From: Daniel Schwanen and Benjamin Dachis
To: The Hon. Catherine McKenna, Minister of Environment and Climate Change Canada
CC: Ontario Premier-designate Doug Ford
Date: June 28, 2018
Subject: Federal carbon pricing backstop can reduce the litigation costs of cap-and-trade phaseout
De la part de: Gilles Gauthier
A l’attention de: Les Canadiens préoccupés par l’avenir de l’ALENA
Date: 27 juin, 2018
Objet: La renégociation de l’ALENA. Vers un nouveau paradigme? (II)
Hier, nous avons exploré le terrain difficile pour la renégociation de l’ALENA. Aujourd'hui: Quels sont les scénarios possibles?
From: Gilles Gauthier
To: Canada’s NAFTA Negotiators
Date: June 27, 2018
Re: The NAFTA Talks. Towards a New Paradigm? (Part Two)
Yesterday, we explored the difficult terrain for the renegotiation of NAFTA. Today: What are the possible scenarios?
June 26, 2018 – Retirement savers would benefit from greater flexibility and security with a longer Canada and Québec Pension Plans (C/QPP) deferral period, according to a new report by the C.D. Howe Institute. In “Deferring Receipt of Public Pension Benefits: A Tool for Flexibility” authors Antoine Genest-Grégoire, Luc Godbout, René Beaudry, and Bernard Morency show that deferring receipt of public pension benefits makes retirement planning cheaper for Canadians who use capital accumulation plans such as RRSPs and defined contribution plans.
A l’attention de: Les Canadiens préoccupés par l’avenir de l’ALÉNA
De la part de: Gilles Gauthier
Date: 22 juin 2018
Objet: La renégociation de l’ALÉNA. Vers un nouveau paradigme? (I)
From: Gilles Gauthier
To: Canada’s NAFTA Negotiators
Date: June 26, 2018
Re: The NAFTA Talks: Towards a New Paradigm? (Part One)
From: Tracy Snoddon
To: Catherine McKenna, Minister of Environment and Climate Change
Date: June 25, 2018
Re: How the Federal Government Should Prepare its Carbon Tax
The election of Doug Ford and his Ontario Conservatives brings, among other matters, renewed focus on the federal government’s looming requirement that all provinces impose some version of a carbon price by January 1, 2019.
From: Alexandre Laurin
To: The new Ontario Government
Date: June 22, 2018
Re: How Could a Tax Credit Work for Ontario’s Minimum Wage Workers?
The widely held view in economics is that progressive tax schedules should reflect intrinsic abilities to earn income.
The greater your productivity, the more you should be taxed. Such a system would minimize work disincentive effects, and maximize social welfare.
Barriers to Housing
The cost of housing has been increasing in many parts of Canada. A recent C.D. Howe Institute report finds restrictions and extra costs on building new housing – such as zoning regulations, development charges, and limits on housing development on both Greenbelt land and land between urban areas and the Greenbelt – are driving up the price of homes in Canadian cities by six figures.
From: Dan Ciuriak and Meredith Crowley
To: Canadians Concerned about Trade Wars
Date: June 20, 2018
Re: Weaponizing Uncertainty: Trade Policy under the Trump Administration
The Trump Administration is deploying uncertainty as a new weapon in trade protection.