291 results found for "basic income"
Op-Ed
By Stephen Gordon
Most people probably think of the debate over whether Canada is in a recession as one of those glass-half-full versus glass-half-empty things. Pessimists look at five months of declining GDP and call it a “recession,” while optimists look at increasing employment and say that we’re not in a recession. Yet, the real pessimists are the ones saying we’re not in recession.
Making…
Research
The Study in Brief
In the fall of 2023, the Alberta government released a report proposing the creation of an Alberta Pension Plan (APP) funded initially by the province’s withdrawal from the Canada Pension Plan, taking with it $334 billion in assets.
This E-Brief examines the financial assumptions of the proposed APP, assesses their reasonableness, and outlines the risks and…
Research
Double the Pain: How Inflation Increases Tax Burdens
by William B.P. Robson and Alexandre Laurin
Inflation and taxation are a painful combination. Money losing its purchasing power hurts on its own, but tax provisions that ignore inflation can multiply the pain for earners, savers, and recipients of benefit programs as well.
This E-Brief identifies problematic interactions between inflation and…
Op-Ed
Published in the Globe and Mail on October 7, 2014
By William Robson
William Robson is President and CEO of the C.D. Howe Institute.
The Prime Minister’s recent announcement that the federal government is ahead of schedule to eliminate its deficit signals the start of the fall round of pre-budget lobbying. That lobbying will feature, as always, demands from provincial and territorial…
Op-Ed
Published in the Globe and Mail on May 19, 2014
By Christopher Ragan
Christopher Ragan is an associate professor of economics at McGill University and a Research Fellow at the C.D. Howe Institute.
It is three weeks away from the Ontario election and voters have a real choice. The Liberals and Progressive Conservatives offer starkly different visions of economic policy (while the New…
Op-Ed
Published in the The Ottawa Citizen on June 13, 2012
By Ake Blomqvist and Colin Busby
Changes to the fee structure of Ontario’s docs are stoking a fiery dispute between the Ontario government and physicians. But the current standoff takes the momentum out of physician-centred reforms with durable opportunities for cost savings in the health sector — such as having doctors commission care on…
