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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
“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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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