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Intelligence Memos
From: Robin Boadway and Pierre Pestieau
To: The Hon. Bill Morneau, Minister of Finance
Date: July 9, 2019
Re: Why an Annual Wealth Tax is Unnecessary
The idea of an annual wealth tax has taken on new prominence since French economist Thomas Piketty famously proposed one in 2013. US Senator Elizabeth Warren has made a national wealth tax a plank in her campaign to become the…
Op-Ed
The idea of an annual wealth tax has taken on new prominence since French economist Thomas Piketty famously proposed a global wealth tax in 2013. Senator Elizabeth Warren has made a national wealth tax a plank in her campaign to become the Democratic presidential candidate in 2020. And, the NDP recently announced that its election platform would include a one percent tax on the net worth of…
Intelligence Memos
From: Rosalie Wyonch
To: Canadian concerned about pharmacare
Date: June 11, 2019
Subject: Quebec’s Pharmacare Didn’t Break the Bank
One option for achieving universal prescription drug insurance coverage would see each province include drugs alongside doctors and hospital bills in the existing medicare system.
In my new C.D. Howe Institute paper, I evaluate various options for…
Event
Proponents of an annual wealth tax are giving the idea new life. Author Robin Boadway provides insight on whether it is a good idea for Canada - or not.
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Media Release
June 6, 2019 – Universal pharmacare coverage for Canadians is within reach, based on cost estimates in a new C.D. Howe Institute study. In “Filling the Gaps: A Prescription for Universal Pharmacare,” authors Rosalie Wyonch and Bill Robson find there are ways to close the gaps in prescription drug coverage and protect households from excessive costs when in acute need through the…
Intelligence Memos
From: David Johnson
To: Ontarians concerned about class sizes
Date: December 12, 2019
Re: Time travelling in the Ontario secondary school system
How do we think about proposed changes in the number of teachers in the Ontario secondary school system, a central element in the current negotiations between government and teachers? A journey back in time may be helpful.
There are…
