4 results found for "guaranteed annual income"
Op-Ed
Published in the Financial Post on Dec 16, 2010
By Jan Carr and Benjamin Dachis
In attempts to stimulate the creation of “green” jobs and technologies, some jurisdictions around the world have created programs that guarantee renewable electricity generators payments per kilowatt-hour (kWh) that are much higher than market prices. This approach of paying a premium to certain generators to…
Op-Ed
Published in the Financial Post on October 29, 2010
By Clyde Goodlet
The upcoming G20 meeting in Seoul is expected to address the amount of capital that banks – specifically large banks deemed "too big to fail" -- must set aside to support the various risks they manage.
The source of this issue is the oversight body called the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, which last month floated…
Op-Ed
Published in the National Post on April 8, 2010
By William B.P. Robson and Colin Busby
Since the early 1970s, “supply management” has subjected Canadian dairy, poultry and egg production to government-mandated cartels. Introduced to increase producer power vis-à-vis intermediaries and consumers, and thus raise farm incomes, supply management supports higher-than-market prices by…
Op-Ed
Published in the Financial Post on November 2, 2010
By Philippe Bergevin and David Laidler
The financial crisis did not begin in Canada and our monetary policy regime coped with it well. But recent events have reminded us that stable inflation does not guarantee financial stability, and have made it imperative that the 2011 monetary policy agreement between the Bank of Canada and the…