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Op-Ed
In the Tuesday, April 22, 2008, edition of the Edmonton Journal, reporter Eric Beauchesne discusses a report released recently by the C.D. Howe Institute. Written by fellow-in-residence David Laidler, the report states that Canada's balance of risks is tipped toward an inflation undershoot, in the absence of further monetary easing by the Bank of Canada . President and CEO of the C.D. Howe…
Op-Ed
The Thursday, May 22, 2008 edition of the Toronto Star features an opinion piece co-authored by William Robson, President and CEO and Ben Dachis, Policy Analyst at the C.D. Howe Institute, which discusses the city of Toronto’s recently gained revenue raising powers. Robson and Dachis state that the city's proposed tax grant plan for selected industries involves using the Planning Act to…
Op-Ed
In the Thursday, March 27, 2008 edition of the Belleville Intelligencer, an article discusses Finance Minister Jim Flaherty’s assertions regarding the need for Ontario to lower business taxes. The C.D. Howe Institute supports Flaherty’s claims, in particular the contention that Ontario has the highest effective tax on new investment in Canada. Director of Research at the C.D. Howe Institute…
Op-Ed
In the Tuesday, March 4, 2008 edition of the Montreal Gazette, an article by reporter John Morrissy discusses a recently released C.D. Howe Institute report, which states that federal tax-relief measures have had the unintended result of sharply hiking effective tax rates on additional income generated by low-income families with children. Director of Research at the C.D. Howe Institute,…
Op-Ed
In the Friday, July 18, 2008 edition of the Montreal Gazette, reporter Eric Beauchesne discusses a recent C.D. Howe Institute study entitled Richer Than We Think: Why Canadians’ Purchasing Power Is Up While Economic Growth is Down, written by Colin Busby, a Policy Analyst at the C.D. Howe Institute. Busby shows that despite a slowdown in economic growth as measured by the GDP, Canadians’…
Op-Ed
The Thursday, May 8, 2008 edition of the National Post features an opinion piece by William Robson, President and CEO, and Robin Banerjee, Policy Analyst at the C.D. Howe Institute, which calls for reform of a provision of the federal Income Tax Act that prevents sponsors from contributing to pension plans when their assets exceed their recorded liabilities by 10%. In a recent C.D. Howe…
