Reading Time: 3 minutes CPP expansion could result in a reduction in domestic investment up to $114 billion from 2019 to 2030
Author: Charles Lammam
Charles Lammam was director of fiscal studies at the Fraser Institute.
The hard truth about CPP’s failures
Reading Time: 3 minutes Canadians receive meagre rates of return on CPP contributions and the program has other key shortcomings
Reward working to improve income for the working poor
Reading Time: 3 minutes Help the working poor with targeted benefits like the CWB, not misguided minimum wage hikes
Open for business? Not B.C.
Reading Time: 4 minutes B.C. government sending all the wrong signals to investors, which could lead to a rude economic awakening
Federal budget turned a blind eye to Canada’s economic challenges
Reading Time: 3 minutes Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau’s budget fails to address sluggish economic growth and declining business investment
Raising minimum wages: good intentions, bad policy
Reading Time: 3 minutes Raising the minimum wage is a flawed strategy for achieving the critically important social objective of raising people out of poverty
Will Trudeau keep his promise to balance the budget?
Reading Time: 3 minutes He can, by following in Jean Chretien’s footsteps and finding savings through a comprehensive review of its programs
B.C.’s budget cools the economic climate
Reading Time: 4 minutes The B.C. budget does little to improve the investment climate or mitigate the effects of policy changes emanating from the U.S.
B.C. at a fiscal crossroads
Reading Time: 3 minutes It can continue to pursue fiscal prudence or follow other provinces that are plagued by chronic shortfalls and ongoing budgetary challenges
CPP reforms need a complete rethink
Reading Time: 3 minutes The 2016 CPP reforms were solutions in search of a problem – and don’t even solve the imagined problem