16 results found for "basic income"
Intelligence Memos
From: Jon Johnson
To: Global Affairs Canada
Copy to: Environment and Climate Change Canada and Natural Resources Canada
Date: August 31, 2021
Re: The Proposed US FAIR Transition and Competition Act: Less Than Fair
Last month, Democrats Senator Chris Coons and Representative Scott Peters introduced border carbon adjustment legislation, dubbing it the FAIR Transition and…
Intelligence Memos
From: Don Drummond
To: Ontario Budget Watchers
Date: March 29, 2021
Re: Ontario Budget: Much Heavy Lifting Required to Achieve Fiscal Stability
Ontario’s 2021 budget last week added a longer-term perspective to the usual short- or medium-term perspective of budgets, and it does not make for pleasant viewing.
Its three scenarios for GDP growth – 1.8, 2.0 and 2.2 percent per…
Intelligence Memos
From: Lawrence Herman
To: Canadians concerned about trade
Date: January 29, 2021
Re: Compensation, Not Sanctions, for Keystone
Keystone XL is dead. Everyone knows that. Nothing can force the Biden administration to reissue the construction permit. The fight is now over any compensation owed to owner TC Energy Corp. by the US government.
Even though it was endorsed by the…
Intelligence Memos
From: Fred Horne
To: Canadians Concerned about Long-Term Care
Date: January 11, 2021
Re: Are We Serious about Senior Care in Canada?
Long-term care accounts for four out of every five deaths from COVID-19 in Canada – more than 10,000 to date. Thanks to that tragic statistic, we can only hope that politicians, health system leaders and Canadians now fully understand the sad state of…
Intelligence Memos
From: Glen Hodgson
To: Overseers of Crown Corporations
Date: July 6, 2021
Re: The InterCity and Rural Bus Market: Many Ways to Reach the Destination
Canada’s Crown corporations form a major part of the economy, but rarely draw detailed scrutiny. In his latest C.D. Howe Institute Commentary and in this special Intelligence Memo series, Fellow-in-Residence Glen Hodgson…
Intelligence Memos
From: Don Drummond
To: Canadian Debt Watchers
Date: April 20, 2021
Re: Budget 2021 Leaves Canada Awash in Debt for More than a Generation
The C.D. Howe Institute 2021 Shadow Budget recommended the federal government return to around the pre-pandemic 30 percent of GDP net debt burden within two decades. Yesterday’s Budget shows that marker of fiscal stability not being attained until…
