16 results found for "guaranteed annual income"
Intelligence Memos
From: Andrew Sancton
To: Canadian Housing Watchers
Date: December 9, 2022
Re: Putting a Lid on Development Charges
“Growth should pay for growth.” This slogan – the common justification for development charges – is rarely challenged in municipal circles.
Development charges evolved from post-1945 subdivision agreements and were initially accepted by most developers as a…
Intelligence Memos
From: Alexandre Laurin and William B.P. Robson
To: The Department of Finance Canada
Date: July 11, 2022
Re: Seniors Double Whammy: A Sagging Market and Obsolete Pension Rules
Prices are rising and stock markets are falling – a toxic combination, especially for older Canadians who rely on savings in registered retirement saving plans (RRSPs) and defined-contribution pension…
Intelligence Memos
To: The Hon. Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change
From: Brian Livingston
Date: December 14, 2022
Re: Counting Carbon II: A Reality Check on Our Emission Reduction Plan
The federal government’s ambitious Emissions Reduction Plan (ERP) sets out targets for seven economic sectors as it aims to cut 2030 emissions by 42 percent from 2019 levels. But the ERP is…
Intelligence Memos
From: Alexandre Laurin and William B.P. Robson
To: Canada’s Tax Collectors
Date: September 27, 2022
Re: Inflation Pain Includes Tax Creep and Benefit Erosion
Inflation of 7 percent or more is something many Canadians had never experienced until this summer. As a country, we are rediscovering how much inflation hurts. The shrinking value of our dollars is bad enough on its own, but…
Intelligence Memos
To: Canada’s Policymakers
From: Derek E. H. Olmstead and Adonis Yatchew
Date: July 29, 2022
Re: An Alberta Advantage: Carbon Pricing in the Wholesale Electricity Market
The Alberta wholesale electricity market provides an ideal setting to assess the effectiveness of carbon pricing in influencing firm behaviour and carbon emissions.
This is because production costs associated with…
Intelligence Memos
To: Canadians Worried About Inflation
From: Sylvain Charlebois
Date: February 3, 2022
Re: Canada’s Dairy Machinery Strikes Again
The Canadian Dairy Commission’s record-breaking price increases for milk and butter took effect this week, granting dairy farmers 8.4 percent more for their milk, and more than 12 percent for butter.
It is the highest increase since the commission was created…
