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The 2006 Federal BudgetRethinking Fiscal Priorities |
A critical evaluation of the 2006 federal budget, including major tax and program changes.
The 2006 federal budget was the first for a new Conservative minority government led by a prime minister from the west. As a platform for implementing distinctive election promises, the 2006 budget offered ample opportunity for rethinking fiscal priorities in Canada, such as cutting the GST, addressing fiscal imbalance with the provinces, and finding a different approach to childcare and child benefits.
The papers in this volume examine the political and economic context informing the 2006 budget as well as lessons from recent U.S. tax policy debates and a quantitative evaluation of the impact of the overall budget package on the Canadian economy. Special attention is devoted to alternative federal tax structures, fiscal imbalance, and the recent federal Blue Ribbon report. Contributors also look at the new federal policy on childcare and child benefits, how the budget relates to productivity and competitiveness, and general sustainability of the new fiscal plan.
Contributors include Richard Bird (Toronto), Robin Boadway (Queen's), Paul Boothe (Alberta), Andrew Coyne (The National Post), Don Drummond (TD Bank Financial Group), Peter Dungan (Toronto), Fred Gorbet (York), Richard Harris (Simon Fraser), Kevin Milligan (British Columbia), Jack Mintz (Toronto), Steve Murphy (Toronto), Alain Noel (Montreal), Bill Robson (C.D. Howe Institute), Andrew Sharpe (Centre for the Study of Living Standards), Joel Slemrod (Michigan), Michael Smart (Toronto), Gregor Smith (Queen's), and Tom Wilson (Toronto).
The papers in this volume examine the political and economic context informing the 2006 budget as well as lessons from recent U.S. tax policy debates and a quantitative evaluation of the impact of the overall budget package on the Canadian economy. Special attention is devoted to alternative federal tax structures, fiscal imbalance, and the recent federal Blue Ribbon report. Contributors also look at the new federal policy on childcare and child benefits, how the budget relates to productivity and competitiveness, and general sustainability of the new fiscal plan.
Contributors include Richard Bird (Toronto), Robin Boadway (Queen's), Paul Boothe (Alberta), Andrew Coyne (The National Post), Don Drummond (TD Bank Financial Group), Peter Dungan (Toronto), Fred Gorbet (York), Richard Harris (Simon Fraser), Kevin Milligan (British Columbia), Jack Mintz (Toronto), Steve Murphy (Toronto), Alain Noel (Montreal), Bill Robson (C.D. Howe Institute), Andrew Sharpe (Centre for the Study of Living Standards), Joel Slemrod (Michigan), Michael Smart (Toronto), Gregor Smith (Queen's), and Tom Wilson (Toronto).
Details
Part of the Queen's Policy Studies Series (number 114 in series)
234 Pages, 6 x 9
John Deutsch Institute for the Study of Economic Policy
ISBN 9781553391258
September 2007
Formats: Paperback
Charles M. Beach is professor of economics and director, the John Deutsch Institute (Queen's University).
Michael Smart is professor of economics, University of Toronto.
Thomas A. Wilson is professor emeritus of economics and senior advisor, Institute for Policy Analysis (University of Toronto).
Michael Smart is professor of economics, University of Toronto.
Thomas A. Wilson is professor emeritus of economics and senior advisor, Institute for Policy Analysis (University of Toronto).
Table of Contents
Preface iii
Introduction 1
Session One
Budget Making and Budget Context
Andrew Coyne
The 2006 Budget: Political Context 17
Joel Slemrod
Lessons from the United States for Canadian
Tax Policy Under the New Conservative Government 27
Jack M. Mintz
The 2006 Budget: Economic Context 37
Session Two
Tax Alternatives and Evaluation of the Budget
Peter Dungan, Steve Murphy, and Thomas A. Wilson
The 2006 Federal Budget: A Quantitative Appraisal 45
Robin Boadway
The Budget and Tax Reform: A Lost Opportunity? 55
Michael Smart and Richard Bird
The GST Cut and Fiscal Imbalance 73
Session Three
Panel on Fiscal Imbalance and Equalization
Paul Boothe
Turning a New Leaf The Federal Strategy for Fiscal Arrangements Reform. ..103
Fred Gorbet
Fiscal Imbalance and Equalization: Possible End Games. ..117
Alain Noel
When Fiscal Imbalance Becomes a Federal Problem. ..127
Session Four
Child Benefits and Daycare
Kevin Milligan
Of Beer and Popcorn: Federal Policy on Child Care and Child Benefits ...147
Rose Anne Devlin
Comments. ..163
Session Five
Productivity Agenda and Competitiveness
Richard Harris
Canadian Competitiveness. ..169
Session Six
Sustainability of the Fiscal Plan
Wrap-Up Panel
Don Drummond
Economists Need to Do a Better Sales Job If They Want
Their Agenda Adopted in Budgets. ..185
GregorSmith
Risk and Uncertainty in the F ederal Budget. ..193
William B.P. Robson
Sustainability of the Fiscal Plan: Problems, Cheers, Boos and Hopes. ..205
Contributors
List of Publications
Preface iii
Introduction 1
Session One
Budget Making and Budget Context
Andrew Coyne
The 2006 Budget: Political Context 17
Joel Slemrod
Lessons from the United States for Canadian
Tax Policy Under the New Conservative Government 27
Jack M. Mintz
The 2006 Budget: Economic Context 37
Session Two
Tax Alternatives and Evaluation of the Budget
Peter Dungan, Steve Murphy, and Thomas A. Wilson
The 2006 Federal Budget: A Quantitative Appraisal 45
Robin Boadway
The Budget and Tax Reform: A Lost Opportunity? 55
Michael Smart and Richard Bird
The GST Cut and Fiscal Imbalance 73
Session Three
Panel on Fiscal Imbalance and Equalization
Paul Boothe
Turning a New Leaf The Federal Strategy for Fiscal Arrangements Reform. ..103
Fred Gorbet
Fiscal Imbalance and Equalization: Possible End Games. ..117
Alain Noel
When Fiscal Imbalance Becomes a Federal Problem. ..127
Session Four
Child Benefits and Daycare
Kevin Milligan
Of Beer and Popcorn: Federal Policy on Child Care and Child Benefits ...147
Rose Anne Devlin
Comments. ..163
Session Five
Productivity Agenda and Competitiveness
Richard Harris
Canadian Competitiveness. ..169
Session Six
Sustainability of the Fiscal Plan
Wrap-Up Panel
Don Drummond
Economists Need to Do a Better Sales Job If They Want
Their Agenda Adopted in Budgets. ..185
GregorSmith
Risk and Uncertainty in the F ederal Budget. ..193
William B.P. Robson
Sustainability of the Fiscal Plan: Problems, Cheers, Boos and Hopes. ..205
Contributors
List of Publications
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