The business lobby is spinning the tax increase as a middle class issue. It’s not.

Canadian cities could raise tens of millions of dollars with one tool

Carbon pricing fight a dangerous distraction from real climate policy

Alternative Federal Budget: what the federal government could achieve on taxation

Canada’s new Digital Services Tax (DST) will draw trade flack, but that’s no reason not to move ahead with it.

Three alternate histories of the Heritage Fund show what could have been if politicians had been more forward-thinking.

The federal government just released its latest fiscal update. CCPA senior economist David Macdonald has the details.

Our analysis of the 2022 federal budget

This budget could herald the beginning of a Pearsonian period of progressive policy making

Twenty-six per cent of higher inflation for Canadian households is being driven by excess profits

Ontario has lagged behind other provinces for a long time

The province would be prudent to prioritize keeping essential services public

Privatization of liquor. Asset sales. Public service cuts. Saskatchewan went down this road out of deficit fears. It didn’t work. Other provinces should heed this lesson.

What the new agreement gets right—and where there's room to go bolder

Gasoline prices are skyrocketing and that’s having a real impact on Canadians’ pocketbooks

If the provincial government needs more money—and it certainly does—then why has it been giving so much away?