Ottawa’s proposed changes for the tax treatment of income from passive investments in incorporated businesses will not achieve its goal of promoting fairness in the tax system, according to a report released today by the C.D. Howe Institute. In Off Target:…
From: Karen Clay, Akshaya Jha, Nicholas Muller, and Randall Walsh To: Concerned Canadians Date: October 5, 2017 Re: External Costs of Transporting Petroleum Products by Pipelines versus Rail In the debates across North America about long-distance transportation of petroleum products, by rail and by pipeline, most of the attention has been paid to spill and accident costs. Relatively little […]
Ottawa’s proposed changes for the tax treatment of income from passive investments in incorporated businesses will not achieve its goal of promoting fairness in the tax system, according to a report released today by the C.D. Howe Institute. In Off Target: Assessing the Fairness of Ottawa’s Proposed Tax Reforms for “Passive” Investments in CCPCs, author […]
As NAFTA renegotiations proceed, 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: Jon Johnson To: US Agricultural Organizations Date: October 4, 2017 Re: US Access to Mexican Agricultural Market – NAFTA Best […]
Listen to Benjamin Dachis, Associate Director, Research at the C.D. Howe Institute, summarize his co-authored report “All’s Well that Ends Well: Addressing End-of-Life Liabilities for Oil and Gas Wells,” which examines the significant cleanup costs of orphaned and inactive oil and gas wells in Alberta. To access this member-only podcast Institute members can sign in […]
From: Rosalie Wyonch To: Minister of Health, Ginette Petitpas Taylor Date: October 3, 2017 Re: Canada’s Food Guide – Building on Shaky Foundations The federal government is in the final stages of its plan to improve the outdated Canada Food Guide with the goal of curbing obesity and preventing health problems related to excess weight and an unhealthy diet. […]
Thursday, September 28, 2017 — If Alberta doesn’t change how it requires companies to finance their own oil and gas well cleanup costs, the energy industry and, ultimately, taxpayers in Alberta face cleanup costs of up to $8 billion, according to a report by the C.D. Howe Institute. In “…
If Alberta doesn’t change how it requires companies to finance their own oil and gas well cleanup costs, the energy industry and, ultimately, taxpayers in Alberta face cleanup costs of up to $8 billion, according to a report by the C.D. Howe Institute. In “All’s Well that Ends Well: Addressing End-of-Life Liabilities for Oil and […]
From: Sharon Mascher To: The Honourable Minister of Environment and Climate Change and the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency Date: September 27, 2017 Re: Defining a Threshold for a Credible Federal Impact Assessment Process Last June, the Government of Canada released a discussion paper on environmental and regulatory reviews outlining a series of system-wide changes “to strengthen Canada’s environmental assessment […]
After weighing the lessons of economic theory and real-world experience, a leading Alberta economist, Joseph Marchand, concludes that Alberta’s move to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2018 could lead to the loss of roughly 25,000 jobs. In a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute, Thinking about Minimum Wage Increases in […]
After weighing the lessons of economic theory and real-world experience, a leading Alberta economist, Joseph Marchand, concludes that Alberta’s move to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2018 could lead to the loss of roughly 25,000 jobs. In a new report from the…
To: Provincial ministers of education; provincial ministers of postsecondary education From: Colin Busby and Parisa Mahboubi Date: September 26, 2017 RE: Let’s Close the Skills Gaps between Indigenous People and Non-Indigenous Canadians Skills development among Indigenous people is central to reducing the high rates of labour market withdrawal and unemployment, as well as the relatively […]
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From: Karen Clay, Akshaya Jha, Nicholas Muller, and Randall Walsh To: Concerned Canadians Date: October 5, 2017 Re: External Costs of Transporting Petroleum Products by Pipelines versus Rail In the debates across North America about long-distance transportation of petroleum products, by rail and by pipeline, most of the attention has been paid to spill and accident costs. Relatively little […] 
Ottawa’s proposed changes for the tax treatment of income from passive investments in incorporated businesses will not achieve its goal of promoting fairness in the tax system, according to a report released today by the C.D. Howe Institute. In Off Target: Assessing the Fairness of Ottawa’s Proposed Tax Reforms for “Passive” Investments in CCPCs, author […] 
As NAFTA renegotiations proceed, 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: Jon Johnson To: US Agricultural Organizations Date: October 4, 2017 Re: US Access to Mexican Agricultural Market – NAFTA Best […] 
From: Rosalie Wyonch To: Minister of Health, Ginette Petitpas Taylor Date: October 3, 2017 Re: Canada’s Food Guide – Building on Shaky Foundations The federal government is in the final stages of its plan to improve the outdated Canada Food Guide with the goal of curbing obesity and preventing health problems related to excess weight and an unhealthy diet. […] 
If Alberta doesn’t change how it requires companies to finance their own oil and gas well cleanup costs, the energy industry and, ultimately, taxpayers in Alberta face cleanup costs of up to $8 billion, according to a report by the C.D. Howe Institute. In “All’s Well that Ends Well: Addressing End-of-Life Liabilities for Oil and […] 
From: Sharon Mascher To: The Honourable Minister of Environment and Climate Change and the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency Date: September 27, 2017 Re: Defining a Threshold for a Credible Federal Impact Assessment Process Last June, the Government of Canada released a discussion paper on environmental and regulatory reviews outlining a series of system-wide changes “to strengthen Canada’s environmental assessment […] 
After weighing the lessons of economic theory and real-world experience, a leading Alberta economist, Joseph Marchand, concludes that Alberta’s move to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2018 could lead to the loss of roughly 25,000 jobs. In a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute, Thinking about Minimum Wage Increases in […] 
To: Provincial ministers of education; provincial ministers of postsecondary education From: Colin Busby and Parisa Mahboubi Date: September 26, 2017 RE: Let’s Close the Skills Gaps between Indigenous People and Non-Indigenous Canadians Skills development among Indigenous people is central to reducing the high rates of labour market withdrawal and unemployment, as well as the relatively […]