To: Doug Ford and Ontario’s New Government
cc: Governments across Canada
From: Benjamin Dachis
Date: July 12, 2018
Re: Business Property Tax Cuts Can Be a Secret Weapon
Your government has committed to reducing taxes and increasing the competitiveness of Ontario business. Lower taxes on business mean more investment, making workers more productive and businesses more competitive.
From: Jeremy M. Kronick and Nikki Hui
To: Federal, Provincial, and Municipal Policymakers
Date: July 11, 2018
Re: Housing Supply Is the Fix to High Household Debt
From: Jon Johnson
To: Canadians Concerned about NAFTA
Date: July 10, 2018
Re: Section 232 Tariffs and the Automotive Threat (Part Two)
The imposition of 20-percent tariffs against automotive products under section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 is not a foregone conclusion.
From: Jon Johnson
To: Canadians Concerned about NAFTA
Date: July 9, 2018
Re: Section 232 Tariffs and the Automotive Threat (Part One)
From: Daniel Schwanen
To: The Honourable Chrystia Freeland
Date: July 6, 2018
Re: A New Coalition for Trade in the Era of Trump
On June 6, 2017, in a much remarked speech in the House of Commons, you rightly extolled the virtues of a global order based on rules, including rules promoting, as you put it, “free and friendly trade.”
To: Ontario’s new Progressive Conservative government
From: Adam Found and Peter Tomlinson
Date: July 5, 2018
Re: Business Tax Cuts in Ontario: Expanding the Menu
From: Antoine Genest-Grégoire, Luc Godbout, René Beaudry, and Bernard Morency
To: The Hon. Bill Morneau, Minister of Finance
Date: July 4, 2018
Re: Deferring Receipt of Public Pension Benefits: A Tool for Flexibility
Retirement savers would benefit from greater flexibility and security with a longer Canada and Québec Pension Plan (C/QPP) deferral period.
From: James Bushnell, Jonathan Hughes and Aaron Smith
To: Regulators and users of the Western Canadian rail network
Date: July 3, 2018
Re: Food vs. Fuel? Impacts of Petroleum Shipments on Agricultural Prices
The shale revolution generated tremendous changes in both the volume and geographical distribution of oil production.
From: Michael Lindsay
To: Premier-Designate Doug Ford
Date: June 29, 2018
Re: Navigating icebergs en route to a balanced budget
In the recent election campaign, you expressed a desire to move in a “modest and responsible” way towards the elimination of Ontario’s deficit.
The causes of the province’s deficit are structural. Eliminating the deficit will require a comprehensive and thoughtful approach. Allow me to share a framework that might prove helpful.
Dear friends and supporters of the C.D. Howe Institute,
Things looked so promising when we celebrated Canada’s 150th birthday last July. This year Canada’s policy challenges look more complicated, due to a few unforced errors on the domestic scene and some remarkably complex challenges abroad.