The 2014 edition of the C.D. Howe Institute’s annual Shadow Federal Budget reinforces Ottawa’s near-term focus on budgetary surplus, and presents a number of measures to foster growth over the…
Demographic forces are helping drive up the Canadian workforce’s reported absence rates owing to illness, according to a study released today by the C.D. Howe Institute. In “Absent With Leave: The…
After five years of smaller reforms, Ontario should get on with fixing major shortcomings that remain in its workplace pension system, according to a report released today by the C.D. Howe…
The C.D. Howe Institute’s 2013 Shadow Budget, released today, protects Canada from near-term economic and fiscal risks by accelerating the federal government’s planned return to budget surpluses,…
Despite recent high-profile changes to the pension plans of federal public servants, uniformed personnel and MPs, a critical flaw remains: the contributions to these plans, even after the changes…
While Ottawa’s proposed reforms to the pension plans of federal employees and MPs are a move in the right direction, the deep flaws in these plans require more fundamental revisions, according to…
