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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…
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…
Intelligence Memos
From: Don Drummond and David Jones
To: Canada’s Healthcare Observers
Date: June 29, 2023
Re: Improving Access to Primary Healthcare
A 2022 survey suggests that 22 percent of Canadians 18 years of age and over do not have a family physician or nurse practitioner they can see regularly for care. Extrapolating across the Canadian population, roughly 6.5 million adults are…
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
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…
