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The Canadian Tax Observatory announces Heather Scoffield as founding CEO
The Board of Directors of the new Canadian Tax Observatory has announced the appointment of its founding CEO, Heather Scoffield. Her plans for the research and policy centre are ambitious.
Mark Carney’s budget is a big bet. It will take years to see if it pays off
A budget’s long-term success depends on bringing the public along, and building trust with the very households, corporations and organizations the government needs to implement its budget decisions. That is especially true of this one.
Carney’s first budget: a trillion-dollar investment goal propped up by capital spending
Mark Carney promised us the world in the lead-up to his first budget as prime minister – a generational, Canada-first plan that would set us all up for a prosperous future.
Baseball metaphors aside, this budget will be game-changing
By this time next week, the World Series will be behind us and pundits across the land will be liberated from using tortured and gratuitous baseball metaphors to explain and enlighten every element of their thinking.
Yes, Canada needs investment. No, slashing corporate tax rates is not the answer
Those of us who make a habit of sifting through government speeches and documents in search of clues for the upcoming federal budget can safely assume: this year, it’s all about investment.
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