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Behind the Headlines: Who’s Really Benefiting from Higher TFSA Limits?
This study carefully examines the available data on Tax Free Savings Accounts to gain deeper insights into the true distributional impacts of the 2015 hike to contribution limits.
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The Big Split: Income Splitting’s Unequal Distribution of Benefits Across Canada
The majority of Canadian families with children under 18 would get no benefit at all from the Conservatives’ income splitting scheme, despite this group being the express target of the…
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Double Trouble: The Case Against Expanding Tax-Free Savings Accounts
This study finds that no case—on either economic or equity grounds— can be found for unconditional doubling of Tax Free Savings Account contribution limits.
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More Courageous Bets and Equitable Returns: Challenging Perceptions about Public Investment in Innovation
This conversation starter aims to challenge inaccurate or incomplete perceptions about public investment in innovation.
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The Wealth Gap: Perceptions and Misconceptions in Canada
Canadians vastly underestimate how skewed the distribution of wealth actually is and think there should be a much more equitable distribution. Meanwhile, a large majority of Canadians believe income inequality…
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Stephen Harper’s CRA: Selective Audits, “Political” Activity, and Right-leaning Charities
This report provides evidence suggesting biased scrutiny of charities that are critical of the government by the CRA. Highlighting a pattern of claiming 0% political activity, it also raises questions…
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Haves and Have-Nots: Deep and Persistent Wealth Inequality in Canada
The growing income share of the richest 1% is top of mind for many academics and public policymakers. Looking at wealth as a measure of inequality, however, provides a view…
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Canadian Values are Progressive Values: A Snapshot of the Views of New and Canadian-born Urban/Suburban Canadians, 2013
A new poll commissioned by the Broadbent Institute and conducted by Environics Research Group in April 2013 demonstrates that urban/suburban Canadian attitudes mirror global progressive trends.
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Union Communities, Healthy Communities: The New Attack on Unions and its Threat to Shared Prosperity in Canada
Unions continue to play a major role in making Canada a more equal and democratic society. Canadian unions are relatively strong partly because of the stronger tradition of “social unionism”…
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Towards a More Equal Canada
This synthesis paper shows why inequality matters, sets out the facts on growing inequality, summarizes some of its key causes, and concludes with ideas about how we can build a…