291 results found for "basic income"
Intelligence Memos
To: The Hon. Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Finance
From: John Lester
Date: August 24, 2022
Re: R&D Tax Credit Review Needs to Focus on the Right Issues
Canada is not keeping up in the global competition for innovation-led growth and prosperity.
Our research and development intensity is low relative to other countries and not enough of our inventions are commercialized at home…
Op-Ed
Canada is not keeping up in the global competition for innovation-led growth and prosperity.
Our research and development intensity is low relative to other countries and not enough of our inventions are commercialized at home. Can Ottawa’s current review of the Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SR&ED) tax credit announced in its last budget make a difference?
In principle,…
Intelligence Memos
From: Don Drummond and Duncan Sinclair
To: Canada’s Ministers of Health
Date: May 27, 2022
Re: Calling the Shots on Health Workforce Planning
We need a governance model to call the shots on Health Human Resource Planning (HHRP) in Canada's provinces and territories, and where it counts most, in the communities and regions where health services are delivered.
There’s no body now…
Intelligence Memos
From: William White
To: International Currency Watchers
Date: May 10, 2021
Re: The Weaponization of Finance and the Future of the International Monetary System
The recent use of financial sanctions by the US, against the central bank of Russia, initially raised fears that other countries might try to protect themselves by reducing sharply their reserve holdings of US…
Intelligence Memos
Drew Yewchuk – Why Alberta's Plan for the Unpaid Municipal Taxes of Oil and Gas Companies Won't Work
From: Drew Yewchuk
To: Alberta’s orphan well watchers
Date: December 14, 2021
Re: Why Alberta's Plan for the Unpaid Municipal Taxes of Oil and Gas Companies Won’t Work
New Alberta legislation gives municipal governments the power to place liens on pipelines and wells of companies that fail to pay their assessed municipal taxes as part of the province’s struggle with orphan…
Intelligence Memos
To: Canadian housing watchers
From: Benjamin Dachis and Jeremy M. Kronick
Date: September 15, 2021
Re: Campaign Housing Platforms Conceal a Central Flaw
All the major political parties have put out their plans to deal with the housing market crises in Canada’s cities. The focus is on affordability; how to make home ownership easier for Canadians currently priced out of the…
