306 results found for "guaranteed annual income"
Intelligence Memos
From: William B.P. Robson and Alexandre Laurin
To: Canadian Taxpayers
Date: June 5, 2018
Re: The Surprising Hidden Costs of Federal Employee Pensions
Taxpayers are on the hook for the unfunded liability of pension plans for federal employees, and official figures for federal pension obligations understate future costs and leave many plans seriously underfunded.
The federal government…
Intelligence Memos
From: Thorsten Koeppl
To: Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada
Date: May 18, 2017
Re: What the “Terminator” Tells Us about Blockchain and your Privacy
The Blockchain revolution is here. And, in many ways, it is like the Internet was when it started 20 years ago. We did not know how we would be affected, but we all had a feeling that this is going to be big. After…
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…
Intelligence Memos
From: Bob Baldwin
To: Legislators and Public at Large
Date: December 19, 2016
Re: In the “DB” pension plans versus “DC” debate, TB plans have plenty of appeal
Advocates for pure defined benefit (DB) pension plans have criticized Bill C-27 which would allow federally regulated employers to replace their defined benefit plans with target benefit plans. I too share a preference for DB, but I also…
Intelligence Memos
From: Livio Di Matteo and Colin Busby
To: Ministers of Finance and Health Canada
Date: July 20, 2016
Re: Why Ottawa Should Resist Provincial Calls for More Health Dollars
High on the agenda of this week’s premiers meeting in Whitehorse is whether to demand more federal cash in negotiations over a new health accord. The prior 2004 health accord delivered federal health transfer growth of 6…
Media Release
June 24, 2015 – The Bank of Canada should focus monetary policy on inflation, not systemic risk, according to a new report released today by the C.D. Howe Institute. In “Securing Monetary and Financial Stability: Why Canada Needs a Macroprudential Policy Framework,” authors Paul Jenkins and David Longworth address the importance for the conduct of Canadian monetary policy of having a separate…
