The 2009 Federal Budget

Challenge, Response and Retrospect

Charles M Beach author Bev Dahlby author Paul AR Hobson author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:McGill-Queen's University Press

Published:5th Nov '10

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A critical evaluation of the 2009 federal budget, including major tax and program changes.

The papers in this volume examine the political and economic context informing the 2009 budget and provide a quantitative evaluation of the impact of the overall budget package on the Canadian economy. Special attention is devoted to topics such as the economic stimulus and stabilization provisions in the budget, specific tax policy changes, financial market provisions, fiscal sustainability of the budget deficits, cost-sharing and federal-provincial fiscal relations, federal equalization transfers since the O'Brien Report, Canada's declining social safety net and EI reform, social policy and anti-poverty provisions, alternative approaches to environmental protection and green initiatives, and emerging fiscal challenges. For a complete list of contributors please visit www.mqup.ca

ISBN: 9781553391654

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 567g

366 pages