20 results found for "guaranteed annual income"
Intelligence Memos
From: Sharleen Gale and Niilo Edwards
To: The Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance
Date: June 8, 2023
Re: The Case for a National Indigenous Loan Guarantee Program
Advancing major resource projects is essential for both a successful energy transition and growing the economy to benefit all Canadians. Governments need to…
Intelligence Memos
To: Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland
From: Ed Devlin and Anders Forssell
Date: June 26, 2023
Re: Federal Mortgage-Bond Consolidation Should be a Non-Starter
The federal government intends to engage in market consultations on the potential consolidation of Canada Mortgage Bonds (CMB) within the Government of Canada borrowing program, it said in its last budget. A decision is…
Intelligence Memos
To: Pension Policy Watchers
From: Jason Vary
Date: May 17, 2023
Re: Bill C-228: The Four-Year Countdown Starts Now
Well, despite all the doomsaying about unintended consequences, Bill C-228 the Pension Protection Act is now law. It received royal assent on April 27 and a four-year transition clock is now ticking.
Quick Refresher
The new act amends the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act and the…
Op-Ed
‘Tis the season for giving, and as the year ends, many Canadians are planning substantial donations. However, they should consider maximizing those donations in 2023 while full tax relief for charitable giving is still guaranteed. The federal government has yet to table its legislation for reforming the alternative minimum tax (AMT), but if it sticks to its commitments laid out in the 2023 budget…
Intelligence Memos
To: Small business watchers
From: Miwako Nitani and Aurin Shaila Nusrat
Date: August 3, 2023
Re: Solving Canada’s SME Financing Conundrum
Canada’s small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) play an out-sized role in generating jobs and promoting economic prosperity. Even so, Canadian growth-oriented SMEs lag behind those of other advanced countries and face financing hurdles,…
Op-Ed
Canadian transportation policy is now operating under a Zero Emissions Vehicle (ZEV) mandate that will soon have a binding effect as Canadians try to purchase their next vehicle, particularly light trucks.
A ZEV mandate requires sellers of light vehicles to sell a certain minimum of ZEVs (in effect, electric vehicles or EVs) in a year. The theory is that this minimum requirement will…
