36 results found for "guaranteed annual income"
Intelligence Memos
To: The Department of Finance
From: David Losier
Date: April 6, 2020
Re: Government guaranteed “ready for business” cash flow loans
Many economists are predicting a V-shaped recession, deep and temporary.
Fact is, the V will probably be a lopsided U, a sharp downturn followed by a flat line and a sloping recovery. The longer it takes to give a green light to business as usual, the longer the flat…
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: 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,…
Op-Ed
The long-awaited ruling in the Cambie case, Dr. Brian Day’s challenge to British Columbia’s Medicare Protection Act, has upheld the rules that effectively bar private provision of publicly covered medical services. But it does not say whether suppressing privately funded care, as the act seeks to do, is good policy. It is not. Absent some degree of competition from private care, the Canadian…
Intelligence Memos
From: Jim Feehan
To: Electricity Policy Analysts, ratepayers and politicians
Date: February 25, 2020
Subject: The Muskrat Falls Electricity Project: A Hard Lesson
Arm’s length independent assessments of megaprojects are crucial for government decision-making. Governments that give them little weight risk imposing enormous burdens on the public, especially when projects are publicly funded.…
Intelligence Memos
From: Åke Blomqvist
To: Canadians Concerned about Healthcare
Date: October 2, 2020
Re: BC ruling should spark a real conversation about private healthcare
The long-awaited ruling in the Cambie case, Dr. Brian Day’s challenge to British Columbia’s Medicare Protection Act, has upheld the rules that effectively bar private provision of publicly covered…
