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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…
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…
Intelligence Memos
From: Don Drummond
To: The Office of the Prime Minister
Date: August 24, 2020
Re: Don't Forget a Fiscal Anchor for the Speech from the Throne
Prime Minister Trudeau has indicated the government will disclose expensive initiatives to Canadians in a Speech from the Throne on September 23.
Without also proposing very large tax increases, this new agenda would clearly abandon any…
Intelligence Memos
From: Joe Nunes
To: Ontario Defined-benefit Pension Holders
Date: January 25, 2021
Re: Replacing Ontario’s Pension Benefits Guarantee Fund
Ontario’s Pension Benefits Guarantee Fund (PBGF) is up for review before May 2021.
The PBGF is designed to provide protection to Ontario members of most defined-benefit pension plans when a plan is wound-up and there are insufficient…
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…
