291 results found for "basic income"
Intelligence Memos
From: Duncan Munn, John Manley and Dwight Duncan
To: Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland
Date: April 30, 2024
Re: Short-sighted Capital Gains Changes Will Bring Long-Term Consequences
This month’s federal budget asks the wealthiest among us to pay for spending initiatives to address intergenerational fairness.
A better way to finance new spending would be to…
Intelligence Memos
From: Edward Waitzer and Rob Wildeboer
To: Corporate governance observers
Date: April 29, 2024
Re: Corporate Culture Trumps Regulation in Fostering Good Governance
Just over two decades ago, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act put the regulation of corporate compliance on the map.
It has since become a governance preoccupation, spawning armies of compliance professionals,…
Intelligence Memos
From: John Lester
To: Members of the Treasury Board
Date: April 8, 2024
Re: The federal expenditure management system needs a makeover
The federal expenditure management system looks good on paper.
Transparency is served by publication of five-year spending plans for major spending categories in the annual budget and detailed information in the main estimates and…
Op-Ed
The New Year traditionally arrives with resolutions and a fresh start at self-improvement. Here’s one simple suggestion for all political leaders: Embrace more realism in public policy. Let’s consider five areas in which Canada has clear goals, but falls short of realistic plans to achieve them.
First, inflation control. Fiscal authorities must not add more fuel to the inflation…
Intelligence Memos
From: Parisa Mahboubi
To: Canadian Ministers of Employment and Labour
Date: October 21, 2020
Re: Let’s modernize to protect Canada’s growing gig economy
The so-called gig economy and platform work have been growing globally and in Canada ever since the 2008-09 recession, driven by technological and economic changes and the desire for greater flexibility by workers and employers.…
Intelligence Memos
From: Jennifer Robson
To: Canadians concerned about the recovery
Date: September 11, 2020
Re: Is this as good as it gets until we get back to “normal”?
Like most countries battling COVID-19, Canada went from the economic equivalent of a medically induced coma to a transitional phase. We have tried to regain as many economic and social activities as possible within certain limits. This…
