21 results found for "basic income"
Op-Ed
The accumulation of past failures in fighting poverty has breathed new life into proposals to introduce a basic income, also known as a Guaranteed Annual Income. Ontario, for example, has a pilot project underway championed by former senator Hugh Segal. But, is the basic income approach, where governments provide direct financial support to low-income people, the best approach?
Basic income…
Intelligence Memos
From: Peter Hicks
To: The Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, Government of Canada
The Honourable Dr. Helena Jaczek, Minister of Community and Social Services, Government of Ontario
The Honourable Chris Ballard, Minister Responsible for the Poverty Reduction Strategy, Government of Ontario
Date: April 18, 2017
Re: The Federal and Ontario Approaches…
Intelligence Memos
From: Michael Trebilcock
To: Glenn Thibeault, Ontario Minister of Energy
Date: August 21, 2017
Re: Ontario`s self-defeating green energy program
In 2009 the Ontario government committed ratepayers to massive subsidization of various forms of renewable energy, especially wind power and solar energy, along with the phasing out of coal-fired generation in the province – a goal achieved in 2014.
In…
Intelligence Memos
From: Parisa Mahboubi
To: Canada’s ministers of education and skills development
Date: November 20, 2017
Re: High Education, Lower Literacy: What to Do?
Canada’s workforce has experienced a troubling slide in literacy and numeracy skills, despite higher levels of education and improvements in learning technology.
In my report last week I compared results of international…
Intelligence Memos
To: Canadian Trade Policy Makers
From: Dennis DesRosiers
Date: January 26, 2017
Re: Trump, Trade and the Automotive Industry, Part I
A lot of questions have emerged about a Trump presidency and what it means for the automotive sector: Can he do what he is threatening? What are the consequences if he carries through on his threats? Although most of his proposed actions are targeted towards Mexico…
Intelligence Memos
From: Jeremy Kronick
To: The Ontario Minister of Housing
Date: May 1, 2017
Re: Why Rent Control is Doomed to Fail
One of the pillars of your recently announced plan aimed at making housing more affordable is to extend rent controls to all recently built rental units. This measure can be assessed through a number of different lenses, but viewed through an economic lens, it is a bad idea…
