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Intelligence Memos
As Canada forms its next government, the Prime Minister’s Office will be preparing ministerial mandate letters. In this special Intelligence Memo series, policy experts highlight key challenges and priorities in each minister’s portfolio.
From: Rosalie Wyonch, Åke Blomqvist and Will Falk
To: Incoming Minister of Health
Date: November 14, 2019
The federal government must work with provinces to…
Intelligence Memos
To: Ross Romano, Ontario Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities
From: Charles M. Beach and Frank Milne
Date: October 4, 2019
Re: Unintended Consequences Abound in Post-Secondary Metrics
One feature of Ontario’s recent Strategic Mandate Agreements with individual universities and colleges is the planned use of performance metrics as a basis of future funding and enforcement…
Intelligence Memos
From: Scott Cameron
To: Policy wonks eagerly awaiting costed election proposals
Date: September 25, 2019
Re: The PBO’s promising foray into campaign costing
The 43rd Canadian general election has a twist: political parties may ask Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux and his analysts to prepare independent and non-partisan estimates of the financial impact of campaign proposals…
Op-Ed
The bankruptcy of Sears Canada, and the threat that its underfunded pension plan won't pay what it promised, has caught the attention of members of Parliament. Understandably so. People don't get a second chance at retirement. Getting an annuity less than you counted on is a terrible blow.
After the sponsor of an insolvent pension plan has gone bankrupt, moreover, governments have no happy…
Intelligence Memos
As NAFTA renegotiations proceed through the fall, 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: Christopher Sands
To: Concerned Canadians
Date: October 30, 2017
Re: Playing Chicken with Canada, Mexico and the North American Auto Industry (Part…
Op-Ed
Published in the National Post on April 16, 2015
By: William Robson
William Robson is is president of the C.D. Howe Institute and coauthor, with Colin Busby, of By the Numbers: The Fiscal Accountability of Canada’s Senior Governments, 2015.
Get past its circus-like quality, and the fuss over Senate expenses — Nancy Ruth’s airline breakfast; Mike Duffy’s principal residence — …
