From: William Robson and Farah Omran
To: Canada’s Finance Ministers
Date: May 3, 2018
Re: Rating the Fiscal Accountability of Canada’s Senior Governments
Canada’s senior governments tax and spend a lot, but don’t consistently tell us what they are doing.
From: Daniel Schwanen and Rosalie Wyonch
To: Canada’s ministers of public health
Date: May 2, 2018
Re: The Three Cs, Why We Don’t Get that Flu Shot
Despite clinical evidence showing the value of immunization against infectious diseases in the adult population, insufficient attention to lifetime immunization policies persists.
C.D. Howe Podcast - Low Vaccination Rates Pose Health Hazard for Adult Canadians
Despite clinical evidence showing the value of immunization, vaccination rates among adult Canadians are dangerously low. In this podcast, co-hosts Alex McBrien and Laura Bouchard are joined by the Institute's Rosalie Wyonch, to discuss the lackluster state of adult vaccination in Canada.
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Full Video - Regent Debate: Should Western Democracies Adopt a Universal Basic Income?
On April 11th, 2018 the C.D. Howe Institute hosted its inaugural Regent Debate, where four prominent voices sparred over the following question: Should Western democracies, such as Canada, establish a universal basic income to help their citizens cope with the disruptive effects of new technologies and artificial intelligence?
Watch the full video, including introductory arguments, rebuttals, and how the jury and public voted on the topic.
To: François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of International Trade
From: Christopher Sands
Date: May 1, 2018
Re: Canada’s Middle Power Mission: To Save the WTO
The As, Bs, Cs and Ds of Financial Transparency by Canada’s Senior Governments
May 1, 2018 – Canada’s senior governments tax and spend a lot, but don’t consistently tell us what they are doing, says a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute. In “The Numbers Game: Rating the Fiscal Accountability of Canada’s Senior Governments,” authors William B.P. Robson and Farah Omran grade the transparency and reliability of the federal, provincial and territorial governments’ financial reports and propose easy steps to improve them.
Canada’s senior governments tax and spend a lot, but don’t consistently tell us what they are doing, says a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute. In “The Numbers Game: Rating the Fiscal Accountability of Canada’s Senior Governments,” authors William B.P. Robson and Farah Omran grade the transparency and reliability of the federal provincial and territorial governments’ financial reports and propose easy steps to improve them.
Sorely Lacking – Adult Immunization Coverage in Canada
Across the provinces and territories, adult vaccination rates for preventable diseases like influenza, pertussis (whooping cough) and pneumococcal (pneumonia) infections are well below national immunization uptake targets of around 80 percent. Better and more regular uptake of vaccines could improve health outcomes of Canadian adults and offset some of the economic challenges of an aging society.
From: Andrew Roman
To: Concerned Canadians
Date: April 30, 2018
Re: Are Old Polluters Better Than New Polluters?
One of the environmental arguments against the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is that it will induce an increase in carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from the Alberta oilsands. This increase would prevent Canada from achieving its climate change CO2 emission reduction commitments.
Vidéo - Pas seulement pour les enfants : comment améliorer la surveillance et la couverture vaccinale chez les adultes au Canada
Malgré les données démontrant la valeur des vaccins, les taux de vaccination chez les adultes canadiens sont dangereusement bas. Cette vidéo examine les causes profondes de la sous-vaccination chez les adultes, ainsi que certaines des solutions qui aideront à améliorer la santé des Canadiens tout en atténuant les défis économiques associés au vieillissement de la population.