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Research
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” approach and…
Op-Ed
Published in the Financial Post on March 22, 2012
By Philip Cross
Recently, the CBC released a DVD set featuring all its televised work of Glenn Gould. One of the interesting non-musical items was his hour-long film calledThe Idea of North, a reminder of the recurring if intermittent Canadian infatuation with our Northern frontier. We seem to be in one of those moods these days, with annual photo…
Intelligence Memos
From: Rosalie Wyonch
To: Cannabis-Concerned Canadians
Date: April 20, 2018
Re: It's 4-20. How's that Legalization Thing Going?
Two years ago, on April 20, Ottawa announced steps to legalize cannabis. Since then, governments across Canada have been developing regulation, taxation, and licensing policies governing the sale and cultivation of marijuana, in time for the…
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: Christopher Sands
To: The Hon. Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Global Affairs
Date: May 25, 2018
Re: Why Canada Should Resist a Skinny NAFTA 2.0
In recent days, Washington has been buzzing with speculation that a “Skinny” NAFTA deal is possible. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin suggested it as the US and China appeared to be stepping back from the brink of a trade war. The Wall Street…
Intelligence Memos
From: James Pierlot
To: Ontario Ministry of Finance
Date: February 11, 2021
Re: Ontario’s Pension Benefits Guarantee Fund: A Practical Way Forward
The only sub-national pension guarantee fund in the world, Ontario’s Pension Benefits Guarantee Fund (PBGF) has survived 40 years, providing a limited guarantee for Ontario members of some underfunded defined benefit (DB…
