15 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…
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,…
Intelligence Memos
From: Marcel Saulnier
To: Canadians Concerned About Healthcare
Date: November 29, 2023
Re: Getting on with National Pharmacare
Over four years ago, the Advisory Council on the Implementation of National Pharmacare set out a roadmap to address one of the most significant areas of unfinished business in Canadian medicare. Fast forward to the end of 2023, and there is scant evidence…
Intelligence Memos
To: Canadian Energy Transition Watchers
From: Brian Livingston
Date: May 9, 2023
Re: The Big Electric Light Truck Challenge
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.
The mandate requires sellers of light vehicles –…
