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Media Release
January 24, 2017 – Providing a comprehensive, one-size-fits-all guaranteed annual income (GAI) is not the best solution to fighting poverty in Canada, according to a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute. In “Toward a New Balance in Social Policy: The Future Role of Guaranteed Annual Income within the Safety Net,” author Peter Hicks urges policymakers to address poverty by using a “bottom-up”…
Op-Ed
The accumulation of past failures in fighting poverty has breathed new life into proposals to introduce a basic income, also known as a Guaranteed Annual Income. Ontario, for example, has a pilot project underway championed by former senator Hugh Segal. But, is the basic income approach, where governments provide direct financial support to low-income people, the best approach?
Basic income…
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…
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Op-Ed
Ontario and Alberta will soon dramatically increase their minimum wages to $15 an hour. Unfortunately, these fast and sizable minimum-wage increases are likely going to reduce employment and increase poverty, particularly for the low-income families that the governments are seeking to help.
The Ontario government introduced legislation on June 1 to raise its minimum wage from $11.40 an hour to $…
Intelligence Memos
From: Jean‐François Wen and Daniel V. Gordon
To: The Honourable Bill Morneau, Minister of Finance
Date: October 16, 2017
Re: Do Millennials a Favour. Bring Back Income Averaging
Canadians face an unfair tax penalty on swings in their income from year to year, according to research we just concluded for the C.D. Howe Institute. And the tax bite is worse for lower-income…
