A Canadian’s Musings on Multiculturalism
By Yuk-kuen Annie Cheung, PhD, RPP
Breathes there the man, with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said, This is my own, my native land! Whose heart hath ne’er within him burn’d, As home his footsteps he hath turn’d… Sir Walter Scott, 1805 I pen this article simply from the viewpoi
September 13, 2017
NAFTA needs Benefits for Everyone – Seccareccia
By Mario Seccareccia
When former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney negotiated and signed the original Canada-US Free Trade Agreement (CUSFTA) in 1989, followed by then newly-elected Prime Minister Jean Chrétien’s endorsement of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) i
September 13, 2017
Tax Policies for a Fair & Productive Economy – Boadway
By Robin Boadway
Recent years have witnessed slow growth rates and persistently high rates of return on wealth, leading to an erosion of real incomes for most people and windfall gains for the top 10 percent. Investment has yet to recover from the 2008 financial crisis
September 13, 2017
Tax Policies for a Fair & Productive Economy – Boadway
By Robin Boadway
Recent years have witnessed slow growth rates and persistently high rates of return on wealth, leading to an erosion of real incomes for most people and windfall gains for the top 10 percent. Investment has yet to recover from the 2008 financial crisis
September 13, 2017
Trump’s Tax Plan and Ours – Bédard
By Mathieu Bédard
Time to reconsider the Canadian tax plan? A few months ago, U.S. President Donald Trump announced his intention to reduce the federal corporate tax rate in the United States from its current top rate of 35% down to 15%. While the president’s legislativ
September 13, 2017
Charting a new course on trade policy – Dias
By Jerry Dias
If there is one glimmer of good news from the last U.S. election it’s that a bright political spotlight has been shone on global trade policy – including in Canada. Trade agreements have long played a central role in Canada’s economic strategy. Trade a
September 13, 2017
Re-Thinking Canada’s Trade Relations – Miller
By Eric Miller
Navigating periods of change is always challenging. For governments faced with radical shifts in global economic and political arrangements, advancing the interests and prosperity of their people is all the more complex. While it is still early days, t
September 13, 2017
Tax Reform and Trump – Kingston
By Brian Kingston (Interview with Sabrina Rannala)
The following in based on an e-mail interview between the Sabrina Rannala of the Pearson Centre (PC) and Brian Kingston (BK), Vice President of International and Fiscal Issues at the Business Council of Canada. PC: As a part of the new tax plan, the Un
September 13, 2017
Corporate Income Tax & US Policy Changes – Christians
By Allison Christians
Canada is in the midst of a period of strengthening the health and sustainability of the corporate income tax. Internationally, there is a campaign underway to ensure that companies declare profits and pay taxes where they create value, rather than div
September 13, 2017
Corporate Income Tax & US Policy Changes – Christians
By Allison Christians
Canada is in the midst of a period of strengthening the health and sustainability of the corporate income tax. Internationally, there is a campaign underway to ensure that companies declare profits and pay taxes where they create value, rather than div
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