14 results found for "guaranteed annual income"
Media Release
January 24, 2017 – Providing a comprehensive, one-size-fits-all guaranteed annual income (GAI) is not the best solution to fighting poverty in Canada, according to a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute. In “Toward a New Balance in Social Policy: The Future Role of Guaranteed Annual Income within the Safety Net,” author Peter Hicks urges policymakers to address poverty by using a “bottom-up”…
Media Release
April 11, 2017 - With retirees living longer and the working-age population remaining relatively stable, the growing demand for financial support in retirement will potentially strain social security programs, according to a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute. In “Greener Pastures: Resetting the Age of Eligibility for Social Security Based on Actuarial Science,” authors Robert L. Brown, and…
Intelligence Memos
From: John Richards
To: Concerned Canadians
Date: August 31, 2017
Re: A Back to School Wake-up Call
In an industrial age, whether a country educates its children well is perhaps the most important determinant of whether the next generation will be prosperous or poor, whether income inequality will be high or low.
Good schools are not a panacea for avoiding all social ills, but weak schools are a…
Intelligence Memos
From: Alexandre Laurin and William Robson
To: Participants in the Canada Pension Plan
Date: September 7, 2017
Re: Investment Risks in an Expanded CPP
Our report in April, Bigger CPP, Bigger Risks, highlighted the possibility that disappointing investment returns in the expanded Canada Pension Plan (CPP2) will force younger Canadians to bail the plan out, and urged provisions to protect them. It…
Media Release
November 14, 2017 – Canada’s workforce has experienced a troubling slide in literacy and numeracy skills, despite higher levels of education and improvements in learning technology, according to a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute. In “Talkin’ ‘Bout My Generation: More Educated, But Less Skilled Canadians,” author Parisa Mahboubi compares results of international surveys from 2003 and 2012…
Intelligence Memos
From: Parisa Mahboubi
To: Canada’s ministers of education and skills development
Date: November 20, 2017
Re: High Education, Lower Literacy: What to Do?
Canada’s workforce has experienced a troubling slide in literacy and numeracy skills, despite higher levels of education and improvements in learning technology.
In my report last week I compared results of international…
