36 results found for "guaranteed annual income"
Intelligence Memos
From: Barry Gros
To: Canada’s pension regulators
Date: November 5, 2020
Re: Is it too late to change the conversation on target benefit plans?
Why is it that when I’m in conversations about the viability of target benefit (TB) pension plans I keep hearing that “contribution adequacy” or “contribution sufficiency” seems to be the primary concern?
I’ve been following the…
Op-Ed
Governments around the world are responding to the COVID-19 crisis with myriad measures – additional resources for health care, supports for individuals and businesses, tax deferrals and public health edicts that have slowed or stopped activity in many sectors of the economy. One common consequence of these measures is that governments need massive amounts of money, both to finance the deficits…
Intelligence Memos
From: Mark Zelmer
To: Bill Morneau, Minister of Finance
Date: April 2, 2020
Re: Managing the Economic Consequences of the Coronavirus Pandemic
The social distancing intended to slow the spread of the coronavirus has shut large segments of the Canadian and global economies, disrupting the ability to produce, consume and pay for goods and services.
High uncertainty about how…
Intelligence Memos
To: The Finance Department
From: Alexandre Laurin
Date: February 24, 2020
Re: Building on the Early Success: Time for a TFSA Tune-Up
Tax-Free Savings Accounts (TFSAs) have had great success over the past decade, but could use a tune-up.
In my new C.D. Howe Institute paper, I show that after a decade in existence, there is now enough data and empirical analysis on TFSA use to…
Intelligence Memos
From: William B.P. Robson and Jeremy M. Kronick
To: Federal and Provincial Finance Ministers
Date: April 13, 2020
Re: Backstopping provincial borrowing
Governments around the world are responding to the COVID-19 crisis with myriad measures – additional resources for healthcare, supports for individuals and businesses, tax deferrals and public health edicts that have slowed or…
Intelligence Memos
From: Stéphanie Lluis
To: Canadians Concerned about the State of the Labour Market
Date: September 18, 2020
Re: Consequences of the high EI benefits floor (II)
My memo yesterday showed that Ottawa’s recently expanded Employment Insurance (EI) program with a benefit floor of $400 per week will mean replacement income of more than 200 percent for some part-time workers making…
