The Fraser Institute - The Bluenose Bulletin

Unconditional basic income is a bad idea

Posted by Charles Lammam | May 13, 2018

Such a program would weaken the incentives to work for lower-income Canadians and people not strongly tied to the labour force

Posted by Charles Lammam | May 10, 2018

The better plan would be a work-based subsidy that provides a cash transfer to working families with incomes below a certain level

Posted by Charles Lammam | May 9, 2018

When you add up the eliminated credits, you get a very different perspective on the total income tax changes

Posted by Charles Lammam | May 8, 2018

A mere 10.6% of the nearly $100 billion in new infrastructure spending is for trade and transportation

Posted by Charles Lammam | May 3, 2018

CPP expansion could result in a reduction in domestic investment up to $114 billion from 2019 to 2030