When federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau meets with his provincial and territorial counterparts next week, expanding the Canada Pension Plan will be on the agenda.
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December 18, 2015
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December 17, 2015
12:10PM
One of the hallmarks of capitalist societies is specialization, and so in some important way the team that works on a film is a microcosm of an entire economy.
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December 17, 2015
10:19AM
Benefits of the project would have included more than $223 million in direct transfers to Tsawwassen members.
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December 17, 2015
3:00AM
Housing markets in Canada’s largest cities are once again the subject of national news, this time because of an increase of the minimum down payments for government-backed mortgages.
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December 16, 2015
10:12AM
As recent as 2009/10, Quebec’s per-person net debt burden was approximately $4,400 higher than Ontario’s. That gap is projected to be just $1,100 this year.
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December 16, 2015
3:00AM
A higher target rate will raise uncertainty about future inflation and be costly for the economy.
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December 15, 2015
9:42AM
The federal government’s projected fiscal balance has gone from a $4.3 billion surplus to a budget deficit that could be as large as $25 billion.
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December 15, 2015
8:53AM
The Alberta government recently implemented a series of policy changes that will leave Albertans materially less free. Given the clear link between economic freedom and prosperity, expect these changes to have negative long-term effects on living standards and economic opportunities across the province.
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December 15, 2015
3:00AM
Alberta continues to face significant economic challenges. Rather than make matters worse, governments should implement pro-growth economic policies.
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December 14, 2015
11:38AM
Last week marked the one-year anniversary of the exoneration of Lynden Dorval, an Edmonton physics teacher who was fired for giving zeroes on student assignments that were not completed.
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