8 results found for "guaranteed annual income"
Intelligence Memos
From: Glen Hodgson and Diana Smallridge
To: Reconciliation observers
Date: January 17, 2024
Re: Unlocking Indigenous financing: are loan guarantees the answer?
The federal government’s recent Fall Economic Statement included a commitment to establish a loan guarantee program to foster Indigenous equity ownership in major natural resource sector projects. This offers clear…
Intelligence Memos
To: Pension observers
From: Barry Gros
Date: May 14, 2024
Re: BC has Lessons for Target Benefit Pension Plans
With the era of private sector defined-benefit (DB) pension plans fading into history, it’s important to understand other alternatives.
One such alternative, which still focuses on providing a lifetime benefit, is the target-benefit plan (TBP), a middle path between…
Intelligence Memos
From: Glen Hodgson and Diana Smallridge
To: Reconciliation watchers
Date: March 20, 2024
Re: The Best Indigenous Financing Gap Solution? An Indigenous Development Bank
Access to financing is critical if the Indigenous economy is to make meaningful progress on sustained economic development as a basis for reconciliation.
There are significant market gaps in…
Research
The Study in Brief
With the significant decline in single-employer defined-benefit (DB) pension plans in the private sector, it’s important to understand other alternatives. One such alternative is the target-benefit plan.
The regulation of target-benefit plans (TBPs) in all provinces across Canada can be made more straightforward and effective using lessons learned from real-life…
Intelligence Memos
From: Rosalie Wyonch
To: Healthcare observers
Date: March 18, 2024
Re: The Lingering Pharmacare Questions
The Liberals and NDP have reached a deal on pharmacare, but there are many challenges to overcome. It will take years to implement and many questions remain unanswered.
Canada is the only developed country with universal insurance for hospital and physician…
Intelligence Memos
To: The Hon. Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change
From: Brian Livingston
Date: February 14, 2024
Re: Ottawa’s Blind EV optimism
By 2035, only zero-emission cars and light trucks can be sold according to the federal government’s recently finalized mandate regulations.
That leaves just 11 years and reasonable forecasts of production and sales make clear that…