306 results found for "guaranteed annual income"
Media Release
July 24, 2013 – The real demographic challenge for Canadian policymakers is adapting to a population growing “younger,” after taking increased life expectancies into account, says a report released today by the C.D. Howe Institute. In “The Main Challenge of Our Times: A Population Growing Younger,” authors Marcel Boyer and Sébastien Boyer propose an alternative approach to population aging…
Research
The Study in Brief
With the significant decline in single-employer defined-benefit (DB) pension plans in the private sector, it’s important to understand other alternatives. One such alternative is the target-benefit plan.
The regulation of target-benefit plans (TBPs) in all provinces across Canada can be made more straightforward and effective using lessons learned from real-life…
Intelligence Memos
From: Brian Lewis and Damian Dupuy
To: Ontario Economy Observers
Date: July 25, 2024
Re: Nostalgia Should Not Drive Ontario’s Economic Development Policy
Despite bold promises and billions of dollars of support, Ontario manufacturing jobs remain around the same level as when Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives came to power. The province needs to move past the…
Intelligence Memos
From: Lawrence Herman
To: Foreign influence watchers
Date: May 16, 2024
Re: Foreign Agent Registry – Finally Some Action
The Globe and Mail got it right in a May 9 editorial: After months – years – of prevarication, the government finally showed enough resolve to announce plans for a foreign agent registry to combat outside interference in Canadian politics.
The proposed…
Intelligence Memos
From: Lawrence Herman
To: Canadians concerned about trade
Date: August 30, 2023
Re: Only the Senate Can Rescue us from the Latest Dairy Power Play
Bill C-282 is a terrible piece of legislation. Yet it sailed through the House of Commons and is now in the Senate, the last hope for bringing some sanity to the matter.
Indications are that key senators, including Senator Peter…
Intelligence Memos
From: Jeremy M. Kronick and Duncan T. Munn
To: Financial Sector Regulators
Date: March 27, 2023
Re: Six Banking Lessons From the Moment
With the implosion of systemically important Credit Suisse, the reverberations from Silicon Valley Bank’s failure continue to rattle regulators, investors, and Canadians alike.
What is the risk of further financial contagion, globally and for…
