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Intelligence Memos
From: David Johnson
To: Ontarians concerned about class sizes
Date: December 12, 2019
Re: Time travelling in the Ontario secondary school system
How do we think about proposed changes in the number of teachers in the Ontario secondary school system, a central element in the current negotiations between government and teachers? A journey back in time may be helpful.
There are…
Intelligence Memos
From: Rosalie Wyonch
To: Canadian concerned about pharmacare
Date: June 11, 2019
Subject: Quebec’s Pharmacare Didn’t Break the Bank
One option for achieving universal prescription drug insurance coverage would see each province include drugs alongside doctors and hospital bills in the existing medicare system.
In my new C.D. Howe Institute paper, I evaluate various options for…
Intelligence Memos
From: Scott Cameron
To: Policy wonks eagerly awaiting costed election proposals
Date: September 25, 2019
Re: The PBO’s promising foray into campaign costing
The 43rd Canadian general election has a twist: political parties may ask Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux and his analysts to prepare independent and non-partisan estimates of the financial impact of campaign proposals…
Intelligence Memos
From: Tammy Schirle
To: The incoming Minister of Women and Gender Equality (formerly Status of Women Canada.)
Date: October 22 2019
As minister, your overarching goal will be to advance gender equality in Canada’s economic, social, and political life.
You are responsible for taking a leadership role in the government-wide implementation of Gender-based Analysis Plus, an analytical…
Intelligence Memos
From: Steve Ambler and Jeremy Kronick
To: Canadian interest rate watchers
Date: December 13, 2019
Re: The Bank of Canada’s data-driven balancing act
The Bank of Canada announced last week that it was holding its overnight rate target constant at 1.75 percent. Many analysts had been predicting a lowering of the rate since at least Oct. 30, when the bank also held the…
Intelligence Memos
To: Canadians Just Getting By
From: William B.P. Robson
Date: 17 September 2019
Re: Slow Growth in Canadians’ Incomes
The national balance sheet numbers released by Statistics Canada every quarter say a lot about where Canadians’ wealth stands, and about where our incomes will likely go tomorrow. Sadly, the figures for the second quarter of 2019, released on Friday, prefigure no quick turnaround…
