Publication Archive

Trade Balances and Jobs: Canada, the US and China

Posted: Friday, 30 March 2007

Free trade was promoted to Canadians on the famous promise of “jobs, jobs, and more jobs” and is widely defended on the basis that Canada's large trade surplus with the US contributes to Canadian employment. Download the PDF documen… Read More

Report of the CLC Task Force on Power Generation

Posted: Tuesday, 27 March 2007

At the June 2005 CLC Convention, delegates passed a resolution calling on the Congress to establish a task force on power generation to develop a comprehensive policy on the role of coal-generated and nuclear power in Canada's energy future. The Task Force… Read More

Deep Integration in North America: Security and Prosperity for Whom?

Posted: Thursday, 22 March 2007

Executive Summary A decade after the North American Free Trade Agreement came into effect, the governments of Canada, the United States and Mexico agreed to develop a new regulatory framework for North America. The “Security and Prosperity Partnership”… Read More

The Myth of Inter-provincial Trade Barriers and TILMA’s Alleged Economic Benefits

Posted: Wednesday, 21 March 2007

Executive Summary Proponents of the BC-Alberta Trade, Investment, and Labour Mobility Agreement (TILMA) claim that it will provide large economic benefits through the elimination of inter-provincial trade barriers. In fact, there are very few obstacles to… Read More

Analysis of the 2007 Federal Budget : We Cannot Tax-Cut Our Way to Prosperity

Posted: Tuesday, 20 March 2007

Overview Budget 2007 erodes the federal government’s capacity to improve the lives of working people. Tax cuts will benefit profitable corporations without increasing investment in the Canadian economy. The federal government will continue subsidizing oi… Read More

Income Splitting Would Worsen Inequality

Posted: Friday, 2 March 2007

Finance Minister Jim Flaherty has made pension income divisible between spouses for tax purposes and has mused about making all income divisible for tax purposes. This latter proposal would benefit a wealthy minority at the expense of important public progr… Read More