20 results found for "basic income"
Intelligence Memos
To: Canada’s finance ministers
From: William B.P. Robson and Farah Omran
Date: June 18, 2019
Re: Fiscal Accountability: Why it Matters
We all know what it is like to stare at a mystifying financial presentation, wondering if we are dense, or if someone is trying to put something over on us. When the presentation is from our federal government, or the province we live in –…
Intelligence Memos
From: Bob Baldwin
To: Albertans pondering a new pension plan
Date: November 29, 2019
Re: The Alberta Pension Plan Is No Slam Dunk
Alberta leaving the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) and creating its own Alberta Pension Plan (APP) has been discussed for many years, and has resurfaced as the newly elected Premier of Alberta has said there is a compelling case for creating an APP, and…
Intelligence Memos
From: Lawrence Herman
To: Canadians concerned about trade disputes
Date: November 11, 2019
Re: Keeping Score of the US-Canada Trade Disputes
US investor-state disputes against Canada still loom under NAFTA, with five unresolved claims outstanding and the possibility that more could emerge.
In my new C.D. Howe Institute report, I outline the history of trade disputes and show that…
Intelligence Memos
From: Jeremy M. Kronick and Farah Omran
To: The Bank of Canada
Date: July 24, 2019
Re: On the Hunt for 2 percent Inflation
Inflation went through a puzzling path after the financial crisis of 2008-09 and the reasons why warrant a closer look. In our recent C.D. Howe Institute report, we explore a link between the breadth of economic growth and inflation performance during the…
Intelligence Memos
From: Glen Hodgson
To: Canadians interested in sustainable finance
Date: November 20, 2019
Re: Creating a policy framework for sustainable green finance
Action on green finance is taking place in many places and in many directions, but there are still many gaps, with no coherent policy framework in place. What would such a framework look like?
The expert panel on sustainable or…
Intelligence Memos
To: Ross Romano, Ontario Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities
From: Charles M. Beach and Frank Milne
Date: November 14, 2019
Re: Making Ontario’s Colleges and Universities Decide on their Mission
One of the strengths of the US post-secondary education (PSE) system is the great variation across different schools and the great range of opportunities available to students…
