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Op-Ed
Published in the Globe and Mail on May 8, 2012
By John Richards
The second of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals is to ensure that by 2015, “children everywhere” are able to complete primary school. Some progress has been realized over the past decade and under the earlier Education For All initiative, which was strongly endorsed by Canada and other G8 countries. Some progress, but…
Event
Wednesday May 16, 2012 Second Carl Beigie Luncheon - The Canada-US Relationship: Focal Points for a Strong North American Strategy
David Jacobson, the United States Ambassador to Canada, revealed the items that he believes are critical to a strong North American economic strategy. Trade with Asia and the importance of reducing non-tariff trade barriers are a few of the many issues the…
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Wednesday October 17, 2012 Manulife Healthcare Roundtable Series Feature Event - Opening Minds: Towards a National Mental Health Strategy
The Honourable Michael Kirby has had a distinguished career in public service, holding numerous senior appointments in the civil service, including Assistant Secretary to Prime Minister Trudeau and Secretary to the Cabinet for Federal-Provincial…
Media Release
May 22, 2012 – Canada needs a policy framework and new governance structure beyond what is in place to reduce the potential for future financial crises, according to Paul Jenkins, former Senior Deputy Governor, and Gordon Thiessen, former Governor of the Bank of Canada. In “Reducing the Potential for Future Financial Crises: A Framework for Macro-Prudential Policy in Canada,” a report released…
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Thursday November 22, 2012 Calgary Roundtable Event: Canada’s New Top General at his First Public Speech in Western Canada
General Thomas J. Lawson graduated from the Royal Military College (RMC) of Canada with an Electrical Engineering Degree in 1979. Upon completion of his flight training in 1981, he was posted to 421 Squadron in Baden, Germany, where he flew the CF-104…
Op-Ed
Publié dans Les Affaires le 22 Octobre 2012
Par Alexandre Laurin
Le maintien de la contribution santé rendue «progressive» et financée par une légère hausse d'impôt, selon l'annonce du ministre des Finances, sera bien moins dommageable pour l'économie que les fortes hausses d'impôt promises au départ. Cependant, même si le gouvernement a grandement amélioré son plan fiscal, il reste que la hausse…
