256 results found for %22basic%20income%22
Intelligence Memos
From: Tammy Schirle
To: The incoming Minister of Women and Gender Equality (formerly Status of Women Canada.)
Date: October 22 2019
As minister, your overarching goal will be to advance gender equality in Canada’s economic, social, and political life.
You are responsible for taking a leadership role in the government-wide implementation of Gender-based Analysis Plus, an analytical…
Event
The C.D. Howe Institute invites you to join us on October 22, the day after the federal election, for a candid discussion about policy priorities for the new government – whichever party forms office. Our panel of experts will discuss Canada’s current policy challenges, potential directions of the government, and implications for our economic dynamism and Canadians’ living standards.
Intelligence Memos
From: Steve Ambler and Jeremy Kronick
To: Canadian interest rate watchers
Date: December 13, 2019
Re: The Bank of Canada’s data-driven balancing act
The Bank of Canada announced last week that it was holding its overnight rate target constant at 1.75 percent. Many analysts had been predicting a lowering of the rate since at least Oct. 30, when the bank also held the…
Op-Ed
The Bank of Canada announced on Wednesday that it was holding its overnight rate target constant at 1.75 per cent. Many analysts had been predicting a lowering of the rate since at least Oct. 30, when the bank also held the rate steady and the U.S. Federal Funds Rate dropped a quarter percentage point.
A recent Reuters poll reports that a majority of forecasters now expect the Canadian…
Intelligence Memos
To: Canadians Just Getting By
From: William B.P. Robson
Date: 17 September 2019
Re: Slow Growth in Canadians’ Incomes
The national balance sheet numbers released by Statistics Canada every quarter say a lot about where Canadians’ wealth stands, and about where our incomes will likely go tomorrow. Sadly, the figures for the second quarter of 2019, released on Friday, prefigure no quick turnaround…
Intelligence Memos
From: Trevor Tombe
To: Ontarians
Date: December 11, 2019
Re: The Benefits of Expanding the New West Partnership
Canada will soon celebrate the 25th anniversary of its 1995 Agreement on Internal Trade. Its aim was laudable: to promote an open, efficient and stable domestic market, reduce or eliminate barriers to the movement of persons, goods, services and investment, enhance…
