May Events
What: Canada’s Looming Demographic Fiscal Squeeze
Speaker: Christopher Ragan,
Associate Professor, Department of Economics,
McGill University, Montreal
When: Friday, May 25th, 2012, 12:00pm to 1:45pm
(Conference call and presentation from 12:15pm)
Where: BANK OF CANADA,
1701 Hollis St., 13th Floor, Founders Square
Cost: AAAE Members: $10, Non-Members: $20,
Out-of-province participants (via conference call with pdf
of presentation): $25
RSVP: Seating is limited so please RSVP no later than
Wednesday 23th May 2012. Please indicate if you will
be participating by conference call (out of province
participants only).
*Cancellation policy:
Registrants will be charged in full unless they provide
24 hours notice of cancellation *
Abstract: This talk presents some basic facts and projections regarding
the aging of the baby-boom generation and how it will affect
the future paths of the labour force and living standards. It
then spells out the fiscal implications of this phenomenon, both
on the spending and tax sides. Finally, it presents some
arithmetic “thought experiments” showing possible approaches to
dealing with these fiscal challenges. It argues the need for
Canadian governments to begin thinking about this problem and
planning very soon.
Contact: Kate Lacusta
Secretary/Treasurer
Atlantic Association of Applied Economists
1701 Hollis Street, 13th floor, Halifax, NS/NÉ B3J 3M8
Tel: (902) 420-4601 (902) 407-7761
e-mail: klacusta@bankofcanada.ca
4th Annual Student Prize
L-R David Chaundy (President AAAE), Robyn Zajac (1st prize winner), Jasmine Alam, Nicholas Cormier
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