of greater equality, Chrystia Freeland and Linda McQuaig, has proven a jumping off point for a new round of handwringing over the rich and poor, and the distance between them.
Toronto Centre, you see, contains Rosedale and Regent Park, meaning the…
Op-Ed
Published in Embassy on April 24, 2013
By Daniel Schwanen
Twenty-five years ago Canada was in the throes of an intense national debate over its bilateral Free Trade Agreement with the United States. At the time, the agreement had not yet been ratified. The ensuing general election marked the last time electoral participation exceeded 75 per cent of registered voters, and it resulted in a victory…