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Mar 13

The upcoming budget should develop a new fiscal framework, according to C.D. Howe Institute Policy Analyst, Colin Busby

The upcoming budget should develop a new fiscal framework, according to C.D. Howe Institute Policy Analyst, Colin Busby In A New Approach to Budgeting: Alberta Must Start Thinking about the Day when it Has to Meet its Expenditures Without Resource Revenue, (The Edmonton Journal, Mar 11th 2009), C.D. Howe Institute Policy Analyst, Colin Busby, finds that the recent collapse of commodity prices has had obvious negative implications for Alberta’s fiscal and economic prosperity and requires that Albertans develop a plan for the long-term management of their non-renewable resources. According to Busby, the upcoming budget should develop a new fiscal framework that can accommodate short-term, higher-than-sustainable levels of…

Tax Free Savings Accounts Will Save Canadians $3 Billion: C.D. Howe Institute

Joel Schlesinger of the Winnipeg Free Press cites Colin Busby, Policy Analyst at the C.D. Howe Institute, in his October 5, 2008 column, which states that tax-free savings accounts (TFSA) will significantly increase the retirement savings of individuals. Busby states that TFSA’s offer increased savings for Canadians as they remove the penalties associated with withdrawing funds from RRSPs or the Canada Child Care Tax Benefit, which can be extremely beneficial for low-income families. Winnipeg Free Press. Sunday, October 5, 2008. Page: G1. Section: Money Matters. Byline: JOEL SCHLESINGER.

Declaring the TTC an Essential Service Would Lead to $25 Million Wages Increase Over Three Years: C.D. Howe Institute

Bryn Weese of the Toronto Sun cites the work of Ben Dachis, Policy Analyst at the C.D. Howe Institute, in his October 7, 2008 article, which discusses the high improbability of the TTC being named as an essential service. Weese cites Dachis’ findings, which indicated that essential service designation does not stop illegal strikes and would result in substantial wage increases. The Toronto Sun. Tuesday, October 7, 2008. Page: 9. Section: News. Byline: BY BRYN WEESE, SUN MEDIA.

The Vancouver Sun: Foster small business growth by raising taxes?

Don Cayo, business columnist for the Vancouver Sun, devotes his August 15, 2008 column to a discussion of a recent C.D. Howe Institute paper by Ben Tomlin, Clearing Hurdles: Key Reforms to Make Small Business More Successful. As Cayo comments, Tomlin makes the case that government tax breaks to small businesses may also hold many of them back, discouraging them from ever becoming larger. The Vancouver Sun, Friday, August 15, 2008. Page: G3. Section: BusinessBC. Byline Don Cayo.