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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…
Op-Ed
Recently, the National Institute on Ageing (NIA) issued a report entitled “Could a National Long-Term Care Insurance Program be a Feasible Solution to Address Canada’s Growing Long-Term Care Crisis?” In the wake of the high COVID-19-related death rates in Canada’s long-term care (LTC) facilities and the aging of the population, the NIA report is a helpful avenue of interrogation,…
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…
Research
The Study In Brief The surge of inflation as economies recovered from the COVID lockdowns of 2020 and 2021 took central bankers and most other observers by surprise. Canada was no exception. Year-over-year CPI inflation rose from -0.4 percent at its nadir in May 2020, to a peak of 8.1 percent in June 2022 before finishing 2022 at 6.3 percent. In this E-Brief, we start with a short overview of…
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…