The 2006 federal budget
Subtitle: rethinking fiscal priorities
By: edited by Charles M. Beach, Michael Smart and Thomas A. Wilson.
Contributors: Beach, Charles M.; Wilson, Thomas A., 1935-; Smart, Michael.; John Deutsch Institute for the Study of Economic Policy.; 2006 Federal Budget: Rethinking Fiscal Priorities Conference (2006 : Kingston, Ont.)
Series: Policy forum series -- 41
Publisher: John Deutsch Institute for the Study of Economic Policy
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Montreal
Language: eng
Number of pages: 218
ISBN-13: 9781553391265; 9781553391258
Subjects: Budget -- Canada -- Congresses.; Fiscal policy -- Canada -- Congresses.; Budget -- Canada.; Fiscal policy -- Canada.; Finance, Public -- Canada.; Budget -- Canada -- Congrès.; Politique fiscale -- Canada -- Congrès.; Budget -- Canada.; Politique fiscale -- Canada.; Finances publiques -- Canada.; Canada -- Politics and government -- 2006-; Canada -- Politique et gouvernement -- 2006-
Genres: Congresses.; Congrès.
Description: "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 child care and child benefits." "The papers in this volume examine the political and economic context informing the 2006 budget as well as lessons from recent US tax polity 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 child care and child benefits, how the budget relates to productivity and competitiveness, and general sustainability of the new fiscal plan."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Published in cooperation with McGill-Queen's University Press.

Proceedings of a forum held at Queen's University, June 22-23, 2006.

Includes bibliographical references.