20 results found for "basic income"
Intelligence Memos
Re: Digital Health Tools Must Remain a Core Part of Canada’s Post-pandemic Health Care Delivery System
By: Will Falk
Date: January 17, 2022
To: Canadian Ministers of Health
Paper health care records have been a danger to both patients and providers during the COVID-19 pandemic. I have been able to get my 85-year old mother’s banking and bills online to keep things up…
Intelligence Memos
To: Diane Lebouthillier, Minister of National Revenue
From: Alexandre Laurin and Nicholas Dahir
Date: February 10, 2022
Re: Not so Fast, Please, on Automatic Tax Filing
In Canada, most government cash benefit payments require recipients to file a tax return.
Individuals who fail to participate in the tax system – often society’s most vulnerable – too often forgo important…
Intelligence Memos
From: John Lester
To: Canadians Concerned About Innovation
Date: April 26, 2022
Re: Broadening the New Review of Tax Support for R&D
Canadians concerned about our lacklustre innovation performance were cheered by the budget announcement that the Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SR&ED) program would be reviewed.
Canada’s business research and development performance is…
Intelligence Memos
To: Canadians Concerned About Growth
From: Parisa Mahboubi
Date: September 2, 2022
Re: Back to School: A Good Time to Examine Canada’s Digital Skill Deficit
Rapid digitalization across the economy and an aging population are feeding Canada’s digital and STEM skills shortages.
The COVID-19 pandemic has also intensified the need for digital skills across all sectors, and…
Intelligence Memos
From: Jon Johnson
To: Federal Departments of Global Affairs, Environment, and Natural Resources
Date: June 29, 2022
Re: Latest Congressional Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism Initiative – For Real or for Show?
The FAIR Transition and Competition Act introduced last July, which provided for a carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM), was never enacted.
Four Democratic senators…
Intelligence Memos
The C.D. Howe Institute put out a call late last year for Intelligence Memos from next-generation policy leaders. The purpose of the program is to provide a platform for new or soon-to-be graduates to raise their profiles, showcase their ideas, and build their professional networks. This week we are releasing the work of the top three participants.
From: Cheung Pang Wong
To: Canada’s Ministers of…
