Frontier interviews David Pankratz, Director of the Institute for Community Peacebuilding at Canadian Mennonite University, about smarter ways to assist low income Canadians.
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A New Approach to Alberta’s Minimum Wage
Author David Pankratz summarizes his findings as follows: “Our comparison makes it abundantly clear that we can best express the sincerity of our intentions to help the poor by expanding the value of their basic exemption from income taxes . . .
In fact, the numbers show that increased exemptions work spectacularly better than minimum wages or tax credits in meeting the goal of improved incomes.”
Too Big A Bite
“Our comparison makes it abundantly clear that we can best express the sincerity of our intentions to help the poor by expanding the value of their basic exemption from income taxes. … In fact, the numbers show that increased exemptions work spectacularly better than minimum wages or tax credits in meeting the goal of improved incomes.”
The Government of Canada Announces the Appointment of New Members to the National Council of Welfare
The Honourable Monte Solberg, Minister of Human Resources and Social Development, today announced the appointment of Rev. Larry Gregan and Mr. David S. Pankratz of Manitoba, Colonel Glen Shepherd of Quebec and Mr. Calvin D. Helin of British Columbia to the National...
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Canadian Property Rights Index 2023
A Snapshot of Property Rights Protection in Canada After 10 years
Alberta Politics and Empty Promises of Health-care Solutions
The writ has been dropped and Albertans are off to the polls on May 29. That leaves just four weeks for political leaders and voters to sort out what is arguably the most divisive, yet significant, issue for this election - health care. On Day 2, NDP leader Rachel...
Tax Cut Better Than a Pay Raise for Poor
A report by a Prairie-based accountant and community activist claims that tax cuts help poor people better than raising the minimum wage. David Pankratz's study for the Frontier Centre for Public Policy says that employees have to pay more taxes when the minimum wage...
Why Tax Exemptions Trump Minimum Wage Hikes
Raising the tax free exemptions by $6,000 would be like raising the $9.18 with none of the usual side effects.
Tax Cuts Favoured Over Minimum Wage Hikes
In the war on poverty, tax cuts rather than a higher minimum wage give the working poor a hand up, concludes a new report for a Prairie-based think tank. Lifting Manitobans who are stuck at the bottom of the income ladder can best be done by raising the provincial tax...