Santé et bonne scolarité : Les programmes d’alimentation saine au Canada
À plusieurs endroits au Canada et ailleurs dans le monde, les élèves du primaire et du secondaire ont accès à des aliments nutritifs par le biais de programmes de nutrition en milieu scolaire. Financés par les gouvernements, les entreprises, les fondations et le public, ces programmes sont conçus pour que les enfants d’âge scolaire aient […] Health and Grades: Nutrition Programs for Kids in Canada
A strategy targeting the most at-risk children is needed to get the most out of school nutrition programs, says a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute. In “Health and Grades: Nutrition Programs for Kids in Canada”, authors Rosalie Wyonch and Abby Sullivan investigate the potential short and long-term impacts of student nutrition programs, including […] Canada’s Youngest Generations Bear The Largest Tax Burden – Globe And Mail Op-ed
We already know that Canada’s population aging will drag down government revenue and blow up social and health spending, but its long-term impact on fiscal sustainability and intergenerational fairness greatly depend on future government policies. While this demographic change substantially shifts the tax burden away from baby boomers and their children − the baby busters or Generation X – to the boomers’ grandchildren, achieving long-term fiscal sustainability can be possible.
In my recent study for the C.D. Howe Institute, I estimate average lifetime tax burdens for the current generations by birth cohort, and for an unborn future generation. Lifetime tax burdens are simply the total amount of taxes minus cash…
Alejandro Adem – Future Skills, Future Work
From: Alejandro Adem To: Canadians Concerned About Skills Development Date: February 20, 2019 Re: Future Skills, Future Work We hear a lot about technological innovation and the disruption it brings. This usually includes ominous predictions of new technologies replacing workers in many jobs. But we hear much less about how Canada’s most indispensable resource—its people—can rise to the […] Robson, Laurin – Measuring Education and Reforming EI
To: The Honourable Bill Morneau, Minister of Finance From: William B.P. Robson and Alexandre Laurin Date: February 13, 2019 Re: Measuring Education and Reforming EI The C.D. Howe Institute’s Shadow Federal Budget for 2019 was released last week. Its focus is on ensuring the competitiveness and dynamism of the Canadian economy in the near and medium-term, setting the stage for a […] Robson, Laurin – Tax Relief for the 2019 Federal Budget
To: The Honourable Bill Morneau, Minister of Finance From: William B.P. Robson and Alexandre Laurin Date: February 11, 2019 Re: Tax Relief for the 2019 Federal Budget The C.D. Howe Institute’s Shadow Federal Budget for 2019 last week aims to enhance Canada’s competitiveness and dynamism, while setting the stage for a return to surpluses during the next Parliament. Today we examine […] Parisa Mahboubi – Regional unemployment points to the need for reforms in Employment Insurance
From: Parisa Mahboubi To: Patty Hajdu, Minister of Employment and Social Development Date: January 22, 2019 Re: Regional unemployment points to the need for reforms in Employment Insurance Canada’s unemployment rate remained at its lowest recorded level at the end 2018, but that does not reveal the whole story. Although low unemployment points to a strong labour market performance, […] Alexandre Laurin – Ottawa Wins From Ontario’s Proposed Childcare Rebate
From: Alexandre Laurin To: The Honourable Bill Morneau, Minister of Finance Date: January 16, 2019 Re: Ottawa Wins from Ontario’s Proposed Childcare Rebate The newly elected government in Ontario pledged in its electoral platform to implement a childcare rebate program, which would reimburse up to 75 percent of the childcare expenses of low-income families, with the childcare subsidy rate […] Ottawa must prioritize the well-being of off-reserve First Nations citizens – Globe and Mail Op-Ed
The 1996 Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples made prominent reference to a 1613 treaty between the Dutch and Mohawk: “Three beads of wampum separating the two purple rows symbolize peace, friendship and respect. The two rows of purple are two vessels travelling down the same river together. One, a birch bark canoe, is for the Indian people, their laws, their customs, and their ways. The other, a ship, is for the white people and their laws, their customs and their ways. We shall each travel the river together, side by side, but in our own boat.”
The intent of much Canadian Indigenous policy since 1996 has been to “strengthen the canoe.” Overall, this has been a worthy exercise in the pursuit of reconciliation with those…
Pursuing Reconciliation: The Case for an Off-Reserve Urban Agenda
Current reconciliation efforts between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples are missing the main target, according to a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute. In “Pursuing Reconciliation: The Case for an Off-Reserve Urban Agenda,” author John Richards argues that the federal government, provinces, and Indigenous leaders must develop an agenda for the majority of First Nation people […] Parisa Mahboubi – The benefits of encouraging greater labour force participation of older workers
Federal budgets are an annual rite of spring in Ottawa, as is the deluge of advice to the Department of Finance. But budget-making is a yearlong process, and the work is now in progress. Accordingly, the C.D. Howe Institute is presenting a series of Intelligence Memos in the next few weeks, outlining recommendations that we […] Don Drummond – Making Good on the Promise to Support Indigenous Languages
Federal budgets are an annual rite of spring in Ottawa, as is the deluge of advice to the Department of Finance. But budget-making is a yearlong process, and the work is now in progress. Accordingly, the C.D. Howe Institute is presenting a series of Intelligence Memos in the next few weeks, outlining recommendations that we […]