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Intelligence Memos
In this special series of Intelligence Memos we presented the opposing arguments made at the C.D. Howe Institute’s inaugural Regent Debate earlier this month. Four prominent voices, Janice MacKinnon, Conrad Black, Paul Begala and Hugh Segal, sparred over the following question: Should Western democracies establish a universal basic income? Today: the duelling rebuttals from former senator Hugh…
Intelligence Memos
To: Ontarians Concerned About the Cost of Welfare
From: David Rosé
Re: Skills Training Versus Job Placement: It’s Complicated
Date: November 7, 2018
Ontario’s new government has committed itself to 100-day review of social assistance programs, and tomorrow is Day 100. The motivation for this review is quite clear. Simply put, Ontario Works (OW) and the Ontario Disability…
Intelligence Memos
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.”
As you noted, it is clear that the order…
Intelligence Memos
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To: Canadian businesses and diplomats in the EU
From: Daniel Schwanen
Re: Canadian interest and possibilities in avoiding a “hard Brexit” (Part Two)
Date: October 31, 2018
Yesterday, we discussed the perils of a hard Brexit for both the UK and the European Union, along with Canada, with all its attendant consequences.
Today, I lay out a way forward that imagines a…
Op-Ed
Which is the most innovative city in Canada?
You might be surprised to know that Calgary has now taken the lead on that front, as measured by one of the most common ways of gauging innovation — patents.
Calgary has now surpassed the likes of Ottawa and Waterloo in terms of patents per capita. And yet, the Alberta city's rise has happened without the fanfare that accompanied the ascent of the…
Intelligence Memos
To: Canadian Ministers of Education
From: Anna Stokke
Re: What to Do about Canada’s Declining Math Scores
Date: November 1, 2018
The declining performance of Canadian students on international math assessments should worry Canadians and their provincial governments and has been a continuing matter of public concern.
Last week, Ontario moved to require a basic math test for new…
