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  1. Canada’s Rising Personal Tax Rates and Falling Tax Competitiveness, 2020

    In December 2015, Canada’s new Liberal government introduced changes to Canada’s personal income tax system. Among the changes for the 2016 tax year, the federal government added a new income tax bracket, raising the top tax rate from 29 to 33 percent on ...

  2. Trudeau tax hikes would do more harm than good

    Appeared in the Winnipeg Free Press, July 7, 2020 On July 8, the Trudeau government will release a “snapshot” of federal finances, the first such update since the COVID crisis began. The government may also soon look to raise taxes to try to increase ...

  3. Explaining the Growth in Federal Program Spending since 2015

    In 2019, federal program spending reached $322.9 billion, an increase of $69.1 billion or 27.2% (nominal) since 2015. After adjusting for inflation, the increase in program spending is still sizeable at $50.2 billion or 18.4%. The government finances ...

  4. Atlantic Canadians rely on programs that rely on Albertans

    Alberta’s role in federal programs such as equalization and national programs such as the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) and employment insurance (EI) is important to all Canadians including Atlantic Canadians, given the reliance on these ...

  5. Stimulus spending will likely harm Canadian economy—not help it

    Appeared in National Newswatch, June 25, 2020 As the federal and provincial governments shift their focus to economic recovery, there will be heightened calls for fiscal stimulus in an attempt to kick-start the economy. However, a new study by the Fraser ...

  6. Is Fiscal Stimulus an Effective Policy Response to a Recession? Reviewing the Existing Research

    This report examines existing academic studies that analyze evidence regarding the effectiveness of fiscal stimulus—additional government spending and/or tax relief—as a mechanism to mitigate the impact of a recession and speed up economic ...

  7. Alberta’s outsized role in Canada matters for all Canadians

    Appeared in the Globe and Mail, June 23, 2020 Last week, Alberta’s “ Fair Deal Panel ” submitted its long-awaited report, which recommends Alberta conduct a referendum on equalization and consider withdrawing from the Canada Pension Plan. All of this ...

  8. Canada’s stabilization program overdue for a rethink

    Through Canada’s fiscal stabilization program (FSP), the federal government provides provinces (that experience a sharp downturn in revenue) with payments to help them cope with the shock. The FSP usually gets very little attention from ...

  9. Equalization is broken and needs fixing now

    Appeared in the National Post, June 18, 2020 While the full extent of the damage is not yet known, the economic consequences of the COVID recession have been severe. Millions are now unemployed and countless businesses have been shuttered, some forever. ...

  10. Equalization and Stabilization Post-Recession: Is Canada Ready?

    Is Canada’s existing system of federal transfers designed to respond adequately to economic volatility across the country and more precisely to rapid changes in relative income levels across provinces? The purpose of this paper is to investigate this ...