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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…
Media Release
March 30, 2017 – Controversial changes to drug patent and copyright rules required under Canada’s recent trade deals will have manageable side effects, according to a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute. In “Patents, Copyright and Competition: Assessing the Impact of Trade Deals on Canada,” authors Daniel Schwanen and Aaron Jacobs review claims that strengthened protection for patents and…
Research
Canada’s greying workforce will spell big fiscal trouble for future taxpayers, according to a new C.D. Howe Institute report. In “The Fiscal Implications of Canadians’ Working Longer,” authors William Robson, Colin Busby, and Aaron Jacobs find that demographic change is squeezing the budgets of Canadian governments—increasing the costs of public programs and eroding the tax base as the growth in…
Media Release
March 24, 2017 – Business investment per worker in Canada is at its worst level compared to the United States in more than a quarter century, according to a new C.D. Howe Institute report. In “Equipment Failure: Feeble Business Investment Costs Canadians their Competitive Edge,” authors William B.P. Robson, Aaron Jacobs and Benjamin Dachis analyze trends in business investment per worker in…
