Competition Bureau Should Not Have Power to Compel Information for Market Studies
Report of the C.D. Howe Institute Competition Policy Council The Competition Bureau should not have the ability to obtain orders to compel Canadian businesses to produce information for use in a market study, according to the majority view of the C.D. Howe Institute’s Competition Policy Council, which held its thirteenth meeting on April 17, 2017. Such investigatory orders could result in significant costs for Canadian businesses. Council members were also of the view that the Competition Bureau has not identified how previous market studies were systematically deficient or that information obtained voluntarily from market study participants was inadequate so as to justify the potentially significant costs arising from investigatory…Jacobs and Muthukumaran – Five Ways to Increase Immunization Among Canadian Children
From: Aaron Jacobs and Ramya Muthukumaran To: Provincial and Federal Ministries of Health and Public Health Agencies Date: May 2, 2017 Re: Five Ways to Increase Immunization Among Canadian Children Many communities in Canada are well short of childhood immunization targets, and children there remain at risk of contracting infectious diseases like measles, mumps, and whooping cough, among others. […] Deciding When Canadians Get Seniors Benefits Has Become Too Political. Here’s How To Stop That: Financial Post Op-ed
Low fertility rates, increasing life expectancies and the aging of baby boomers are causing Canada’s old-age dependency ratio to rise. This increase in pensioners relative to the working-age population will strain the sustainability of our social security system. Should the age of eligibility (AOE) for seniors’ programs be raised? If so, when? Since Ottawa seems to be avoiding the problem, we propose a politics-free solution.
We propose that Ottawa adopt an automatic balancing mechanism that would automatically adjust the AOE for programs like Old Age Security (OAS) and Canada Pension Plan (CPP) based on demographic calculations outside of political influences. The formula would deem that a constant proportion of one’s adult life…
Jeremy Kronick – Why Rent Control is Doomed to Fail
From: Jeremy Kronick To: The Ontario Minister of Housing Date: May 1, 2017 Re: Why Rent Control is Doomed to Fail One of the pillars of your recently announced plan aimed at making housing more affordable is to extend rent controls to all recently built rental units. This measure can be assessed through a number of […] Jon Johnson – Trump Can’t Unilaterally Withdraw U.S. From Nafta
From: Jon Johnson To: The Minister of International Trade and the Minister of Foreign Affairs Date: May 1, 2017 Re: Trump Can’t Unilaterally Withdraw U.S. From NAFTA Last week saw high drama on the NAFTA front, with President Trump threatening to sign an executive order giving notice of the US intention to withdraw from the […] Jonathan Hall – On Rent Control, the Devil is in the Details
From: Jonathan Hall To: The Ontario Minister of Finance Date: April 28, 2017 Re: On Rent Control, the Devil is in the Details In response to quickly climbing rents in the Greater Toronto Area you have proposed imposing rent control to all rental units, rather than just those built before 1991, as legislation currently stands. However, […] Rosalie Wyonch – Ontario’s Balanced Budget Doesn’t Make For A Sustainable Fiscal Track
From: Rosalie Wyonch To: Concerned citizens of Ontario Date: April 28, 2017 Re: Ontario’s Balanced Budget Doesn’t Make for a Sustainable Fiscal Track A highlight of this week’s Ontario budget was its projected balance. The plan for 2017-18 predicts revenue will be $4 billion higher than was predicted in 2016. Program expenses look to be $5.3 billion […] In Need of a Booster: How to Improve Childhood Vaccination Coverage in Canada
A vocal few Canadians hold anti-vaccine views, but they are not the main reason for insufficient childhood vaccination coverage across Canada, finds a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute. In “In Need of a Booster: How to Improve Childhood Vaccination Coverage in Canada,” authors Colin Busby, Aaron Jacobs and Ramya Muthukumaran, suggest that a […] Fence-sitting Parents To Blame For Falling Vaccine Rates
A vocal few Canadians hold anti-vaccine views, but they are not the main reason for insufficient childhood vaccination coverage across Canada, finds a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute. In “In Need of a Booster: How to Improve Childhood Vaccination Coverage in Canada,”…Les Parents Réticents À Vacciner Sont Responsables De La Chute Du Taux De Vaccination Infantile
Quelques Canadiens très bruyants s’opposent à la vaccination, mais ils ne constituent pas la principale raison de l’insuffisance de la couverture vaccinale, selon un nouveau rapport de l’Institut C.D. Howe. Dans «Besoin d’un rappel? Comment améliorer la couverture vaccinale…Ben Dachis – Clean Fuel Standard Driving in the Wrong Direction
From: Benjamin Dachis To: The Hon. Catherine McKenna, Minister of Environment and Climate Change Canada Date: April 25, 2017 Re: Clean Fuel Standard Driving in the Wrong Direction Transportation is a major contributor to Canada’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, accounting for 24 percent of total emissions. One policy tool Ottawa is driving forward with to […] Besoin d’un rappel? Comment améliorer la couverture vaccinale des enfants au Canada
Quelques Canadiens très bruyants s’opposent à la vaccination, mais ils ne constituent pas la principale raison de l’insuffisance de la couverture vaccinale, selon un nouveau rapport de l’Institut C.D. Howe. Dans «Besoin d’un rappel? Comment améliorer la couverture vaccinale des enfants au Canada», les auteurs Colin Busby, Aaron Jacobs et Ramya Muthukumaran suggèrent une stratégie […]