Spending our way to more poverty
In 2006, Danny Williams declared poverty reduction a strategic priority for the province. Since then childhood poverty has risen 70%.
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Art knows no borders
Why are there limitations on whose art can be procured?
Promoting gendered inequality
Five years ago, the Flaherty-Harper government introduced income splitting for pensions. Designed to benefit only higher income earners, in 2009, 84% of the people who benefited were men.
Anatomy of a boom (Part 2)
If the boom has not led to a marked increase in inequality, the same cannot be said for government policies. They markedly increased our levels of inequality.
Anatomy of a boom (Part 1)
Between 2005 and 2009 assessed incomes in Newfoundland and Labrador increased by 49%. The boom we are experiencing is without precedent in Canadian history, but it is also exceptional for a quite different reason.
How is our 1% different?
Ownership of stocks, bonds, real estate and professional incomes set the 1% apart from the rest of us.
Economic Action Plan pt. 4
Finally, we can answer the question: What did they actually do?
Economic Action Plan pt. 3
Lower taxes, ah yes, but for whom?
Economic Action Plan pt. 2
All you need to know about the largest government program that they chose not to tell you about
Economic Action Plan, pt. 1
What does the feel-good ad about taxes tell us?