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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 Globe & Mail on March 20, 2013
By Finn Poschmann
Every once in a while, budget day brings something truly big that people fail to appreciate until much later.
Something big happened with Canadians’ savings in the 2009 budget, when tax-free savings accounts appeared. The change has repercussions that will reverberate, mostly to the good, for generations to come and will…
Op-Ed
Published in the Edmonton Journal on March 20, 2013
By Steve Morgan
The Alberta government has announced major pharmacare reforms: the province is planning to move from a system where public drug coverage is available mainly for seniors to a system where coverage will be restricted for all citizens based on income.
Experience from other provinces suggests income-based pharmacare will not pan out…
Media Release
November 13, 2013 – Postsecondary tax credits cost the federal and provincial governments billions of dollars each year, but are not distributed equitably and may have no proven effect in boosting enrolment, according to a report released today by the C.D. Howe Institute. In “What You Don’t Know Can’t Help You: Lessons of Behavioural Economics for Tax-Based Student Aid,” author Christine Neill…
Media Release
July 17, 2013 – Working families with children in Canada face high tax hurdles that could dissuade them from earning extra income, according to a report released today by the C.D. Howe Institute. In “Treading Water: The Impact of High METRs on Working Families in Canada,” authors Alexandre Laurin and Finn Poschmann find low-to- mid-income Canadians face taxes on incremental income generally…
Event
November 22, 2013 - Montreal Roundtable Event - Quebec Economic Development
Nicolas Marceau is in his second term as member of the National Assembly for the riding of Rousseau in the Lanaudière region. He has been Minister of Finance and the Economy since September 2012. He also chairs the Comité ministériel de la prospérité et du développement régional (committee on prosperity and…
