Time for Canada to revisit the tax deduction for child-care expenses: Globe and Mail Op-Ed
Many families with young children struggle to afford good-quality childcare. The current tax deduction for child-care expenses helps to alleviate the cost for some, but many families, particularly at the lower end of the income scale, end up with practically no tax break from the current system. We can do better.
In a recent C.D. Howe Institute study, we propose to upend the tax treatment of child-care expenses, and replace the tax deduction with a system of generous refundable tax credits. It would provide up to 75-per-cent child-care cost subsidy at the bottom of the income scale – à la Quebec – for a child in private, unsubsidized, care. This revised system would increase work participation, fairness, quality of care and…
Vincent Thivierge – Do Not Fear Imports of California Greenhouse Gas Permits
Pour la version française, cliquez ici. From: Vincent Thivierge To: Concerned citizens and companies covered by the cap-and-trade Date: June 20, 2017 Re: Do Not Fear Imports of California Greenhouse Gas Permits The cap-and-trade market in Quebec is getting bad press lately. The market is linked to California and the fact that Quebec is a net […] Vincent Thivierge – Les Raisons De Ne Pas Craindre L’importation Québécoise De Permis De Ges
To read the English version, click here. Expéditeur : Vincent Thivierge Destinataire : Citoyens concernés et entreprises assujetties au SPEDE Date : 21 juin 2017 Object : Les raisons de ne pas craindre l’importation québécoise de permis de GES Le marché du carbone québécois a mauvaise presse ces derniers temps. Le marché québécois est lié à la Californie et […] Banking on Infrastructure: How the Canada Infrastructure Bank can Build Infrastructure Better for Canadians
Canada’s Infrastructure Bank (CIB) holds great potential, but still needs work to realize its potential, states a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute. In Banking on Infrastructure: How the Canada Infrastructure Bank can Build Infrastructure Better for Canadians, author Steven Robins suggests that the bank could significantly improve the quality of infrastructure development in […] Infrastructure Bank Holds Great Potential But Much Work Needed
Canada’s Infrastructure Bank (CIB) holds great potential, but still needs work to realize its potential, states a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute. In Banking on Infrastructure: How the Canada Infrastructure Bank can Build Infrastructure Better for Canadians,…The Honourable Konrad Von Finckenstein Re-appointed As A C.D. Howe Institute Senior Fellow
William Robson, President and CEO of the C.D. Howe Institute, announces the re-appointment of The Honourable Konrad von Finckenstein, former Chair of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission and Commissioner of Competition, as a Senior Fellow. …Rick Ekstein – Softwood Lumber and the Forgotten Value-Added Sector
To: The Hon. Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Foreign Affairs From: Rick Ekstein Date: June 19, 2017 Re: Softwood Lumber and the Forgotten Value-Added Sector There has been much press lately about the Canada-US Softwood Lumber dispute. The US position has always been that Canada’s provincial governments, which own the majority of our forests, price their […]Canada’s Trade Policy Must Focus On Nafta – And Also Far Beyond: Globe And Mail Op-ed
Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland’s House of Commons speech last week signalled a new direction in Canadian foreign policy. In doing so, the Canadian government has to be sharply focused on dealing with Washington, navigating Donald Trump’s protectionist view of the world and the impending NAFTA negotiations.
Those negotiations will be challenging, once the U.S. Congress clears the administration’s fast-track approval and the Trump team presents Canada and Mexico with its demands, likely in August.
Unlike the 1980s and 1990s when the United States had strategic interests in showing the world that it could reach accommodation with its North American partners, this time we have an “America First” president with no…
Steve Robins on BNN – How Canada’s new infrastructure bank could be improved
Steven Robins, author of a new C.D. Howe Institute report on how to improve the Canada Infrastructure Bank, joins BNN to discuss some of the ideas he outlined.