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Media Release
February 15, 2024 – The federal government must curtain excessive spending, balance its budget, and make room for growth-enhancing income-tax relief, says the C.D. Howe Institute's 2024 Shadow Budget.
In “Less for Ottawa, More for Canadians: The C.D. Howe Institute’s 2024 Shadow Budget,” William B.P. Robson, Don Drummond and Alexandre Laurin note that the pandemic produced a huge jump in federal…
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…
Op-Ed
The federal government recently finalized regulations for its “zero-emissions vehicle” mandate. The mandate requires sellers of light vehicles (passenger cars and light trucks) to sell a rising minimum of zero-emissions vehicles — basically, electric vehicles or EVs — every year, culminating with 100 per cent EVs in 2035, just 11 years from now. Reasonable forecasts of production and sales…
Research
The Study in Brief
In the fall of 2023, the Alberta government released a report proposing the creation of an Alberta Pension Plan (APP) funded initially by the province’s withdrawal from the Canada Pension Plan, taking with it $334 billion in assets.
This E-Brief examines the financial assumptions of the proposed APP, assesses their reasonableness, and outlines the risks and…
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,…
