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Intelligence Memos
From: Alexandre Laurin and Benjamin Dachis
To: Finance Minister Bill Morneau
Date: May 25, 2020
Re: An Income Support Plan to Support the Recovery
The first cohort of Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) recipients are about to lose eligibility on July 5. Ottawa must announce soon what’s next.
As the province-by-province restart begins, income support needs to shift from broad-…
Intelligence Memos
From: Peter Hicks
To: The Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, Government of Canada
The Honourable Dr. Helena Jaczek, Minister of Community and Social Services, Government of Ontario
The Honourable Chris Ballard, Minister Responsible for the Poverty Reduction Strategy, Government of Ontario
Date: April 18, 2017
Re: The Federal and Ontario Approaches…
Intelligence Memos
From: Don Drummond
To: Ontario Budget Watchers
Date: March 29, 2021
Re: Ontario Budget: Much Heavy Lifting Required to Achieve Fiscal Stability
Ontario’s 2021 budget last week added a longer-term perspective to the usual short- or medium-term perspective of budgets, and it does not make for pleasant viewing.
Its three scenarios for GDP growth – 1.8, 2.0 and 2.2 percent per…
Intelligence Memos
From: Don Drummond
To: Chrystia Freeland, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance
Date: December 16, 2020
Re: Through the Fiscal Fog: Large Deficits and Debt as Far as the Eye Can See
I recently set out four wildly differing federal fiscal scenarios for the future. Recent Government of Canada announcements lift the fog enough to narrow possibilities. We can now see clearly that the future…
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
From: Don Drummond
To: Canadian Debt Watchers
Date: April 20, 2021
Re: Budget 2021 Leaves Canada Awash in Debt for More than a Generation
The C.D. Howe Institute 2021 Shadow Budget recommended the federal government return to around the pre-pandemic 30 percent of GDP net debt burden within two decades. Yesterday’s Budget shows that marker of fiscal stability not being attained until…
