May 1, 2012 – In a new column for iPolitics today, MLI’s Jason Clemens discusses the complexities of income inequality. This column is based on Clemens recent MLI paper, Income Inequality: Oversimplifying a Complicated Issue. The full column is below: Income Inequality: Oversimplifying a Complicated Issue By Jason Clemens, iPolitics, May 1, 2012 Writer H.L. ...
May 1, 2012 – In the Financial Post today, MLI’s Jason Clemens discusses income inequality and mobility on International Workers’ Day. Clemens says, “Simplistically presenting the data to support pre-existing preferences for more taxes and redistribution would likely impede the very mobility that is so critical to overcoming low income.” This column is based on ...
Complexity no reason for inaction says MLI research director, but reason to ensure understanding precedes policy choices MEDIA RELEASE OTTAWA, April 30, 2012 – On the eve of International Workers Day most people brace themselves for a spate of stories detailing the woefully unjust state of Canadian and other western societies, particularly when seen through ...
In iPolitics today, MLI’s Jason Clemens writes about the need for tax reform in the upcoming federal budget. The op-ed is based on his recently released briefing paper on the same topic. Tax reform needed in upcoming budget By Jason Clemens, iPolitics, May 20, 2012 The focus to-date on the Conservatives’ first majority budget has been ...
End boutique credits, lower tax rates and strengthen economic growth says MLI’s Jason Clemens MEDIA RELEASE OTTAWA, March 20, 2012 – Thanks to years of tinkering by successive governments of all political stripes, Canada’s current tax system is littered with tax credits, deductions, and other special treatments that cost the treasury billions but often produce ...
New video tells how the Liberals’ 1995 budget started profound reforms, paid big dividends and should still be the model in 2012 MEDIA RELEASE OTTAWA, March 16, 2012 – As it prepares its 2012-13 budget, the federal government has an opportunity to balance the books, reform spending and give the economy a boost by learning ...
MLI authors show ban would mean job losses, lower income, disputes with the U.S. and almost no discernible environmental benefits MEDIA RELEASE OTTAWA, March 14, 2012 – Recent opposition bills in Parliament have proposed a ban on oil tanker traffic through West Coast waters with the goal of pre-emptively preventing the possibility of an oil ...
February 14, 2012 – In today’s Ottawa Citizen, MLI’s Brian Lee Crowley and Jason Clemens discuss the costs of an aging population. In particular, they focus on the need for health care reform. The column is based on the Macdonald-Laurier Institute’s recent collected essays series examining the challenges and solutions to our aging society, Canada’s Looming ...
MLI author shows how to reconcile openness to investment and protecting the national interest MEDIA RELEASE February 13, 2012, Ottawa, ON - Canada’s well-educated workforce, stable economic environment, competitive business tax regime, access to natural resources and formal openness to business investment make us an attractive destination for foreign investment in our economy. Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) ...
February 7, 2012 – MLI’s recently released study, Canada’s Looming Fiscal Squeeze: Collected Essays on Solutions, is highlighed in a Financial Post exclusive published today! The FP summarizes the key ideas from the collected essays on how to solve Canada’s looming demographic deficit. Authors are Bev Dahlby (U of Alberta), Janice MacKinnon (U of Saskatchewan and former NDP finance minister, SK), Ron Kneebone (U ...
