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Intelligence Memos
As NAFTA renegotiations proceed through the summer and fall, the C.D. Howe Institute Intelligence Memos will be looking at what to expect and provide analysis on the latest developments at the table. This post is part of that series.
From: Daniel Schwanen and Aaron Jacobs
To: François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of International Trade
Date: August 9, 2017
Re: No Reason to Fear the…
Intelligence Memos
From: Aaron Jacobs and Ramya Muthukumaran
To: Provincial and Federal Ministries of Health and Public Health Agencies
Date: May 2, 2017
Re: Five Ways to Increase Immunization Among Canadian Children
Many communities in Canada are well short of childhood immunization targets, and children there remain at risk of contracting infectious diseases like measles, mumps, and whooping…
Intelligence Memos
To: Bill Morneau, Minister of Finance
From: William B.P. Robson, Colin Busby, and Aaron Jacobs
Date: November 24, 2017
Re: Tax Hikes Loom as Aging Boomers Break the Bank
Canada’s greying workforce spells big fiscal trouble for future taxpayers. Demographic change is squeezing government budgets—increasing the costs of public programs and eroding the tax base as the growth in…
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Quelques Canadiens très bruyants s’opposent à la vaccination, mais ils ne constituent pas la principale raison de l’insuffisance de la couverture vaccinale. Ce video examine une stratégie ciblant plutôt le groupe important de parents « réticents à vacciner », comprenant les enfants qui reçoivent certains vaccins, mais pas tous, et ceux qui prennent du retard.
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A vocal few Canadians hold anti-vaccine views, but they are not the main reason for insufficient childhood vaccination coverage across Canada. This video looks at how a much more sensible strategy to reverse falling vaccine rates among Canadian children would be to target parents classified as “fence-sitters” – those who partially but not fully immunize their children.
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