23 results found for "basic income"
Intelligence Memos
Re: Digital Health Tools Must Remain a Core Part of Canada’s Post-pandemic Health Care Delivery System
By: Will Falk
Date: January 17, 2022
To: Canadian Ministers of Health
Paper health care records have been a danger to both patients and providers during the COVID-19 pandemic. I have been able to get my 85-year old mother’s banking and bills online to keep things up…
Intelligence Memos
To: Diane Lebouthillier, Minister of National Revenue
From: Alexandre Laurin and Nicholas Dahir
Date: February 10, 2022
Re: Not so Fast, Please, on Automatic Tax Filing
In Canada, most government cash benefit payments require recipients to file a tax return.
Individuals who fail to participate in the tax system – often society’s most vulnerable – too often forgo important…
Intelligence Memos
From: John Lester
To: Canadians Concerned About Innovation
Date: April 26, 2022
Re: Broadening the New Review of Tax Support for R&D
Canadians concerned about our lacklustre innovation performance were cheered by the budget announcement that the Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SR&ED) program would be reviewed.
Canada’s business research and development performance is…
Media Release
July 19 – Ottawa’s review of the Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SR&ED) program is welcome news, but bolder thinking is needed to substantially improve the effectiveness of the tax credit, according to a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute. In “Tax Support for R&D and Intellectual Property: Time for Some Bold Moves,” author John Lester says the review, announced in…
Intelligence Memos
To: Canadians Concerned About Growth
From: Parisa Mahboubi
Date: September 2, 2022
Re: Back to School: A Good Time to Examine Canada’s Digital Skill Deficit
Rapid digitalization across the economy and an aging population are feeding Canada’s digital and STEM skills shortages.
The COVID-19 pandemic has also intensified the need for digital skills across all sectors, and…
Media Release
August 23, 2022 – Canada faces a serious shortage in employees with digital and science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) skills amid a tight labour market and rising demand for digital-oriented jobs.
To address this, Canada needs to increase its supply of people with digital skills by developing and attracting talent as well as investing in reskilling and upskilling its…
