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Op-Ed
In recent years, municipal employees’ wage growth has constantly outpaced other unionized sectors. Since wages, salaries and benefits make up more than half of the operating expenditure for most municipalities in Canada, ever-growing municipal wages are putting pressure on local public finances. The evidence of fast-growing municipal employees’ wages can be found in the comprehensive…
Intelligence Memos
From: Benjamin Dachis To: The Incoming Ontario Minister of Finance cc: The Hon. Bill Morneau, federal Minister of Finance and all provincial ministers of finance Date: June 11, 2018 Re: A Lower Ontario Corporate Tax as the Catalyst for Broad Tax Reform The Ontario voters have resoundingly chosen a new government. There will be much to unpack in the coming months, but the Progressive Conservative…
Op-Ed
Which is the most innovative city in Canada? You might be surprised to know that Calgary has now taken the lead on that front, as measured by one of the most common ways of gauging innovation — patents. Calgary has now surpassed the likes of Ottawa and Waterloo in terms of patents per capita. And yet, the Alberta city's rise has happened without the fanfare that accompanied the ascent of the…