Macdonald-Laurier Institute Director of Research Jason Clemens says that thanks to years of tinkering by successive governments of all political stripes, Canada's current tax system is littered with tax credits, deductions, and other special treatments that cost the treasury billions but often produce little or no benefit to the country. In a briefing paper released … Read more
As it prepares its 2012-13 budget, the federal government has an opportunity to balance the books, reform spending and give the economy a boost by learning the lessons of the historic budget tabled by former Finance Minister Paul Martin in 1995. In a short new video released by the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, managing director Brian Lee … Read more
The Macdonald-Laurier Institute issued a statement regarding the banning of oil tankers on the west coast of Canada. The institute said that recent opposition bills in Parliament have proposed a ban on oil tanker traffic through West Coast waters with the goal of pre-emptively preventing the possibility of an oil spill. According to new report … Read more
The Macdonald-Laurier Institute highlights a briefing paper released by the institute, which recommends a thorough review of Canada's mortgage finance system. Among other issues, the report's author, mortgage finance expert Professor Jane Londerville, raises concerns about the cost of mortgage insurance, used primarily by first-time homeowners who cannot afford to put the required 20 per … Read more
The Macdonald-Laurier Institute highlights a new report by the institute entitled "Solutions To Critical Infrastructure Problems." The report outlines how a lack of information sharing between jurisdictions, and no comprehensive national strategy, has left Canadians exposed to the kind of confusion and paralysis that leave people vulnerable after natural and manmade disasters. Managing Director of … Read more
The Macdonald-Laurier Institute issued a statement regarding gasoline tax. The institute said that gasoline tax would need to raised by $2.30 per litre to cut motor vehicle GHG emissions by 30 per cent. A study by the Macdonald-Laurier Institute entitled "The High Price of Low Emissions: Benefits and Costs of GHG Abatement in the Transportation … Read more
The Macdonald-Laurier Institute issued a release stating that contradictory signals on foreign investment is hurting Canada. The institute said that in the the latest installment of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute's Straight Talk series, institute fellow Laura Dawson explores Canada's historical and current experience with foreign direct investment and offers a number of recommendations to promote Canadian … Read more
The Macdonald-Laurier Institute issued a statement on solutions for an aging population and avoiding the $67 billion deficit in Canada's future. The institute said that the greying and eventual retirement of the baby boomers will cause national income growth and tax revenues to slow and public programs such as health care and income support for … Read more
The Macdonald-Laurier Institute announced that its managing director Brian Lee Crowley has been named one of the "100 Most Influential People in Government and Politics in 2012" by The Hill Times Publishing. The institute said that the title was another accomplishment in a year that has seen the institute win the biggest international prize for excellence … Read more
The Macdonald-Laurier Institute issued a statement on the Atlantic Integrated Commercial Fishery Initiative. The institute said that the initiative represents a unique and successful program for Aboriginal management of natural resources, specifically in program implementation, conception, and delivery. These are the conclusions of a major evaluation of the program carried out by professor Jacquelyn Thayer … Read more
