25 results found for "guaranteed annual income"
Op-Ed
Low fertility rates, increasing life expectancies and the aging of baby boomers are causing Canada’s old-age dependency ratio to rise. This increase in pensioners relative to the working-age population will strain the sustainability of our social security system. Should the age of eligibility (AOE) for seniors’ programs be raised? If so, when? Since Ottawa seems to be avoiding the problem, we…
Op-Ed
Canada faces a troubling trend in the skills levels of its work force. Despite more Canadians obtaining a postsecondary education between 2003 and 2012, literacy and numeracy skills have slid. What gives?
According to OECD international surveys of adult skills in seven participating countries, including the Netherlands, New Zealand, Australia, Norway, Italy and the United States, the problem with…
Intelligence Memos
To: The Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour
From: Rosalie Wyonch
Date: September 12, 2017
Re: Let’s Untangle Work Integrated Learning
The Government of Canada is rolling out a $73-million investment in the Student Work-Integrated Learning Program to create 10,000 paid student work placements over the next four years and “help bridge…
Intelligence Memos
From: Christopher Sands and Colin MacKenzie
To: Concerned Canadians
Date: July 13, 2017
Re: New Rules for NAFTA
As renegotiation on the North American Free Trade Agreement gets underway there is one fundamental change on the US side that promises to change the dynamic.
This time there are 535 extra chefs in the kitchen.
Under detailed two-year-old rules governing all US trade negotiations,…
Intelligence Memos
From: Konrad W. von Finckenstein
To: The Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Foreign Affairs
Date: May 31, 2017
Re: Chapter 19 is Unique and Should Not be Given Up in NAFTA Renegotiations
In the upcoming NAFTA renegotiations, I urge you not to relinquish Chapter 19 on dispute settlements. In a recent for paper for the C.D. Howe Institute entitled “NAFTA Negotiations – A different route to…
Intelligence Memos
From: Benjamin Dachis
To: The Hon. Kevin Flynn, Ontario Minister of Labour
Date: June 1st, 2017
Re: Ontario’s Laws of Unintended Consequences
The Ontario government announced a sweeping overhaul of the relationship between workers and employers on May 30. In addition to increasing the minimum wage and increasing entitlements under the Employment Standards Act, the province has made changes for…
