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Juillet 26, 2018 1:41PM

Austerity—not increased spending—helped lay the groundwork for Portugal’s recovery
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Livio Di Matteo
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In 2012, government spending declined by 7.3 per cent.

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austerity, government spending, portugal, investment-to-GDP ratio, debt and deficits
Juillet 26, 2018 9:11AM

Capital flows to jurisdictions with sound, attractive polices
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Kenneth P. Green
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Canada’s forecasted production of 2.8 million barrels a day this year is down 6.7 per cent from last year’s projection.

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Natural Resources
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oil and gas, capital, carbon tax, carbon pricing, regulations, environment, investment climate, energy industry, pipelines
Juillet 20, 2018 3:54PM

Equalization isn’t meant to help with economic downturns
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William Watson
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The two biggest automatic stabilizers from Ottawa are income taxes and employment insurance payments.

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equalization, alberta, equalization payments, economic downturn, recession, Ottawa
Juillet 20, 2018 3:23PM

Vancouver—where dynamic people and stagnant governments collide
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Josef Filipowicz, Steve Lafleur
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Ride-hailing services are in high demand in B.C.’s Lower Mainland.

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ride-sharing, Uber, lyft, ride-hailing, homeowners, zoning, housing affordability, metro vancouver
Juillet 19, 2018 1:41PM

Higher top personal income tax rates discourage entrepreneurship in Canada
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Charles Lammam, Brennan Sorge
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Ontario raised its top personal income tax rate by 3.1 percentage points, preventing up to 2,158 new businesses from starting.

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Government Spending & Taxes
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entrepreneurship, taxes, personal income tax rate, ontario income tax, innovation
Juillet 18, 2018 2:26PM

Trump administration summons ‘national security’ to justify tariffs

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Steven Globerman
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The WTO has become a key player in a high-stakes international poker game.

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china, barriers to trade, bilateral trade, trade war, donald trump, tariffs, exports, imports, WTO, trade disputes
Juillet 16, 2018 4:13PM

Changes to Ontario drug program a (very small) step forward
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Bacchus Barua
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The original OHIP+ provided limited coverage to a population that largely didn’t need assistance.

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Health Care
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prescription drugs, drug coverage, patients, taxpayers, doug ford, ontario health care
Juillet 13, 2018 2:12PM

Changing equalization won’t be easy—partly for good reason
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William Watson
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If federalism means anything, provinces must have real responsibilities.

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canada's federal equalization program, equalization reform, federalism, taxes, ontario, alberta, quebec, government revenues
Juillet 13, 2018 9:29AM

Ontario throne speech ignores housing affordability
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Josef Filipowicz
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In the Greater Toronto Area, home prices are 50 per cent higher than they were during Ontario’s last election in 2014.

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ontario housing, doug ford, housing affordability, zoning, homebuilding, home buyers, rents, housing costs, building costs
Juillet 11, 2018 2:53PM

It’s possible to build our way to housing affordability
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Josef Filipowicz
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San Francisco has a comparable land area to Vancouver but accommodates roughly 30 per cent more residents.

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housing, homebuilding, housing affordability, rental housing, density, zoning, rezoning, vancouver, Toronto, calgary, housing supply

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