26 results found for "basic income"
Intelligence Memos
To: Canada’s finance ministers
From: William B.P. Robson and Farah Omran
Date: June 18, 2019
Re: Fiscal Accountability: Why it Matters
We all know what it is like to stare at a mystifying financial presentation, wondering if we are dense, or if someone is trying to put something over on us. When the presentation is from our federal government, or the province we live in –…
Intelligence Memos
From: Bob Baldwin
To: Albertans pondering a new pension plan
Date: November 29, 2019
Re: The Alberta Pension Plan Is No Slam Dunk
Alberta leaving the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) and creating its own Alberta Pension Plan (APP) has been discussed for many years, and has resurfaced as the newly elected Premier of Alberta has said there is a compelling case for creating an APP, and…
Intelligence Memos
From: Lawrence Herman
To: Canadians concerned about trade disputes
Date: November 11, 2019
Re: Keeping Score of the US-Canada Trade Disputes
US investor-state disputes against Canada still loom under NAFTA, with five unresolved claims outstanding and the possibility that more could emerge.
In my new C.D. Howe Institute report, I outline the history of trade disputes and show that…
Media Release
July 9, 2019 – Inflation went through a puzzling path after the financial crisis of 2008-09 and the reasons why warrant a closer look, according to a C.D. Howe Institute report. In “Inflation after the Crisis: What’s the Story?” authors Jeremy Kronick and Farah Omran explore a link between the breadth of economic growth and inflation performance over the period following the financial…
Media Release
October 31, 2019 – US investor-state disputes against Canada still loom under NAFTA, with five unresolved claims outstanding and the possibility that more could emerge, according to a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute. In “Keeping Score: Investor-State Dispute Awards between the US and Canada,” respected trade lawyer Lawrence Herman notes the ratification of the new Canada United States…
Intelligence Memos
From: Jeremy M. Kronick and Farah Omran
To: The Bank of Canada
Date: July 24, 2019
Re: On the Hunt for 2 percent Inflation
Inflation went through a puzzling path after the financial crisis of 2008-09 and the reasons why warrant a closer look. In our recent C.D. Howe Institute report, we explore a link between the breadth of economic growth and inflation performance during the…
