2000 Federal Budget: Retrospect And Prospect; Editor: Hobson, Paul A.; Paperback

Editor: Hobson, Paul A.
John Deutsch Institute for the Study of Economic Policy; Paperback
Queen's University, Office of the Vice-Princi
ISBN: 0889118167

At the end of March 2000 the John Deutsch Institute of Queen's University held a policy forum to discuss the federal government's 2000 budget. Leading Canadian policy analysts were invited to share their views and discuss the implications arising from the 2000 budget.The 2000 Federal Budget is the proceedings of this important policy forum and brings together the findings of these specialists. In this collection of short papers and commentaries the authors focus on a range of issues and implications, beginning with assessments of the budgetary process as we enter the new millennium. They look at the macroeconomic effects, taxation and expenditure aspects, and the implications for social policy of measures contained in the 2000 budget. They examine the alternative perspectives