<time datetime="2023-10-24T00:00:01-04:00">October 24, 2023</time>
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<time datetime="2022-09-15T00:00:01-04:00">September 15, 2022</time>
The Study in Brief
Canada’s senior governments raise and spend huge amounts, and have legally unlimited capacity to borrow when…
<time datetime="2021-07-06T00:00:01-04:00">July 6, 2021</time>
Toronto Should Cut, Not Hike, Land Transfer Tax
- Toronto City Council should reduce rather than increase the land transfer tax (LTT) on high-end homes.
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<time datetime="2021-05-18T00:00:01-04:00">May 18, 2021</time>
Closing Ottawa’s Tax Gap Not a Silver Bullet Post-COVID
- Canada Revenue Agency efforts to close the tax gap between paid and unpaid taxes could raise an estimated $3…
<time datetime="2020-10-01T00:01:00-04:00">October 1, 2020</time>
- Canada’s federal, provincial and territorial governments have spent a combined total of $97 billion more than they promised in their budgets since 2000, a figure set to worsen with the…
<time datetime="2019-10-10T00:01:00-04:00">October 10, 2019</time>
Alberta has a once-in-a-generation opportunity to correct its economic and fiscal direction, says a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute.
In “Decision Time: The Alberta Shadow Budget…
Intelligence Memos
From: Bonnie Lysyk
To: Ontario taxpayers
Date: April 10, 2024
Re: Let’s Bring Full Spending Information into Budgets
It’s time for the Ontario government to provide better…
Intelligence Memos
From: Bob Baldwin
To: Pension watchers
Date: April 3 2024
Re: How to Resolve the Alberta Pension Issue
Last fall, the Alberta government released a report proposing the creation…
Op-Ed
It’s time for the Ontario government to provide better information to the public on service improvements and cuts and when capital construction projects will be completed.
Budget day is important for…
Research
Le défi budgétaire de la population vieillissante : planifier les coûts des soins de santé au Québec
Les Québécois traînent un fardeau fiscal évalué à 682 milliards de $, c.-à-d. les impôts additionnels qui devront être prélevés au cours du prochain demi-siècle pour faire face à l’augmentation des…
Research
Les Québécois portent un lourd fardeau financier de 768 milliards de dollars – la facture d’impôt la plus élevée pour l’augmentation des dépenses de santé au cours du prochain demi-siècle – et…
Research
Le plan fiscal du nouveau gouvernement du Québec risque d’entraîner un manque à gagner annuel d’environ 800 millions $ pour le trésor québécois, soutient une nouvelle étude de l’Institut C.D. Howe…