14 results found for "basic income"
Op-Ed
Published in the The Montreal Gazette on May 25, 2012
By Ian Irvine and William Sims
When shopping, consumers pay attention to the costs of similar products – say, generic vs. brand-name foods. The same is true for smokers: higher prices on legal cigarettes can increase an individual’s preference for cheaper, often contraband smokes.
As provinces look to claw out of their budget…
Op-Ed
Published in the Globe and Mail on December 11, 2012
By Daniel Schwanen
Last Friday, the federal government announced an updated policy and revised guidelines regarding acquisitions by foreign state-owned enterprises in Canada. This accompanied the approvals of two multibillion-dollar SOE acquisitions: Nexen Inc. by China’s CNOOC Ltd. and of Progress Energy Resources Corp. by Malaysia’s Petronas…
Op-Ed
Published in the Chronicle Herald on September 27, 2012
By Colin Busby
With MPs back to work after their summer break, one task on their to-do list — found in the 2012 budget — is building a program to give financial support to employers of reservists on military leave. How they implement the plan will be crucial for Canadian employers and the reservists that they hire.
Your local hospital’s…
Op-Ed
Published in the Globe and Mail on April 26, 2012
By Gerard Boychuk
Having won the Alberta election, Premier Alison Redford is now setting her sights on providing leadership in establishing the national agenda on health-care reform. In doing so, she won’t be able to ignore the issue of patient wait times. Wildrose may have lost the election, but it did propose some ideas in this regard that are…
Op-Ed
Published in the Calgary Herald on January 24, 2012
By Colin Busby
Ottawa surprised the provinces last month by unilaterally announcing that future federal support for health would grow more slowly, and would be tied to population growth and the strength of the economy. But most of the provincial premiers who gathered in Victoria last week saw it as a provocative snub.
After loud throat clearing…
Op-Ed
Published in the Financial Post on January 10, 2012
By Philippe Bergevin and Finn Poschmann
With an eye on the Christmas shopping season, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty last fall stood up for “irritated” Canadian consumers who persistently complained about high retail prices at home when cheaper buys were to be had south of the border. But rather than reducing barriers to cross-border bargain…
