COVID-19 Emergency Benefits: Who’s included, who’s left out and the role of provinces
Policy makers accustomed to making sure the design of a program only reaches their intended group need to adjust their thinking caps and cast a broader net.
Empowering Workers
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Financing the war against COVID-19
There should be no fiscal restraints on the needed response to the pandemic crisis, and we need to also ensure that we avoid another round of austerity when the economy recovers.
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Federal COVID-19 aid needs speed, and space to grow
The sooner affected workers can make the financial decision to stay home from work, the more effective public health measures will be in slowing the spread of COVID-19.
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Let’s shore up workers today while thinking of the future in light of COVID-19
We must come to terms with the crisis before the crisis— the steady rise in very insecure and low paid work which leaves far too many individuals and families one pay cheque away from disaster.
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Fair taxes and global capitalism
Falling effective rates of tax on corporate profits have greatly undercut government revenues, with no overall economic gain.
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When income tax cuts leave you worse off
The real fiscal choice in the election is between tax cuts which deliver small benefits to many, or ambitious investments in public services which deliver a much bigger and fairer bang for the fiscal buck.
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A Green New Deal, trade and investment deals, and Canadian jobs
A Green New Deal in Canada will be a much more powerful tool for good job creation if twinned to an industrial strategy. But this will require a government prepared to push the limits and challenge the current rules of the game.
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A data look at Millennials and growing inequality
Without policy interventions that are based on data and a solid understanding of the issues that need to be addressed, inequality will continue to grow as millennials age — impacting future generations and their economic outcomes.
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Workers must be at the centre of shaping Canada’s ‘Green New Deal’
Green New Deal architects need to bring together the political coalition they need to be the change they want.
