Growing Government Workforce Puts Pressure on Federal Finances is a new essay, as part of a series on federal reform, that finds the federal workforce has grown more rapidly than the Canadian population starting in 2015/16, imposing significant costs on taxpayers.
The Growing Imperative to Create a More Integrated Internal Economy in Canada is the latest installment in the Institute's series on federal policy reforms. It argues that Canada's trade relationship with the U.S. will likely face future challenges no matter who wins the U.S. presidential election, since both Donald Trump and Kamala Harris have signaled they'll pursue protectionist trade policies. As such, governments across Canada should work to eliminate existing barriers to interprovincial trade and labour mobility in order to counteract any diminished trade with the U.S.
Boosting Canada’s Competitiveness by Reforming Business Taxation suggests that only taxing profit disbursements for businesses, which include dividend payments, share buybacks, and bonuses, rather than taxing all business profits, would lead to greater business investment, increasing worker productivity, growth in the economy, and ultimately raise living standards for Canadians.
A New Federal Fiscal Framework for Canada finds that if the federal government reduced program spending by only 2.3 per cent over two years and eliminated a host of tax expenditures, it could balance the budget and reduce personal income tax rates affecting most Canadians.
