The 2009 Federal Budget
Challenge, Response and Retrospect
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press
- Initial publish date
- Nov 2010
- Category
- General
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9781553391661
- Publish Date
- Nov 2010
- List Price
- $110.00
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781553391654
- Publish Date
- Nov 2010
- List Price
- $45.95
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Description
The papers in this volume examine the political and economic context informing the 2009 budget and provide a quantitative evaluation of the impact of the overall budget package on the Canadian economy. Special attention is devoted to topics such as the economic stimulus and stabilization provisions in the budget, specific tax policy changes, financial market provisions, fiscal sustainability of the budget deficits, cost-sharing and federal-provincial fiscal relations, federal equalization transfers since the O'Brien Report, Canada's declining social safety net and EI reform, social policy and anti-poverty provisions, alternative approaches to environmental protection and green initiatives, and emerging fiscal challenges. For a complete list of contributors please visit www.mqup.ca
About the authors
Charles M. Beach is professor of economics and director, the John Deutsch Institute (Queen's University). Michael Smart is professor of economics, University of Toronto. Thomas A. Wilson is professor emeritus of economics and senior advisor, Institute for