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Research
The Study in Brief Simple changes to tax rules can improve retirement security for Canadians, as well as make the retirement system more equitable among different classes of savers, and more efficient at managing longevity risks for capital decumulation. This E-Brief provides a discussion of needed retirement-related tax changes impacting members of capital accumulation plans, such as RRSPs and…
Media Release
June 22, 2023 - Simple changes to tax rules can improve retirement security for Canadians, as well as make the retirement system more equitable among different classes of savers, according to a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute. In “Strengthening Retirement Income Security: Fairer Tax Rules and More Options Needed,” authors Alexandre Laurin and George Turpie propose retirement-related tax…
Intelligence Memos
From: Don Drummond and Benjamin Dachis To: Ontario debt watchers Date: April 5, 2023 Re: The Ontario Budget Needs Program Reform Action Ontario’s budget projection of small surpluses after next year allows the government to claim progress toward fiscal stability and bettering Ontario's economy. But it deflects attention from the far more significant economic indicator – the…
Op-Ed
Nothing is more dangerous than an idea. Émile Chartier is credited with those words or similar, finishing with “…when it’s the only one we have.”  Canada has tried for nearly 80 years to implement “national pharmacare”—defined here as a fully public national drug insurance plan—without success. We should ask why.  One reason is an unrelenting insistence that only a fully public plan…
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Event
C.D. Howe Institute events and webinars are open to members and their guests. Please follow this link or contact events@cdhowe.org to register.