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What did Corporate Tax Cuts Deliver?

Posted: Wednesday, 25 January 2012

Summary Due to ongoing corporate tax cuts, corporate income taxes make up a falling share of all government revenues. In fact, by the end of January, corporations will have fully paid their share of taxes. The general federal corporate income tax rate sto… Read More

The State of the Economy and Labour's Response

Posted: Friday, 30 September 2011

The advanced economies, including Canada, risk falling back into recession because of government spending cuts and a looming financial crisis. The Canadian Labour Congress has been calling for our federal government and the G20 governments to respond by put… Read More

The State of the Economy and Labour's Response

Posted: Friday, 30 September 2011

The advanced economies, including Canada, risk falling back into recession because of government spending cuts and a looming financial crisis. The Canadian Labour Congress has been calling for our federal government and the G20 governments to respond by put… Read More

Recession Watch Bulletin: Issue 5 - Spring 2011

Posted: Thursday, 7 April 2011

This is the fifth in a series of analytical reports from the Social and Economic Policy Department of the Canadian Labour Congress looking at the impacts of the global economic crisis on the jobs, wages, and economic security of working Canadians. 1. Intro… Read More

CLC Analysis of the 2011 Federal Budget

Posted: Tuesday, 22 March 2011

Introduction With unemployment and underemployment still at high levels, the federal government should have led the way to a sustained and broadly shared economic recovery. Instead, the Conservative Budget introduces only very modest new job creation and s… Read More

Recession Watch Bulletin: Issue 4 ― Winter 2010

Posted: Tuesday, 7 December 2010

This is the fourth in a series of analytical reports from the Social and Economic Policy Department of the Canadian Labour Congress looking at the impacts of the global economic crisis on the jobs, wages, and economic security of working Canadians. 1. In… Read More

Green Jobs in the Electricity Sector

Posted: Thursday, 2 September 2010

Opportunity in Crisis: Decent Green Jobs Canada and the world must address climate change, the most urgent issue of our times. With current rates of fossil fuel consumption, the increase in global average temperature will lead to harmful global impacts o… Read More

A Decent Work Agenda & the ILO Global Jobs Pact: A people's road map for tomorrow's economy

Posted: Friday, 4 June 2010

Since the financial crisis erupted in late 2008, the G20* governments have met three times. The Washington Summit on Financial Markets & the Global Economy met in November 2008 to adopt an Action Plan to implement principles of reform. At the London Sum… Read More

G8 & G20 Fact Sheets: The Great Recession & The ILO Global Jobs Pact

Posted: Tuesday, 1 June 2010

The Great Recession” From a financial crisis, to a jobs crisis to a new labour market model On September 15, 2008, the collapse of an American investment bank triggered a paralysis in the global financial system that turned into a global economic and… Read More

Canada's Labour Movement will Fight Unfair Cuts

Posted: Wednesday, 3 March 2010

CLC president Ken Georgetti and leaders of public sector unions are warning the federal government not to use the budget to cut public services or attack federal pension plans in order to pay off the deficit. “Let’s be clear,” Georgetti said, “Ca… Read More

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