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2006 Federal Budget by Charles M. Beach & Michael Smart & Thomas A. Wilson
Rethinking Fiscal Priorities
The 2006 federal budget was the first for a new Conservative minority government led by a prime minister from the west. As a platform for implementing distinctive election promises, the 2006 budget offered ample opportunity for rethinking fiscal priorities in Canada, such as cutting the GST, addressing fiscal imbalance with the provinces, and finding a different approach to childcare and child benefits. The papers in this volume examine the political and economic context informing the 2006 budget as well as lessons from recent U.S. tax policy debates and a quantitative evaluation of the impact of the overall budget package on the Canadian economy. Special attention is devoted to alternative federal tax structures, fiscal imbalance, and the recent federal Blue Ribbon report. Contributors also look at the new federal policy on childcare and child benefits, how the budget relates to productivity and competitiveness, and general sustainability of the new fiscal plan. |
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| Author(s) : Charles M. Beach & Thomas A. Wilson | Format : Paperback Book |
| ISBN-10 : 155339125X | ISBN-13 : 9781553391258 |
| RRP : £18.99 | Best available price : £18.70 / $29.85 |
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Product Details:
Country Publication : Canada
Publication Date : 25/05/2007
Publisher : McGill-Queen's University Press
Page Length : 300mm