127 results found for "guaranteed annual income"
Intelligence Memos
Bishop, Shaffer – As Electricity Demand Sinks, Ontario Power Costs Rise 24 Percent With More to Come
From: Grant Bishop and Blake Shaffer
To: Greg Rickford, Ontario Minister of Energy, Northern Development and Mines
Date: April 21, 2020
Re: As electricity demand sinks, Ontario power costs rise 24 percent with more to come
Many Ontario businesses can expect a surge in their power bills even with the pandemic driven fall in demand and real-time wholesale prices for electricity.
These effects are…
Intelligence Memos
From: Marcel Boyer
To: Canadians Concerned about Business Grants
Date: February 4, 2021
Re: Government Support for Business Would Benefit from Auctions
Business support programs from governments are numerous, offered by every level, generally somewhat opaque and costly. They take many forms: a direct grant, a loan at a low (zero) interest rate, a loan guarantee, a reduced tax…
Intelligence Memos
From: Jon Johnson
To: Canadians Concerned About US Section 232 Tariffs
Date: July 27, 2020
Re: US Court Insists on Strict Compliance with Section 232 Requirements
Last year on November 15, the US Court of International Trade (CIT) denied a motion by the US Government in Transpacific Steel LLC v. US. The motion called for dismissal of the plaintiff’s complaint that presidential Proclamation 9772,…
Intelligence Memos
From: Jeremy M.Kronick and Nikki Hui
To: Jeremy Rudin, Superintendent of OSFI
Date: March 20, 2018
Title: Covered bonds: elsewhere, the sky’s the limit, why just 4 percent in Canada?
Startling house-price increases in some markets and unprecedented levels of mortgage debt have fuelled concerns that taxpayer-backed mortgage insurance may be encouraging excessive borrowing – and putting…
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
From: Barry Gros
To: Canada’s Pension Regulators
Date: March 23, 2022
Re: We Need to Align Regulation and Management of Target-Benefit Pension Plans
How should Canada regulate a target payment that is not guaranteed?
This question is seldom asked, let alone answered, when it comes to setting standards for regulating target-benefit pension plans (TBPs.)
Managing risk under…
