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Intelligence Memos
From: Grant Bishop
To: Climate policy observers
Date: November 14, 2023
Re: Ottawa Needs to Get Back to Carbon Pricing Basics
Last month, a Supreme Court majority held that the core of the federal Impact Assessment Act (IAA) is unconstitutional – a “Trojan horse” of federal overreach into provincial jurisdiction. Amid much criticism, this legislation was enacted in 2019 under Bill…
Intelligence Memos
To: Childcare policymakers
From: Tingting Zhang
Date: June 20, 2023
Re: Where are the Early Childhood Educators?
The nationwide shortage of early childhood educators (ECEs) is the biggest obstacle to the rollout of Canada’s new national childcare plan.
ECEs provide a critical service to support mothers who re-enter the labour force. Sufficient ECE numbers contribute to both…
Intelligence Memos
From: Don Drummond and David Jones
To: Canada’s Healthcare Observers
Date: May 23, 2023
Re: LTC Insurance Useful, But More Moves Needed Now
A new National Institute on Ageing report reviews the experience of six nations in providing long-term care insurance.
In the wake of the high COVID-19-related death rates in Canada’s long-term care facilities and the aging…
Intelligence Memos
To: Diane Lebouthillier, Minister of National Revenue
From: Alexandre Laurin and Nicholas Dahir
Date: January 6, 2023
Re: How clawbacks hurt lower income parents
Parents across the country may be thinking about taking on an extra shift or an extra job to pay off holiday bills or keep up with the rising costs of day-to-day items.
What these hard working parents pocket from…
Intelligence Memos
From: Don Drummond and Benjamin Dachis
To: Ontario debt watchers
Date: April 5, 2023
Re: The Ontario Budget Needs Program Reform Action
Ontario’s budget projection of small surpluses after next year allows the government to claim progress toward fiscal stability and bettering Ontario's economy.
But it deflects attention from the far more significant economic indicator – the…
Intelligence Memos
From: Roger Pizarro Milian
To: Canadian Education Watchers
Date: January 20, 2023
Re: Surging Demand for Hybrid Learning in Canadian PSE
COVID-19 forced Canadian post-secondary education (PSE) to make a near-overnight shift to online education. In doing so, it overrode deep-rooted concerns among faculty members, PSE administrators and policymakers alike about the method’s…
