From: Jon Johnson
To: Canadians Concerned About Section 232 Tariffs
Date: September 25, 2018
Re: Important Ruling in Constitutional Challenge to Section 232
From: Grant Bishop
To: The Hon. Catherine McKenna, Minister of Environment and Climate Change Canada
Date: September 24, 2018
Re: Let’s rethink Bill C-69
Mark Smith Appointed as C.D. Howe Institute Senior Fellow
September 24, 2018 – William Robson, President and CEO of the C.D. Howe Institute, announces the appointment of Mark Smith as a Senior Fellow.
“Mark has a wide range of experience, notably in the fields of human capital and financial services, in both the business and not-for-profit sectors,” said Robson. “He has been a regular source of insight and support for the C.D. Howe Institute’s research in the past, and we look forward to future collaboration.”
Inside Access: Making the Money Last - The Case for Offering Pure Longevity Insurance to Retiring Canadians
Submitted by michele.cherry onMany retirees are concerned about outliving their savings and as a consequence, they live a lower retirement lifestyle than may be feasible. They could be better off pooling the risk of outliving their savings with other retirees through longevity insurance. First, government regulations need to change. Join author Don Ezra as he explains longevity insurance and its value for retirees.
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Longer Living Retirees Need Insurance Option for Financial Risk
September 18th, 2018—Longer living retirees need the option of pure longevity insurance, according to new report published by the C.D. Howe Institute. In “Making the Money Last: The Case for Offering Pure Longevity Insurance to Retiring Canadians,” author Don Ezra explains and makes the case for the provision of longevity insurance, and argues for governments to take the necessary steps to facilitate its offering by Canadian insurers.
From: William B.P. Robson
To: Canada’s legislators and financial watchdogs
Date: September 21, 2018
Re: Ontario’s clean financial statements – a step forward for accountability
Ontario’s release today of financial statements with a clean opinion from the provincial Auditor General is good news. For Ontarians – and for everyone who values high quality financial reporting from Canadian governments.
From: Andrew Roman
To: The Honourable Jody Wilson-Raybould, Minister of Justice and Attorney General, and The Honourable Amarjeet Sohi, Minister of Natural Resources.
Date: September 20, 2018
Re: Appealing the Trans Mountain Decision
From: Allan Gotlieb
To: Canadians Concerned about Canada’s Place in the World
Date: September 19, 2018
Re: Towards a Reality-Based Foreign Policy for Canada
(An updated extract from the 2004 C.D. Howe Institute Benefactors Lecture.)
Every nation needs a psychiatrist, Robertson Davies once observed, although I have never found the quote. He must have said it because it is so true in Canada’s case.
Weak Business Investment Sours Canada’s Economic Outlook - C.D. Howe Institute
September 13, 2018 - Weak business investment is a threat to Canada’s future prosperity, according to a new report published by the C.D. Howe Institute. In “Tooling up: Canada Needs More Robust Capital Investment,” authors William B.P. Robson, Jeremy Kronick, and Jacob Kim find business investment in Canada has slipped badly relative to the United States and other countries since mid-decade, and the outlook remains weak for 2018.