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Students filling out participatory budget idea submission form.

Participatory budgeting is a low-risk, high-return democratic upgrade

Letting residents decide how to spend public dollars is a way to re-engage Canadians and give them a real say as trust in public institutions wanes.
A wallet, with some cash peaking out, sitting on a tax form.

Broad tax reform belongs at the centre of Canada’s growth agenda

In a hanger, Carney stands in front of a long row of people in military fatigues and a grey aircraft.

Canada’s national-security strategy needs three pillars

The first ministers standing in front of the prime minister’s residence, from left to right: Glen Clark, B.C.; Gary Filmon, Man.; Ralph Klein Alta.; Lucien Bouchard, Que.; Piers McDonald, Yukon; Roy Ramanow, Sask.; Jean Chrétien, Brian Tobin, Nfld.; Camille Thériault,N.B.; Miike Harris, Ont.; Patrick Binns, P.E.I.; Russell MacLellan, N.S.; and Jim Antoine, N.W.T.

Canada needs a new social union deal

Cyclists ride along a bike lane in downtown Toronto.

Canada needs a deeper municipal bond market

Mark Carney photographed in profile with an old Canadian Pacific train in the background. The word “Canadian” appears in front of him.

The Canada Strong Fund isn’t a sovereign wealth fund — and that’s OK

A line drawing of scrambled lines being placed in order by a dollar sign inside a cog.

Canada is spending billions to fix the wrong productivity problem

Thomas Courchene in a suit standing for a portrait.

Tom Courchene showed how economists can shape public policy

A worker in a yellow safety vest wrangles three shopping carts in a driving snowstorm.

A youth employment supplement could rebalance Canada’s generational divide

The budget’s baby steps on gender analysis

La demande pour des innovations est laissée en plan

Budget 2017: Right road, low fuel Column by Jennifer Ditchburn

How to speedread the federal budget

Which way forward for Canada’s international investment treaty policy?

Les limites d’un gouvernement à faibles revenus

La rémunération des salariés au Canada depuis 1945 : de la progression au recul

Hiking the GST: What does the public think?

Les angles morts du budget fédéral

Tax amnesties — a lifeline for the wealthy

What we should ignore in Budget 2016

Canada does not require fiscal stimulus

Lutte au déficit prise 2 : d’un plan conservateur à l’autre

Jean Chrétien applaudes Pierre Elliot Trudeau who is saluting the crowd.

From the editor’s desktop: Overtaken by history

Back view of a little girl with a backpack who is holding an adult's hand.

Give mom and dad a break: family-friendly tax options for Canada

Digital representation of worldwide data.

Good tax policy requires good tax statistics. Why can’t we do better?

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