6 results found for "basic income"
Intelligence Memos
To: The Hon. Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Finance
From: Alexandre Laurin and Nicholas Dahir
Date: January 8, 2024
Re: Charities Fall Victim to Federal Tax-the-Rich Plan
The end of 2023 last week marked the likely end of full tax relief for some charitable giving. The federal government has yet to table its legislation for reforming the alternative minimum tax (AMT), but if…
Intelligence Memos
From: Bob Baldwin
To: Pension watchers
Date: April 3 2024
Re: How to Resolve the Alberta Pension Issue
Last fall, the Alberta government released a report proposing the creation of an Alberta Pension Plan (APP) funded initially by withdrawal from the Canada Pension Plan, taking with it $334 billion in assets.
My recent C.D. Howe Institute E-Brief examines the financial…
Intelligence Memos
From: Duncan Munn, John Manley and Dwight Duncan
To: Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland
Date: April 30, 2024
Re: Short-sighted Capital Gains Changes Will Bring Long-Term Consequences
This month’s federal budget asks the wealthiest among us to pay for spending initiatives to address intergenerational fairness.
A better way to finance new spending would be to…
Intelligence Memos
From: Edward Waitzer and Rob Wildeboer
To: Corporate governance observers
Date: April 29, 2024
Re: Corporate Culture Trumps Regulation in Fostering Good Governance
Just over two decades ago, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act put the regulation of corporate compliance on the map.
It has since become a governance preoccupation, spawning armies of compliance professionals,…
Intelligence Memos
From: John Lester
To: Members of the Treasury Board
Date: April 8, 2024
Re: The federal expenditure management system needs a makeover
The federal expenditure management system looks good on paper.
Transparency is served by publication of five-year spending plans for major spending categories in the annual budget and detailed information in the main estimates and…
Intelligence Memos
From: Glen Hodgson and Diana Smallridge
To: Reconciliation watchers
Date: March 20, 2024
Re: The Best Indigenous Financing Gap Solution? An Indigenous Development Bank
Access to financing is critical if the Indigenous economy is to make meaningful progress on sustained economic development as a basis for reconciliation.
There are significant market gaps in…