Wild Numbers: Getting Better Fiscal Accountability in Canada’s Municipalities
Canada’s municipalities are routinely missing the spending targets in their budgets by large amounts, undermining the ability of voters to hold them accountable, according to a new study from the C.D. Howe Institute. In “Wild Numbers: Getting Better Fiscal Accountability in Canada’s Municipalities” authors William B.P. Robson and Farah Omran compare the annual spending projections […] Business Tax Burdens in Canada’s Major Cities: The 2018 Report Card
Canada’s Big-5 cities impose a lower tax burden on new business investment than five large cities in the United States, according to a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute. In ‘Business Tax Burdens in Canada’s Major Cities: The 2018 Report Card’ authors Adam Found and Peter Tomlinson extend their analysis beyond Canada to comparable […] Rosalie Wyonch – Competitive Digital Taxation for Federal Budget 2019
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 […] Robson, Omran – Fiscal Transparency: How the Federal Government Can Get an A+
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 […] Alexandre Laurin – Let’s Revisit that Tax Hike
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 […] William B.P. Robson – That Rainy Day You Should Be Saving For? It’s Getting Closer
From: William B.P. Robson To: The Honourable Bill Morneau, Minister of Finance Date: November 22, 2018 Re: That Rainy Day You Should Be Saving For? It’s Getting Closer We all know the economic formula: governments should moderate the business cycle by running deficits in slumps and surpluses in booms. And we all know the […] Kevin Milligan – It’s Time for a Tax Reform Two-Step
From: Kevin Milligan To: Bill Morneau, Minister of Finance Date: November 19, 2018 Re: It’s Time for a Tax Reform Two-Step Your fall economic update on Wednesday is expected to deliver changes to Canadian corporate taxes. In a previous Intelligence Memo, I made the case for a Canadian response to the US tax reform by front-loading the tax incentive […] Rosalie Wyonch on BNN – Federal fiscal update
Rosalie Wyonch, policy analyst at C.D. Howe Institutem, joins BNN Bloomberg and a special panel of guests for her take on the federal fall economic update. She says there are some things Ottawa got right, but also places where they failed.
Jonathan Fried – Anchoring Sustainable Growth in Disruptive Times
From: Jonathan Fried To: Friends and followers of the Ostry Lecture Date: November 15, 2018 Re: Anchoring Sustainable Growth in Disruptive Times These are indeed unsettling times. Although some would simplify the situation as increasing polarization between globalists and nationalists, the disruption we are witnessing has many facets. In political discourse and elections in many countries, progressives debate […] Anita Anand – The Supreme Court Opens Door to a New Model of Securities Regulation
From: Anita Anand To: The Canadian Securities Industry Date: November 13, 2018 Re: The Supreme Court Opens Door to a New Model of Securities Regulation In a decision last week, the Supreme Court of Canada held that the proposed Cooperative Capital Markets Regulator (CCMR) does not impede provincial legislatures’ ability to enact securities regulation. In addition, the […] Show Us the Numbers: Grading the Financial Reports of Canada’s Municipalities
Baffling financial presentations hamper councillors, ratepayers and voters seeking to hold municipal governments to account, says a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute. In “Show Us the Numbers: Grading the Financial Reports of Canada’s Municipalities,” authors William B.P. Robson and Farah Omran criticize nearly all of Canada’s larger municipalities for numbers that are obscure, […] A Roadmap to Municipal Reform: Improving Life in Canadian Cities
Cities across Canada have the greatest effect of any level of government on the daily lives of Canadians, yet city councils seem hamstrung by the problems they face. There are solutions, according to a new book from former C.D. Howe Institute Associate Director, Research, Benjamin Dachis. In “A Roadmap to Municipal Reform: Improving Life in […]