15 results found for "basic income"
Intelligence Memos
From: Grant Bishop
To: Climate policy observers
Date: November 14, 2023
Re: Ottawa Needs to Get Back to Carbon Pricing Basics
Last month, a Supreme Court majority held that the core of the federal Impact Assessment Act (IAA) is unconstitutional – a “Trojan horse” of federal overreach into provincial jurisdiction. Amid much criticism, this legislation was enacted in 2019 under Bill…
Intelligence Memos
This week, we present the three top finishers in the C.D. Howe Institute Intelligence Memo competition, which was open to graduate students across the country. Today, our first co-winner.
To: Canadian innovation policy leaders
From: Joe McKinnon
Date: October 23, 2023
Re: It’s Time to Reprioritize Fundamental Research
Significant investments in fundamental research are needed…
Intelligence Memos
From: Åke Blomqvist
To: Canadians concerned about healthcare
Date: July 10, 2023
Subject: Nightmarish Commercial Simply Wrong: Healthcare Outsourcing is not Privatization
Following passage of the Ontario government’s Bill 60, the Ministry of Health has the option to contract out to independent clinics the provision of certain kinds of healthcare …
Intelligence Memos
From: Trevor Jamieson and Ewan Affleck
To: Canadian Healthcare Observers
Date: May 25, 2023
Re: Better health depends on better health data
Canada’s governments recently came to broad agreement on renewing federal-provincial health transfers. Ottawa asked the provinces and territories to modernize Canadians’ access to their electronic health information with “…
Intelligence Memos
From: Malcolm Burrows
To: The Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Finance
Date: October 4, 2023
Re: AMT and Donations
Changes to the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) rates and rules are scheduled to take effect on January 1 and for the first time AMT will apply to charitable donations from high-income individuals. This is poor tax policy that will produce unintended community…
Intelligence Memos
From: Angelo Nikolakakis
To: The Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance
Date: June 13, 2023
Re: A New Bad Idea: Financial Institution Dividend Taxes
This year’s federal budget included one very troubling tax policy change. It will end up costing many hardworking Canadians who have invested in Canadian banks and other financial…
