Why Vaccination Rates Are Below Targets across Canada and What To Do About It

March 12, 2015 – Most provinces are not meeting national immunization targets for key vaccines, according to a new C.D. Howe Institute report. In “A Shot in the Arm: How to Improve Vaccination Policy in Canada,” authors Colin Busby and Nicholas Chesterley examine why some provinces are more successful than others at reaching immunization targets.

“Too much of the public’s attention has been on ‘anti-vaxxers’ when the focus should be on improving government policies for those parents who are hesitant or delay vaccination of their children,” remarked Chesterley.

Nicholas Le Pan Appointed as Co-Chair of the C.D. Howe Institute’s Financial Services Research Initiative

March 10, 2015 – William Robson, President and CEO of the C.D. Howe Institute, announces the appointment of Nicholas Le Pan as Co-Chair of the Institute’s Financial Services Research Initiative and his re-appointment as a Senior Fellow. The Initiative is a multi-year program to report and advise on public policy affecting Canada’s financial sector. Mr. Le Pan joins the initiative’s current Chair, Edward Neufeld, former Assistant Deputy Minister of Finance Canada and former Executive Vice President and Chief Economist of the Royal Bank of Canada.

The hidden costs of congestion are between $500 million and $1.2 billion a year for the Metro Vancouver area, according to a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute. In “Tackling Traffic: The Economic Cost of Congestion in Metro Vancouver,” author Benjamin Dachis finds that when congestion causes people not to travel it stifles the key benefits of living in a city, like learning face-to-face, finding better jobs, and sharing services and infrastructure. These are collectively called agglomeration benefits.

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Hidden Costs of Congestion total up to $1.2 Billion a Year for Metro Vancouver

March 9, 2015 – The hidden costs of congestion are between $500 million and $1.2 billion a year for the Metro Vancouver area, according to a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute.

In “Tackling Traffic: The Economic Cost of Congestion in Metro Vancouver,” author Benjamin Dachis finds that when congestion causes people not to travel it stifles the key benefits of living in a city, like learning face-to-face, finding better jobs, and sharing services and infrastructure. These are collectively called agglomeration benefits.

Ottawa needs to change federal tax rules so that they accommodate single-employer Target Benefit Plans (TBP), according to a new C.D. Howe Institute report. In “The Taxation of Single-Employer Target Benefit Plans – Where We Are and Where We Ought To Be,” authors Barry Gros, Karen Hall, Ian McSweeney and Jana Steele propose a tax treatment for single-employer TBPs that is consistent with the existing tax regime.

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Ottawa Needs to Clear the Path for Target Benefit Plans

March 4, 2015 – Ottawa needs to change federal tax rules so that they accommodate single-employer Target Benefit Plans (TBP), according to a new C.D. Howe Institute report. In “The Taxation of Single-Employer Target Benefit Plans – Where We Are and Where We Ought To Be,” authors Barry Gros, Karen Hall, Ian McSweeney and Jana Steele propose a tax treatment for single-employer TBPs that is consistent with the existing tax regime.

The C.D. Howe Institute’s Monetary Policy Council today released a special report entitled “Oil Prices, Economic Growth and Monetary Policy.”  The report presents Council member views regarding the impact of the fall in oil prices on the Canadian economy and the implications for monetary policy.

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Edward Iacobucci Re-Appointed as a Fellow-In-Residence of the C.D. Howe Institute and as the Institute’s Competition Policy Scholar

March 2, 2015 – William Robson, President and CEO of the C.D. Howe Institute, announces the re-appointment of Edward Iacobucci as a Fellow-In-Residence and as the Institute’s Competition Policy Scholar.

“Ed is an outstanding scholar in law and economics,” said Robson. “We look forward to his continuing contributions to the Institute’s work in competition policy, and to our research program generally.”

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