Speakers
Dr. Mike Veall
Professor of Economics McMaster UniversityStart
September 26, 2019 - 1:30 pm
End
Address
Burlington Art Gallery View mapIt is now eight years since “Occupy Toronto” and 9 years since the Toronto G7 protest. Each was linked to a perception by some that there was a fundamental unfairness in the economic system with the result that the top “One Per Cent” were doing increasingly well at the expense of those in the “Bottom 99”. Was this perception consistent with the evidence for Canada at the time? What has happened since? What have been the consequences of the recent increases in personal provincial and federal income tax rates for high-income Canadians? The presentation will address these questions and use them as examples to discuss more broadly top-end income redistribution policy and its linkages to social policy and to economic growth