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Intelligence Memos
From: Fred Horne
To: Canadians Concerned about Long-Term Care
Date: January 11, 2021
Re: Are We Serious about Senior Care in Canada?
Long-term care accounts for four out of every five deaths from COVID-19 in Canada – more than 10,000 to date. Thanks to that tragic statistic, we can only hope that politicians, health system leaders and Canadians now fully understand the sad state of…
Op-Ed
All the major political parties have put out their plans to deal with the housing market crises in Canada’s cities. The focus is on affordability. In other words, how to make home ownership easier for Canadians currently priced out of the housing market. But is there much the federal government can do? Unfortunately, the answer is no, with most levers – especially those that will encourage more…
Intelligence Memos
From: Glen Hodgson
To: Overseers of Crown Corporations
Date: July 6, 2021
Re: The InterCity and Rural Bus Market: Many Ways to Reach the Destination
Canada’s Crown corporations form a major part of the economy, but rarely draw detailed scrutiny. In his latest C.D. Howe Institute Commentary and in this special Intelligence Memo series, Fellow-in-Residence Glen Hodgson…
Intelligence Memos
From: Don Drummond
To: Canadian Debt Watchers
Date: April 20, 2021
Re: Budget 2021 Leaves Canada Awash in Debt for More than a Generation
The C.D. Howe Institute 2021 Shadow Budget recommended the federal government return to around the pre-pandemic 30 percent of GDP net debt burden within two decades. Yesterday’s Budget shows that marker of fiscal stability not being attained until…
Intelligence Memos
From: William B.P. Robson
To: Canadian Debt Watchers
Date: February 25, 2021
Re: Provincial Debts and Federal Bailouts – It’s Complicated
When COVID-19 crashed the economy last spring, Canadian governments ramped up borrowing so much that concern spiked about fiscally weaker provinces finding buyers for their debt. The Bank of Canada saw off that crisis by including provincial…
Intelligence Memos
From: Don Drummond and Louis Lévesque
To: Newfoundland and Labrador Taxpayers
Date: February 5, 2021
Re: The Newfoundland and Labrador Fiscal Morass
Newfoundland and Labrador’s fiscal balance is sharply deteriorating this year. But a structural fiscal problem was well engrained prior to the pandemic and latest plunge in oil prices. After bringing its debt burden (net debt-to-…
