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Tag Archives: Income inequality

Linda Nazareth, educational gap

Next generation of seniors face income inequality: Nazareth in the Globe

New policies should aim to mitigate current trends of widening income inequality for the next generation of seniors, writes Linda Nazareth.  By Linda...

 

December 4, 2017 at 10:40 pm read more
Sean Speer, US deficit, deficit reduction

Cities are skewing Canadians’ understanding of income inequality: Sean Speer in Sun papers

Sean Speer finds that most income inequality in Canada is confined to a few major centres – it's not the widespread problem many...

 

July 25, 2017 at 11:06 am read more
Sean Speer, US deficit, deficit reduction

Building A Fairer, More Sustainable Health-Care System For Canada: Sean Speer in the Huffington Post

Canada's health-care system is less egalitarian than we think, argues Sean Speer in the Huffington Post.  Refinancing through a means-testing approach will make...

 

July 20, 2016 at 1:35 pm read more
Philip Cross

Election 2015: MLI’s Philip Cross available to comment on fiscal policy, income inequality

The Macdonald-Laurier Institute is highlighting its authors’ work on some of the major public policy issues going into this year’s federal election campaign....

 

July 28, 2015 at 11:26 am read more

Inside Policy June 2015: Tackling income inequality

New edition of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute’s magazine advances the great national debate on getting ahead OTTAWA, June 5, 2015 – Concerns about income...

 

June 5, 2015 at 9:53 am read more

“More redistribution is not the answer”: Post editorial endorses Cross MLI paper

The National Post has used a recent paper from the Macdonald-Laurier Institute’s Philip Cross to explain why a greater emphasis on wealth distribution...

 

April 27, 2015 at 9:52 am read more
Brian Lee Crowley

Do something about income inequality? We already are: Crowley in the Citizen

Writing in the Ottawa Citizen, Macdonald-Laurier Institute Managing Director Brian Lee Crowley writes that criticism of Canada’s tax and transfer system has been...

 

April 24, 2015 at 12:39 pm read more
Munir Sheikh

For low-income Canadians, skills development should trump wealth distribution: Munir Sheikh in the Citizen

Writing in the Ottawa Citizen, Macdonald-Laurier Institute author Munir Sheikh argues that governments should focus less on redistributing income and more on helping...

 

April 20, 2015 at 3:44 pm read more

Canada’s tax and transfer system more progressive than people think: MLI Report by Philip Cross

Analysis shows that middle and lower income groups already benefit more and higher groups contribute more than generally understood, with transfers making the...

 

April 16, 2015 at 9:42 am read more

Focus on social mobility, not income inequality: Munir Sheikh on BNN

Canada’s interest in income inequality shouldn’t shroud the important issue of social mobility, Macdonald-Laurier Institute author Munir Sheikh told BNN in an interview....

 

April 10, 2015 at 10:59 am read more
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