291 results found for "basic income"
Intelligence Memos
To: Canadian Ministers of EducationFrom: Anna StokkeDate: August 20, 2024Re: Reversing the decline in Canadian math scores
Math scores on international exams administered by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development declined in all provinces between 2003 and 2022. In almost all provinces, the proportion of students performing at the lowest levels has…
Intelligence Memos
From: Glen HodgsonTo: Canada Post clientsDate: June 6, 2024Re: What To Do with Canada Post? Canada Post announced in May that it generated a very large financial loss of nearly $748 million in its 2023 fiscal year, following a 2022 loss of $548 million. The corporation began recording annual losses in 2018 and has since lost $3 billion before taxes. Larger losses are…
Media Release
February 15, 2024 – The federal government must curtain excessive spending, balance its budget, and make room for growth-enhancing income-tax relief, says the C.D. Howe Institute's 2024 Shadow Budget.
In “Less for Ottawa, More for Canadians: The C.D. Howe Institute’s 2024 Shadow Budget,” William B.P. Robson, Don Drummond and Alexandre Laurin note that the pandemic produced a huge jump in federal…
Intelligence Memos
From: Glen Hodgson
To: Canadian Climate Watchers
Date: September 11, 2023
Re: Fires and Floods: It's Time for Some Insurance Plans
Fires, floods and severe storms have hit across the country, with climate change the probable cause. These severe events have destroyed housing, commercial property and infrastructure with a lengthy recovery period ahead. Insured and uninsured losses…
Intelligence Memos
From: William B.P. Robson
To: Government spending observers
Date: August 8, 2023
Re: Where Did All the COVID Spending Go?
Canadian governments’ lack of transparency is a high-profile concern – and for good reason. Alongside such problems as bureaucratic circumvention of freedom of information laws and ministers responding to questions in legislatures or from the…
Intelligence Memos
To: Canada’s Policymakers
From: Mawakina Bafale and Andrew Spence
Date: April 24, 2023
Re: Expanding Competition in the Canadian Banking Sector
Canada’s recent record on business investment has been jarring in its weakness, with available capital per worker in a sustained decline that undermines the economy’s capacity for productivity growth, innovation and dynamism.
This is true for financial…
