POLS 2250 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: G20, Unemployment Benefits, Interest Rate

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 2250
• Professor: Tim Mau

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01/18/2017 lecture 4: desire was to control federal spending, respect provincial jurisdiction (did not deal much with municipalities, cooperate and clarify respective roles and responsibilities with the provinces. Improve borders (cbsa; high security passport by 2011; support for nexus: budget (cid:1006)(cid:1004)(cid:1004)(cid:1013) (cid:862)ca(cid:374)ada(cid:859)s e(cid:272)o(cid:374)o(cid:373)i(cid:272) a(cid:272)tio(cid:374) pla(cid:374)(cid:863) (cid:894)to address e(cid:272)o(cid:374)o(cid:373)i(cid:272) re(cid:272)essio(cid:374)(cid:895) Job creation 1 million more canadians working today than during height of recession: continued global weakness, drop in commodity prices, openness to trade and investment, tax relief/no new tax on business, reduce red tape. Return to balanced budget by 2015/2016: budget (cid:1006)(cid:1004)(cid:1005)(cid:1009) (cid:862)stro(cid:374)g leadership: a balanced budget, low-ta(cid:454) pla(cid:374) for jo(cid:271)s, gro(cid:449)th a(cid:374)d se(cid:272)urit(cid:455)(cid:863, billion in tax relief, decline in crude oil prices. Increase tfsa limit: budget (cid:1006)(cid:1004)(cid:1005)(cid:1010) (cid:862)gro(cid:449)i(cid:374)g the (cid:373)iddle (cid:272)lass(cid:863, benefits of economic growth unevenly distributed, greater income inequality, aging population more over 65 than under 15 years.