19 results found for "guaranteed annual income"
Intelligence Memos
From: Jon Johnson
To: US Senators and Representatives who support the inclusion of a Sunset Clause in NAFTA (2)
Date: August 20, 2018
Re: Would the US Not be Worse Off with a NAFTA Sunset Clause?
US negotiators are demanding that NAFTA (2) include a “sunset clause” under which the new agreement would automatically terminate after five years unless all parties agreed…
Intelligence Memos
From: James Bushnell, Jonathan Hughes and Aaron Smith
To: Regulators and users of the Western Canadian rail network
Date: July 3, 2018
Re: Food vs. Fuel? Impacts of Petroleum Shipments on Agricultural Prices
The shale revolution generated tremendous changes in both the volume and geographical distribution of oil production.
The rapid increase of gas and oil production in the Dakotas and…
Intelligence Memos
To: Governments looking to scrap prices on greenhouse gas emissions
Re: Clean Technology Investment Begins with a Price on Greenhouse Gas Emissions
From: David Popp
Date: February 20, 2018
Governments across Canada are making support for low-greenhouse gas energy technology a top priority. Canada is among the group of 23 nations participating in Mission Innovation: a commitment to double…
Intelligence Memos
OK, let me start off by saying, I admire and respect all of my former political colleagues on the panel here today. I knew Dwight and Joe when they were positive, optimistic finance ministers. What happened to you guys?
I hope that political retirement doesn’t have the same impact on me.
Look, we know there are some very serious challenges that we must address and overcome to be at our…
Intelligence Memos
In the C.D. Howe Institute’s inaugural Regent Debate four prominent voices sparred over the following question: Should Western democracies, such as Canada, establish a universal basic income? Today, former senator Hugh Segal’s argument in the affirmative.
I will be humble in my presentation except to say this: Janice (MacKinnon) made some very good points. None of them relate to the issue at hand…
Intelligence Memos
From: Jon Johnson
To: Trade Officials of the EU, Canada, Mexico and Japan
Date: June 12, 2018
Re: Is Trump’s Call for “Total Free Trade” Real or a Bluff
Just before departing the G7 conference on Saturday, Donald Trump stated that his government believes in “total free trade,” with the complete elimination of tariffs, subsidies and non-tariff barriers. He raised the (…
