Improving Immigrant Selection: Further Changes Are Required Before Increasing Inflows
Before increasing new immigrant intake targets, Canada should focus on improving immigrants’ labour market outcomes through reforms to the selection process, according to a report released today by the C.D. Howe Institute. In “Improving Immigrant Selection: Further Changes Are Required Before Increasing Inflows,” author Christopher Worswick cites recent evidence of poor outcomes for recent immigrants […] Aboriginals and the census: Time for a closer look at definitions: Globe and Mail Op-Ed
Published in the Globe and Mail on Mail on May 8, 2013
By John Richards
The most important social policy agenda facing Canada is to relieve the poverty and social distress among Aboriginals. And the old joke remains relevant: If you don’t know where you are, you’re not likely to get where you want to go. The census is crucial in learning “where we are.”
According to the National Household Survey (NHS) data released Wednesday, 1.4 million Canadians identified in 2011 as Aboriginal, 61 per cent as Indian/First Nation, 32 per cent as Métis and 4 per cent as Inuit.
The Aboriginal population is much younger than the non-Aboriginal population and its fertility is higher. Forty-six percent of the Aboriginal…
Managing Healthcare for an Aging Population: Will Demographics Push Newfoundland and Labrador into a Fiscal Deep Freeze?
Newfoundlanders carry a $75 billion fiscal burden, or about $150,000 per person, to pay the higher tax bill for increased healthcare costs over the next half-century – and should prepare now for the coming demographic squeeze, says a report released today from the C.D. Howe Institute. “Publicly funded healthcare’s claim on Newfoundland’s economic resources has […] Managing Healthcare for an Aging Population: Prince Edward Island’s $14 Billion Healthcare Glacier
Prince Edward Islanders carry a $14 billion fiscal burden – the higher tax bill for increased healthcare costs over the next half-century – and should prepare now for the coming demographic squeeze, says a report released today from the C.D. Howe Institute. In “Managing Healthcare for an Aging Population: Prince Edward Island’s $14 Billion Healthcare […] Managing Healthcare for an Aging Population: New Brunswick’s $78 Billion Question
New Brunswickers carry a $78 billion fiscal burden – the higher tax bill for increased healthcare costs over the next half-century – and should prepare now for the coming demographic squeeze, says a report released today from the C.D. Howe Institute. In “Managing Healthcare for an Aging Population: New Brunswick’s $78 Billion Question,” authors Colin […] Managing the Cost of Healthcare for an Aging Population: Nova Scotia’s Healthcare Glacier
Nova Scotians carry a $99 billion fiscal burden – the higher tax bill for increased healthcare costs over the next half-century – and should prepare now for the coming demographic squeeze, says a report released today from the C.D. Howe Institute. In “Managing the Cost of Healthcare for an Aging Population: Nova Scotia’s Healthcare Glacier,” […] Managing Healthcare for an Aging Population: The Fiscal Challenge Quebec Has Yet to Face
Quebecers carry a $768 billion fiscal burden – the higher tax bill for increased healthcare costs over the next half-century – and should prepare now for the coming demographic squeeze, says a report released today from the C.D. Howe Institute. In “Managing Healthcare for an Aging Population: The Fiscal Challenge Quebec Has Yet to Face,” […] La gestion des coûts des soins de santé pour une population vieillissante : le défi fiscal que le Québec n’a pas encore relevé
Les Québécois portent un lourd fardeau financier de 768 milliards de dollars – la facture d’impôt la plus élevée pour l’augmentation des dépenses de santé au cours du prochain demi-siècle – et devraient se préparer dès maintenant au tassement démographique à venir, selon un rapport publié aujourd’hui par l’institut C.D. Howe. Dans leur rapport «La […] Managing the Cost of Healthcare for an Aging Population: Ontario
Ontarians carry a $1.4 trillion fiscal burden – the higher tax bill for increased healthcare costs over the next half-century – and should prepare now for the coming demographic squeeze, says a report released today from the C.D. Howe Institute. In “Managing Healthcare for an Aging Population: Does the Demographic Glacier Portend a Fiscal Ice-Age […] Managing the Cost of Healthcare for an Aging Population: British Columbia
British Columbians carry a $415 billion fiscal burden – the higher tax bill for increased healthcare costs over the next half-century – and should prepare now for the coming demographic squeeze, says a report released today from the C.D. Howe Institute. In “Managing the Cost of Healthcare for an Aging Population: British Columbia Confronts its […] Managing the Cost of Healthcare for an Aging Population: Alberta
Albertans carry a $615 billion fiscal burden – the higher tax bill for increased healthcare costs over the next half-century – and should prepare now for the coming demographic squeeze, says a report released today from the C.D. Howe Institute. In “Managing Healthcare for an Aging Population: How Alberta Can Confront its Coming Fiscal Challenge,” […] Managing the Cost of Healthcare for an Aging Population: Saskatchewan
Saskatchewanites carry a $82 billion fiscal burden – the higher tax bill for increased healthcare costs over the next half-century – and should prepare now for the coming demographic squeeze, says a report released today from the C.D. Howe Institute. In “Managing Healthcare for an Aging Population: Some Good News and Some Bad News for […]