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Intelligence Memos
From: Tingting Zhang and Rosalie Wyonch
To: Ontario Ministry of Health
Date: July 19, 2022
Re: Ontario’s Nursing Challenge: How Serious Is It?
Nursing understaffing is not a new problem in Ontario, but it is getting worse.
Research has shown that the service gap in nursing was alarming before COVID-19. For decades, Ontario has had a low ratio of working registered nurses (RNs) per population. The…
Intelligence Memos
To: Canadians Concerned About Pharmaceutical Access
From: Tingting Zhang and Rosalie Wyonch
Date: December 12, 2022
Re: The Prescription Drug Gaps in Canada
A significant number of Canadians do not have adequate access to prescription drugs.
Twenty one percent of adults surveyed in a new Statistics Canada report said they had no prescription drug coverage in 2021. Across provinces, the proportion…
Intelligence Memos
From: Eva Klein and Leonard Waverman
To: Canadians Concerned about Prosperity
Date: July 22, 2022
Re: Addressing Ageism (II): How to Keep Older Workers
Yesterday we outlined the 130-year-old origins of today’s outdated retirement age rules and expectations.
We now examine how older workers have fared in the labour market since the pandemic began based on several indicators:…
Intelligence Memos
From: Don Drummond and Duncan Sinclair
To: Concerned Canadians
Date: March 2, 2022
Re: Straight Talk About Healthcare Costs
Total healthcare spending in Canada was $308 billion in 2021, according to Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) estimates. That’s up 15.3 percent ($40.8 billion) since 2019, swollen by $22.8 billion targeted at COVID-19.
This is not the real…
Intelligence Memos
From: William B.P. Robson
To: Borrowers and Investors
Date: February 28, 2022
Re: Inflation May Be a Surprise – Higher Interest Rates Should Not Be
Statistics Canada’s latest inflation report showed the consumer price index up 5.1 percent year-over-year in January – more than forecasters and markets expected and more than the Bank of Canada’s latest projections implied. That’s…
Intelligence Memos
From: William B.P. Robson and Nick Dahir
To: Canadian Taxpayers
Date: September 21, 2022
Re: It’s Fall – Time Governments Told You Where Your Money Went
We are more than half-way through September. The fiscal years of Canada’s senior governments ended almost six months ago.
If these governments were companies listed on Canadian stock exchanges, rules for transparency and accountability to the…
