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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…
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…
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…
Op-Ed
Published in Canadian Business on January 7, 2013
By William Robson
A short while ago in this space, I criticized the Fed’s efforts to depress long-term interest rates, and urged the Bank of Canada and the federal government to avoid doing the same in Canada. No matter how persuasive I was, savers face a few rough years, and even the boomers still some years from retiring may see mediocre returns…
Event
November 29, 2013 - Annual Carl Beigie Luncheon - Toronto - Retirement Income Security
Charles has a strong record of leadership and results for Mississauga South.
Elected to the provincial legislature in 2007, Charles has been instrumental in securing new hospital expansions, full-day kindergarten in local schools and seeing work completed on south Mississauga’s Lakeshore West GO line to…
