16 results found for "basic income"
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…
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…
Intelligence Memos
From: Konrad von Finckenstein
To: the Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development and the Minister of Canadian Heritage
Date: February 23, 2018
Re: Fighting Internet Piracy: A Workable Plan Emerges
Recently, 25 directly affected stakeholders made an application to the CRTC urging it to create an independent agency (Internet Piracy Review Agency “IRPA”) to identify…
Intelligence Memos
From: Gilles Gauthier
To: Canada’s NAFTA Negotiators
Date: June 27, 2018
Re: The NAFTA Talks. Towards a New Paradigm? (Part Two)
Yesterday, we explored the difficult terrain for the renegotiation of NAFTA. Today: What are the possible scenarios?
If we were in a traditional trade negotiation and if the parties were really trying to find the necessary trade-offs, we could imagine that an agreement…
