Rising tuition? It’s a myth
New study says the real cost of university is falling. One province is even paying its students
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Depressed by the price of university? These programs can help lighten your debt
View ArticleNew Brunswick’s education error
Spending limited resources helps rich students as much as poor
View ArticleTuition fee increase debate continues
"Nobody has any idea how student aid works," says post-secondary expert
View ArticleN.S. Tories promise post-secondary tax credit
Tax plan would save families a whopping $88 every year
View ArticleNew federal tax credit for graduates?
Finance committee sticks to economic role of universities--research "must be commercialized"
View ArticleTory proposes $20,000 for students who stay in province
Interprovincial competition for graduates heats up
View ArticleThe trouble with tax credits
Kevin Milligan critiques the fitness tax credit proposed by the Conservatives. Boutique tax credits benefit those who can afford accountants to arrange their financial affairs, and lard our economy...
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Grand theft tax break
The New York Times has published an exhaustively reported piece exposing the cocktail of deductions, write-offs and tax credits that make the video game business one of America’s most heavily...
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In praise of video game subsidies
Zach Dill/Flickr Oh that Jesse Brown. He’s at it again. Regular readers probably remember our spirited back and forth recently about Apple’s relative level of importance to technology over the past...
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Gamers need hugs
Most geeks have a sense of humor about being geeks. They wear the term with pride, knowing that these days it connotes expertise and passion as much as it does obsessiveness and poor seduction skills....
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On free trade, Harper needs to show some true grit
Sean Kilpatrick/CP Listen to his critics and you’d think a blinding “neo-conservative ideology” is what motivates Prime Minister Stephen Harper these days. Yet in sifting through his six years in power...
View ArticleThe Commons: In praise of the simple question
The Scene. Thomas Mulcair charged into the afternoon with a litany of concerns. “Mr. Speaker, last quarter, Canadian economic growth slowed to a rate of just six-tenths of one per cent,” he reported....
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The dangerous, misguided flaw in the small business tax credit
(Shutterstock) Given the weak state of the labour market in many parts of Canada, government has a role to create a more attractive environment for business to hire new workers. As such, I was enthused...
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