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Intelligence Memos
From: Joe Nunes
To: Canadians concerned about retirement
Date: April 26, 2019
Re: Time for Boomers to Wake Up About Retirement
That fifty is the new 40 may be a dated cliché, but the concept retains its important underlying meaning beyond babyboomer optimism.
As they continue to celebrate their generation’s continued vigor, boomers have not been as eager to embrace the idea…
Intelligence Memos
To: The Hon. Bill Morneau, Minister of Finance
From: Jeremy M. Kronick
Date: March 13, 2019
Re: What to do about housing?
With the budget fast approaching, your department is under pressure to address housing affordability in Canada.
The conundrum for you, or any policymaker trying to address affordability, is that in seeking to make housing more affordable, you often support the same demand for…
Intelligence Memos
From: Benjamin Dachis
To: Concerned Canadian Travellers
Date: January 25, 2018
Re: Don’t Limit Airline Competition behind Closed Doors
With frigid temperatures, many Canadians are looking for flights to warmer climates. Many of those flights will be codeshare flights: one airline operates the aircraft, but affiliated airlines offer ticket sales on that flight as well. A bill in front of the…
Op-Ed
You have probably heard of bitcoin. You might have even heard about its underlying technology, the blockchain. What you may not have realized is that it is not bitcoin that will change our lives, but other applications of blockchain technology in areas such as payments, contracts and the provision of government services.
Blockchain technology in its simplest form allows transactions to occur…
Op-Ed
Property owners in the Winnipeg School Division are being asked if they are willing to pay more taxes to save school programs. We have been told the nursery program may be on the chopping block if taxes are not increased. Trustees are encouraging parents and ratepayers to attend consultation meetings and provide feedback.
The former NDP government provided consistent funding increases…
Op-Ed
Published in the Financial Post on November 19, 2013
By Benjamin Dachis and Lawson Hunter
The federal government’s Speech from the Throne proposed a requirement that cable and satellite television companies unbundle their channel offerings. This will undermine the current Canadian content rules: Imposing pick-and-pay, in combination with the rise of new technology, means that Ottawa needs to…
